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1862 Immigrants & Crew Index
1862 Immigrants and Crew Index
Our Price: AU$23.00

This is a combined index of crew and immigrants who landed in Queensland in 1862. Not all passenger lists are included. Details include name, age, if passenger or crew, vessel.
Guide & Index to Ship Registers Colonial Australia
A Guide and Index to Ship Registers in Colonial Australia
Our Price: AU$8.25

Lists every known vessel registered in the various colonial ports up till 1875 together with an explanation as to how readers may discover the full details.
Pioneer Australian Steamship Company
A Pioneer Australian Steamship Company: A History of the Hunters River Steam Navigation Company and the Australasian Steam Navigation Company
Our Price: AU$6.60

A note in the foreword written by Ron Parsons: In the 1960s I reprinted an  item that was originally published in the 'Daily Commercial News and Shipping List' ...
Abeona & the Hawson Family
Abeona and the Hawson Family
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A history of the Hawson family and the vessel 'Abeona', a brigantine which Henry Hawson became one of the registered owners.
Across the Pacific: Liners from Australian and New Zealand to North America
Across the Pacific: Liners from Australian and New Zealand to North America
Our Price: AU$39.95

For just over a hundred years there was a regular passenger liner service across the Pacific connecting Australia and New Zealand with the west coast of North America. With his usual meticulous research, Peter Plowman describes the liners that traversed the Pacific and companies that owned and managed them ...
An Era at Port Phillip Heads
An Era at Port Phillip Heads 1830-1900
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This booklet is not intended to be a detailed history of life at Pot Phillip Heads, but rather a record of some interesting stories associated with the place.
Australia's Shipwreck Coast & Other Stories
Australia's Shipwreck Coast and Other Stories
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Written in three sections, the first two are for the shipwreck enthusiast and tourist who may wish to visit wreck sites, graves, memorials to seamen and passengers who lost their lives at sea, and other places of maritime interest. The third section ...
Australian Coastal Passenger Ships
Australian Coastal Passenger Ships
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Coastal passenger steamers in Australian waters provided, for many years, the only means of transport between major centres of population, and even when the railways began to link some of ...
Australian Cruise Ships
Australian Cruise Ships
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This book provides details of many of the ships that cruised out of Australian ports from the early 1970s up to 2000, and all the cruise ships to have been seen in local waters since 2001.
Australian Migrant Ships 1946-1977
Australian Migrant Ships 1946-1977
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Peter Plowman's book 'Emigrant Ships to Luxury Liners' was published in 1992, and sold steadily until 2004, when supplies were exhausted. Rather than reprint  that book, he decided ...
Australian Sea Stories
Australian Sea Stories
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The author has concentrated on segments of the lesser known shipping history such as shipwrecks of the following: Duncan Dunbar, Walter Hood, Paul Jones, Glaneuse, Errol, Tahiti, Wahine, Sygna, Lake ...
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 1
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 1: North Coast Steam Navigation Co.
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Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 10
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 10: Vessels Enrolled At Melbourne to the End of 1859
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Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 11
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 11: Vessels Enrolled At Launceston 1830-59
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Arranged alphabetically by surname of shipowner, each entry starts with the person/s name/s as a heading, then lists the vessel/s that they had. Details include the vessels name, what it ...
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 12
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 12: Hobart to 1859 A-L
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Lists the hundreds of A-L names and details of vessels that were associated with Hobart up to 1859.
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 13
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 13: Hobart to 1859 M-Z
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The M-Z volumes lists several more hundred names and details of vessels that were associated with Hobart up to 1859.
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 14
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 14: Ships Registered at Port Adelaide 1838-1869
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The material in this publication is based upon the record of the Registrar of British Ships, Custom House, Port Adelaide, South Australia. Divided into two sections, the first is an alphabetical listing of shipowners registered
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 15
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 15: Sydney During the 1850s A-L
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Vessels that were enrolled at Sydney during the 1850s.
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 16
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 16: Sydney During the 1850s M-Z
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Vessels that were enrolled at Sydney during the 1850s.
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 17
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 17: Huddart Family and Parker of Geelong and Melbourne
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The importation of coal for use in the Victorian goldfields from the 1850s  was originally handled via the port of Geelong and the first major operator in  that ...
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 18
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 18: Vessels Enrolled At Brisbane From 1851 Till Mid 1880s
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Details include the shipowners name/s, the vessels name, the type of vessel, its dimensions and tonnage, the date it was sold and ownership transferred, and its end result (eg broken ...
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 19
Australian Shipowners and their Fleets Book 19: Vessels Enrolled at Sydney Between 1860 and 1875 A-H
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This book (one of a series of two covering vessel enrollments at Sydney between the dates of 1860 and 1875), lists the shipowners alphabetically by surname, with each of their ...
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 2
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 2: Northern Rivers of New South Wales
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Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 20
Australian Shipowners and their Fleets Book 20: Vessels Enrolled at Sydney Between 1860 and 1875 I-Z
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This book (one of a series of two covering vessel enrollments at Sydney between the dates of 1860 and 1875), lists the shipowners alphabetically by surname, with each of their ...
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 21
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 21: Ships Registered at Melbourne 1860-1875 A-L
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The first in a set of two volumes covering the ships that were registered at Melbourne for the period 1860-1875, this book covers owners names from A-L.P Listed alphabetically by ...
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 22
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 22: Ships Registered at Melbourne 1860-1875 M-Z
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The second in a set of two volumes covering the ships that were registered at Melbourne for the period 1860-1875, this book covers owners names from M-Z.P Listed alphabetically by ...
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 23
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 23: Amendments to Previous Books and Some Post-1875 Additions A-K
Our Price: AU$8.25

As the title suggests this title is one of two new volumes (this covering A-K) which list a  number of additions and amendments to previous volumes in this series, as ...
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 24
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 24: Amendments to Previous Books and Some Post-1875 Additions L-Z
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As the title suggests this title is one of two new volumes (this covering L-Z) which list a  number of additions and amendments to previous volumes, as well as listing ...
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 3
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 3: Owners Registering Ships in Newcastle
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Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 4
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 4: Concluding Newcastle Shipowners
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Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 5
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 5: Early Australian Owners
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Usually the material for this series is compiled from Register of British  Ships at the various ports but, in the main, those records prior to the 1830s are not available ...
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 6
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 6: Vessels Enrolled At Sydney 1830-1840
Our Price: AU$8.25

The material used to prepare this book has basically been taken from the Register of British  Ships for the port of Sydney, but it would be as well to consider ...
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 7
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 7: Vessels Enrolled At Sydney 1841-1849
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The information for this book has been taken from the Register of British Ships for the Port of Sydney, but this does not mean that the owners were necessarily resident in Sydney.
Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 8
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 8: Vessels Enrolled Melbourne 1839-1854
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Aust Shipowners & Fleets Bk 9
Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 9: Vessels Enrolled At Melbourne Up to 1859
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Australian Shipwrecks Vol. 4
Australian Shipwrecks: Volume 4 1901-1986
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This volume of 'Australian Shipwrecks' completes the first attempt to compile  a comprehensive record of ships lost in Australian waters; commenced in 172 by  the late Charles Bateson, then continued ...
Australian Shipwrecks Vol. 5 Update
Australian Shipwrecks: Volume 5 Update 1622-1990
Our Price: AU$32.00

To readers who supported the four published editions of 'Australian  Shipwrecks', and requested an update, the author has done this for you, and with that  presents the last ...
Australian Shipwrecks Vol. 6
Australian Shipwrecks: Volume 6 The Australia Run
Our Price: AU$50.00

The development of the new colonies of Australian and New Zealand is nurtured by the sea, commencing with arrival of the first convicts and free emigrants. Tales of tedious voyages ...
Bay Steamers & Coastal Ferries
Bay Steamers and Coastal Ferries
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In addition to ferries and excursion vessels, many small passenger and cargo ships worked out of Port Phillip Bay along the coast before rail and roads took over.P Written by ...
Beach Boats Press Boats & Semaphore
Beach Boats, Press Boats and Semaphore
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Bitter Victory: Death of HMAS Sydney
Bitter Victory: The Death of HMAS Sydney
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At 1340 on 11 September 1941, Armistice Day, HMAS 'Sydney' sailed from  Fremantle on a routine escort mission. 'Sydney' should have returned on the  afternoon on 20 November, but the ...
Bound for South Australia: Births & Deaths 1848-85
Bound for South Australia: Births and Deaths on Government-Assisted Immigrant Ships 1848-1885
Our Price: AU$29.50

A richly illustrated CD-ROM which brings, for the first time,  a complete listing of 323 voyages to South Australia between 1848 and 1885  under the auspices of the ...
Capes & Captains: Aust Coast
Capes and Captains: A Comprehensive Study of the Australian Coast
Our Price: AU$36.00

Ignorance is human fate. And yet, at all times, humans searching for knowledge  have reached out beyond the expanding horizon shielding the unknown. In the  middle of the ...
Captain Bligh's Second Chance
Captain Bligh's Second Chance: An Eyewitness Account of his Return to the South Seas
Our Price: AU$29.95

Here is the intriguing and unfamiliar story of Captain Bligh's second voyage to the South Pacific, commenced in 1791, only one year after his return to England following the infamous mutiny on the 'Bounty'.
Captain Cook: Life, Death & Legacy
Captain Cook: The Life, Death and Legacy of History's Greatest Explorer
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In three epic journeys, Captain Cook discovered more of the earth's surface  than any other man. Yet James Cook himself has become shrouded in myth and his  legacy has been ...
Captain Cook: Voyager Between Worlds
Captain Cook: Voyager Between Worlds
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Captain James Cook was a supreme navigator and explorer. In his voyages he came across peoples with hugely different systems of thought and cultures. The author explores what happened when the two cultures met, and how each side interpreted the other ...
Cargo for the Colony: 1797 'Sydney Cove'
Cargo for the Colony: The 1797 Wreck of the Merchant Ship 'Sydney Cove'
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Wrecked in 1797 while on a journey from Calcutta to Port Jackson, the 'Sydney  Cove' was the first merchant vessel lost after the establishment of the colony of New South ...
Carpet of Silver: Wreck of the Zuytdorp
Carpet of Silver: The Wreck of the 'Zuytdorp'
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The 'Zuytdorp', one of the great ships of the Dutch East India Company, disappeared without trace after leaving Cape Town in 1712, en route to Batavia (Jakarta). The ship was carrying a rich cargo, including some 250,000 guilders in silver coins.
Coals by Ship from Newcastle
Coals by Ship From Newcastle: the '60 Milers and Other Colliers
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Records the details of all known steamships regularly employed in the delivery of coal from the Hunter Region to Sydney by sea. There is also an examination of the development ...
Daniel Solander: Collected Corresp
Daniel Solander: Collected Correspondence 1753-1782
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Daniel Solander, the 18th century Swedish naturalist and traveller was a pioneer of the scientific study of natural history and one of the earliest collectors in New Holland.P For many ...
Deaths on Emigrant Vessels to SA 1849-1865
Deaths on Emigrant Vessels to South Australia 1849-1865
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This "Return showing Deaths, &c., occurring on board Emigrant Ships, from 1849 to 5 June 1865" is taken form the South Australian Government Gazette of 26 January 1866 ...
Destination Never Reached: NSW Wrecks
Destination Never Reached: New South Wales Shipwrecks
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The final book in a trilogy on New South Wales shipwrecks, 'Destination Never Reached' covers the events leading up to some of the State's most tragic shipwrecks. Using ...
Doctors at Sea: Emigrant Voyages Colonial Aust
Doctors at Sea: Emigrant Voyages to Colonial Australia
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As well as their medical and supervisory duties, especially in relation to  children and nursing mothers, we see doctors presiding over courts of law on board as they ...
Early Steam Ships in Australia
Early Steam Ships in Australia
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An investigation of the arrival and development of steam ships in Australian waters from 1830 to the 1850s.
Embers on the Sea
Embers on the Sea: The Empire Patrol Disaster 1945
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The conflagration which destroyed the 'Empire Patrol' after World War II took  with it more than just the lives of many Greek refugees. For most of the survivors, ...
Encounter Bay Shipping 1850-1864
Encounter Bay Shipping 1850-1864
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This book contains information on the shipping movements to the South Australian South Coast area during to working life of Port Elliot. Covers Rosetta Cove, Victor Harbor, Port Elliot and the Murray Mouth.
Exploring the South Land: Tasmania
Exploring the South Land: Tasmania Emerges from Terra Australis Incognita
Our Price: AU$30.00

This book documents, by means of a sequence of historical maps, the emergence of knowledge over 400 years from the time that the navigators began probing south, until the current outline of Tasmania ...
Fatal Lights: Strange Tragedies
Fatal Lights: Two Strange Tragedies of the Sea
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Ferry to Tasmania: Short History
Ferry to Tasmania: A Short History
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The island state of Tasmania has been dependent on ferry services to the  mainland almost from the time of first settlement. Over the past two centuries  the size ...
Free Passengers to New South Wales 1826-1837: Passengers, Crew and Military (Private)
Free Passengers to New South Wales 1826-1837: Passengers, Crew and Military (Private Use)
Our Price: AU$69.50

The first in a series being published which will cover free shipping to New South Wales to 1842. This CD contains nearly 36,000 names of passengers, military and crew on passenger ships, whalers and trading vessels between 1826 to 1837. Searchable on a number of fields including name, year of arrival, occupation, regiment, ...
Free Passengers to New South Wales 1826-1837: Passengers, Crew and Military (Public)
Free Passengers to New South Wales 1826-1837: Passengers, Crew and Military (Public Use)
Our Price: AU$99.50

This is the first in a series being published which will cover free shipping to New South Wales to 1842. This CD contains nearly 36,000 names of passengers, military and crew on passenger ships, whalers and trading vessels between 1826 to 1837 ...
Fremantle Register of Ships before 1900
Fremantle Register of Ships Before 1900
Our Price: AU$8.25

The information contained in this volume has been compiled using the Register of British Ships in Fremantle, Western Australia.
Geelong Customs Register of Ships
Geelong Customs Register of Ships: Vessels Registered at the Port of Geelong, Victoria before 1900
Our Price: AU$5.50

This title originally produced in 1969, has been reprinted with minor additions 2003. Nothing from the original volume has been deleted, but some information such as official numbers, name of ...
Greycliffe: Stolen Lives
Greycliffe: Stolen Lives
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On the afternoon of 3 November 1927, Sydney was rocked by the news of the  worst disaster on its picturesque harbour - the ferry 'Greycliffe' has just been  run down ...
H.M.S. Buffalo
H.M.S. Buffalo
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The CD book on 'H.M.S Buffalo' tells the history of vessel, and of its varied life in the types of passengers carried: emigrants, troops, convicts and government officials ... all of which have left records ...
His Majesty's Bark Endeavor
His Majesty's Bark Endeavour: The Story of the Ship and Her People
Our Price: AU$21.95

The 'Endeavour's' incredible voyage of scientific and geographic discovery (1768-1771) has been a source of fascination to the world ever since the ship returned to port. This book tells the ...
HMAS Sydney (II)
HMAS Sydney (II)
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The fate of HMAS Sydney (II), last sighted just before Christmas in 1941 following a battle with a German raider, has been Australia's most enduring maritime mysteries. Then on 16 March 2009 her wreckage was discovered, resolving much of the 67-year-old uncertainty and controversy surrounding the disappearance of the ship and the 674...
Humin Hopes: 1855 Diary of Charles Moore
Humin Hopes: The 1855 Diary of Charles Moore, English Immigrant to Australia on the 'Constitution'
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With 'humin hopes' of a better life, the newly married Charles and Louisa  Moore set sail for Australia in 1855 on the emigrant ship 'Constitution'. In a  moving ...
Ill-Starred Captains: Flinders & Baudin
Ill-Starred Captains: Flinders and Baudin
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Amid the Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815), France and Britain dispatched rival voyages of discovery to complete the mapping of Australia and 'advance the limits of science'. Led by naval captains Nicolas ...
Inland Rivers Revisited
Inland Rivers Revisited
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Following the release of the each edition of the 'Ships of the Inland Rivers' the author received a large number of correspondence, offering additional information on ships that were listed, and others that weren't. Those that were able to be verified have been included in this new book ...
Islands of Angry Ghosts: Batavia
Islands of Angry Ghosts, Murder, Mayhem and Mutiny: The Story of the Batavia
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In 1629, the Dutch East India merchantman, the 'Batavia' was recked on reef islands off the West Australian coast while on a routine trip to Indonesia. What followed this disaster ...
Ketches of South Australia
Ketches of South Australia 1836-1970
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History of their development together with the full register of all small sailing ships unrolled in Port Adelaide customs.
Life & Death in the Age of Sail
Life and Death in the Age of Sail: The Passage to Australia
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Throughout the nineteenth century, about 750,000 government-assisted emigrants crossed the world from the United Kingdom to Australia. They travelled around 15,000 miles, usually without stopping en route, sometime in cramped ...
Lighthouses of South Australia
Lighthouses of South Australia
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Log of Logs Vol 3
Log of Logs Volume 3
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The last volume in this series. A catalogue of logs, journals, shipboard diaries, letters and all forms of voyage narratives from 1788 to 1998, for Australia and New Zealand, and ...
Manly Ferries of Sydney Harbour
Manly Ferries of Sydney Harbour: the Seven Mile Ships
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Master Mariner: The Story of Captain Harold Chesterman
Master Mariner: The Story of Captain Harold Chesterman
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Captain Harold Chesterman was one of the many quiet contributors to our society – heroes, really – who have lived amongst us without widespread recognition. ‘Master Mariner’ follows this remarkable man’s professional association with the sea ...
Migrant Ships: Hamburg to Australia
Migrant Sailing Ships From Hamburg
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This small book gives full details of all sailing ships from Hamburg known to have brought passengers to Australia. Extensive list of arrival dates to Australian ports. Please note: this does not include passenger lists, just information on the vessels themselves ...
Migrant Ships for South Australia 1836-66
Migrant Ships for South Australia 1836-1866
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Features of this (3rd) edition: 32 more pages -- extended a further 6 years, plus more entries for years previously covered; Corrections and additions to previous entries; Improved arrangement of ...
Motor Ships of the Thirties
Motor Ships of the Thirties: More Stories of Brisbane Traders
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An invention of the German engineer and researcher, Rudolph Diesel was  responsible for a revolution in the area of ship propulsion, and abundant  evidence of his genius could be seen ...
Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty
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My Ancestor was a Merchant Seaman
My Ancestor was a Merchant Seaman: How Can I Find Out More About Him?
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This book is sure to become one of the 'bibles' for family historians wanting to research ancient mariners! Divided into 12 sections, covering records held both by TNA and by other archives and libraries. Packed full of places to search and the records ...
My Ancestor was a Royal Marine
My Ancestor was a Royal Marine
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This new book fills a gap in the genealogical market and provides guidance in tracing ancestors who served in the Royal Marines. The book outlines the records available and where to find them and includes a chapter on the history of the service ...
Natures Argonaut: Daniel Solander
Nature's Argonaut: Daniel Solander 1733-1782
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Nature's Argonaut: Daniel Solander 1733-1782 Nature's Argonaut is the first full biography of this important eighteenth  century naturalist who now only circled the globe under sail but ranged as far  north ...
Navigator in the South Seas
Navigator in the South Seas
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The violent reality of screaming hurricanes and the paradisal calm of South Seas  beaches, glistening with spindrift, are engagingly contrasted by Brett Hilder in  his book of adventures along the ...
On Austral Shores: A Modern Traveller's Guide to Victoria & NSW
On Austral Shores: A Modern Traveller's Guide to the European Exploration of the Coasts of Vicotiran and New South Wales
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Part Australian history, part travel guide, this unique book takes the reader on a journey to rediscover those features, on or near the shores of New South Wales and Victoria, which were described and named by the early explorers. This book provides directions on how to reach nearly 200 exploration sites by road or on foot ...
Orient Line Guide 1889
Orient Line Guide: Chapters for Travellers by Sea and by Land
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Published in 1889, this book contains useful information and travelling tips to intending passengers sailing to Australia and New Zealand aboard steam ships of The Orient Line ...
Paddle Steamers of Australia & NZ
Paddle Steamers of Australia and New Zealand: Harbours, Coastal Rivers and Ocean Going
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The introduction to this guide gives a general overview of the start of Paddle Steamers in both Australia (in 1831) and New Zealand (early 1850s). The rest of the book ...
Pioneers of the Pacific: Exploration 1787-1810
Pioneers of the Pacific: Voyages of Exploration 1787-1810
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When Captain Cook died on Hawaii on 1779, Britain was already at war with  France and Spain, who had allied themselves with her rebellion American subjects. The new ...
Port Lincoln Shipping
Port Lincoln Shipping
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Whalers, disasters and the sea link with Adelaide.
Port Misery & New Port
Port Misery and the New Port
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The discovery and development of the original port for South Australia, sometimes labelled 'Port Misery' including a list of early arrivals from overseas and the first ships unrolled with customs.
Quarantined!: The 1837 Lady Macnaghten Immigrants
Quarantined!: The 1837 Lady Macnaghten Immigrants
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Quarantined! tells the story of one of the first ships with migrants to arrive in Australia. When the Lady Macnaghten set sail from Ireland, it contained over 400 emigrants, but when it limped into Sydney Harbour in February 1837, disease was raging on board and the immigrants and crew were dying from typhoid ...
Queensland Immigrants: Port of Maryborough 1861-1901
Queensland Immigrants: Port of Maryborough 1861-1901
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'Port of Maryborough 1861-1901' contains information from official, newspaper and other sources on the 20,735 immigrants who arrived at the Port of Maryborough, Qld between 1861 and 1901.The information includes the name of the immigrant, age, the vessel, departure port and date, arrival port and date, landing date, ...
Redbill, From Pearls to Peace
Redbill, From Pearls to Peace: The Life and Times of a Remarkable Lugger
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Once there were hundreds of wooden ketches like 'Redbill' fishing for  pearlshell in the old north-west of Australia, but none of them had her amazing gift for  survival.p ...
Richard Siddins of Port Jackson
Richard Siddins of Port Jackson
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'Richard Siddins of Port Jackson' is a well researched account of the part  played by one of the early (and best known) merchant sea captains sailing out of  ...
SS Yongala: Townsville's Titanic
S.S. Yongala: Townsville's Titanic
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On the afternoon of March 23rd, 1911 the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer 'Yongala' left Mackay, North Queensland for Townsville. Later that night she crossed into the path of a powerful ...
Scuttled & Abandoned Ships Aust Waters
Scuttled and Abandoned Ships in Australian Waters
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Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals
Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals
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Two ships set out in search of a missing continent: the St Jean-Baptiste, a French merchant ship commanded by Jean de Surville, and the Endeavour, a small British naval vessel captained by James Cook. In 'Sea of Dangers', Geoffrey Blainey tells the story of these rival ships and the men who sailed in them. Just before Christmas 1769, the two captains were almost close enough to see one another - and yet they did not know of each other's existence ...
Seagulls Cruisers & Catapults
Seagulls, Cruisers and Catapults: the Story of Australian Naval Aviation 1913-1944
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In 'Seagulls, Cruisers and Catapults' Ray Jones has written an authoritative  account of the technical, operational and political aspects of Australian naval aviation from Admiral Creswell's 1913 plan for naval ...
Seeking the Sydney: Quest
Seeking the Sydney: A Quest for Truth
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The wartime loss of Australia’s pride, HMAS Sydney, with all hands on board, remains among the great riddles of modern maritime history - one that has  teased authorities, naval experts ...
Settlers Under Sail
Settlers Under Sail
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Settler's Under Sail' is Don Charlwood's account of the days of the sailing  ships and a fascinating reconstruction of the wreck of the Loch Ard.p On 31 May 1878, the Loch ...
She Captains: Heroines & Hellions
She Captains: Heriones and Hellions of the Sea
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Long before women had the right to vote, earn money, or have lives of their  own, 'she captains' - bold women distinguished for courageous enterprise on the  high seas - ...
Shipowners Registered Ships in Early Sydney
Shipowners Registering their Ships in Early Sydney
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This is a revision and update of material previously published as Australian  Shipowners and their Fleets books 5 and 6. p Most of the material in this publication comes from the ...
Shipowners Trading to Northern Rivers, NSW
Shipowners Trading to the Northern Rivers of New South Wales
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Shipping services to the northern rivers of New South Wales commenced with a schooner in about Autumn 1838, though steam soon followed.P The first people to use the rivers of the ...
Shipping Arrivals and Departures South Australia 1627-1850
Shipping Arrivals and Departures South Australia 1627-1850
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This guide for genealogists and maritime historians, lists arrivals and departures of ships of all kinds - explorers, sealers, local coasters, whale ships, intercolonial and overseas traders, emigrant ships, government ...
Ship Arrivals Depart Sydney 1
Shipping Arrivals and Departures Sydney Volume 1 1788-1825
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Contains shipping entries and corresponding departures, as well as details of maritime incidents and activities reported in the Sydney press. Also includes whaling reports, discoveries, wrecks and mutinies, etc.
Ship Arrivals Depart Sydney V3 1841-44
Shipping Arrivals and Departures Sydney Volume 3 1841-1844 and Gazetteer
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The aim of this publication is to provide a comprehensive record of shipping  movements in and out of the port of Sydney from 1 January 1841 to 31 December  1844.
Ship Arrivals & Depart Tasmania V2: 1834-42
Shipping Arrivals and Departures Tasmania Volume 2: 1834-1842 and Gazetteer 1803-1842
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Provides the fullest possible record of shipping movements in and out of Tasmanian ports. Indexed for individual ships and for all persons named, including a few passengers. Also included in ...
Ship Arrivals & Departures Tasmania V3: 1843-50
Shipping Arrivals and Departures Tasmania Volume 3: 1843-1850
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Provides the fullest possible record of shipping movements in and out of Tasmanian ports. Indexed for individual ships and for all persons named, including a few passengers. Also included in ...
Shipping Arrivals & Departures Victoria V2
Shipping Arrivals and Departures Victorian Ports Volume 2 1846-1855
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This extensive work provides a record of shipping movements in and out of ports within Victoria from 1798 to 1855. The compilations is similar in format and intent to those ...
Shipping Arrivals & Departures Victoria V3
Shipping Arrivals and Departures Victorian Ports Volume 3 1856-1860
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This extensive work provides a record of shipping movements in and out of ports within Victoria between 1856-1860. The compilations is similar in format and intent to those ...
Shipping Losses & Casualties
Shipping Losses and Casualties Concerning Australia and New Zealand
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This two volume book set is concerned with shipping casualties involving wrecks (total loss) or serious damage to ships owned in Australia or New Zealand, no matter where they occurred, ...
Shipping Losses & Casualties
Shipping Losses and Casualties Concerning Australia and New Zealand
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This book is concerned with shipping casualties involving wrecks (total loss) or serious damage to ships owned in Australia or New Zealand, no matter where they occurred, together with accidents ...
Ships Employed in South Seas Trade
Ships Employed in the South Seas Trade 1775-1861
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An 'arrivals, departures and speakings at sea' list of all references from Lloyd's List to vessels trading to and from the Pacific Islands, mostly whaling, in the period indicated. Indexed ...
Ships Registered Australia & New Zealand
Ships of Australia and New Zealand Before 1850
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The register details of every ship known to have been enrolled in an Australian or NZ port before 1850 plus some additional information, mainly about the fate of the vessels.
Ships of the Inland Rivers
Ships of The Inland Rivers
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This classic work, first published in 1987 and compiled by well known maritime historian, Ronald Parsons,  has been through numerous editions and printings, the latest being a reprint of ...
Ships of the Inland Rivers
Ships of the Inland Rivers: An Outline History and Details of all Known Paddle Steamers, Barges and Other Commercial Vessels Trading on the Murray-Darling System (CD)
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This classic work, first published in 1987 and compiled by well known maritime historian, Ronald Parsons,  has been through numerous editions and printings, the latest being a reprint of  the ...
Ships Registered at Newcastle
Ships Registered At Newcastle: Before 1900
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This publication contains details of all the ships enrolled with Customs at  the port of Newcastle, New South Wales, from the commencement of registration at  the port until 1899. It ...
Shipwreck of New Guinea Gold Explorers
Shipwreck of the New Guinea Gold Explorers: The Wreck of the Brig 'Maria' off Hinchinbrook Island in 1872
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It is 1872 in Sydney and gold fever is seriously running high. High enough to inspire  swells and diggers alike to set sail for exotic New Guinea.p They call it New ...
Shipwreck Strait: An Illustrated History of Shipwrecks
Shipwreck Strait: An Illustrated History of Shipwrecks, Collisions and Fires in Bass Strait From 1797
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The natural hazards of the sea were an accepted part of a sailor's life. In  fog or bad weather, with visibility down to zero a captain might have to ...
Shipwrecks Along the Great Ocean Road
Shipwrecks Along the Great Ocean Road
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More large ships have been wrecked along Victoria's West Coast than on any comparable stretch of Coastline in Australia, and the stories of their loss are woven into the legend ...
Shipwrecks & Seafarers' Scandals
Shipwrecks and Seafarers' Scandals: True Tales from Colonial Queensland and the South Pacific
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Mysteries, long-forgotten treasures, shipwrecks, murder, torture, madness and  brutality; they all combine to ensure this collection of true tales from the  seafaring past of Queensland and the South ...
Shipwrecks in South Australia 1836-1899
Shipwrecks in South Australia 1836-1899
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This little book lists the details of hundreds of shipwrecks in South Australia.
Shipwrecks New South Wales Central Coast
Shipwrecks of the New South Wales Central Coast: Volume 1 1800-1899
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New South Wales shipwrecks are one of the most fascinating, if little known, aspects of the State's history. From the smallest sloops and cutters of the 19th century to large ...
Shipwrecks of Cornwall's North Coast
Shipwrecks on Cornwall's North Coast
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This booklet is a pictorial record of 30 shipwrecks that have occurred along  the north of Cornwall's coast. Complete with a map pin-pointing each, the photograph together with ...
Shipwrecks Storms & Seamen NSW
Shipwrecks, Storms and Seamen of the New South Wales Coast
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Shipwrecks, Storms and Seamen of the New South Wales Coast' remembers some  of the greatest maritime stories of the state. With the assistance of historic  photographs, graphic underwater ...
Sources for SA Shipping Records 1836-1842
Sources for South Australian Shipping Records 1836 to 1842
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With details on over 1500 voyages to South Australia between 1836-1842, this CD lists not only sources for more information, but includes lists of thousands of people who 'applied' for passage, some of who never came ...
Southern Passages: Maritime History of SA
Southern Passages: A Maritime History of South Australia
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The 150 year history of South Australia is totally interwoven with the story  of the ships and seafarers who served the community. In the earliest days, the prosperity ...
Steam Tugs in South Australia
Steam Tugs in South Australia
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Development of services, history of the owners and register details of the tugs.
Steamships in Colonial Western Australia
Steamships in Colonial Western Australia
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Steamships to the Illawarra: South Sydney
Steamships to the Illawarra: South Sydney
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History of the Development of Steamer Services South of Sydney.
Sydney Ferry Fleets
Sydney Ferry Fleets
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Handbook to Sydney Harbour ferry services. Lists the fleets of 73 operators and details of 282 ferry boats from 1831 to 1983.
Tales from Surf Coast Shipwreck Coast
Tales From the Surf Coast, Shipwreck Coast and Their Hinterlands
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Tasmanian Companys Steam Navigation
Tasmanian Company's Steam Navigation Timetable and Guide to Tasmanian Railways, June 1888
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Facsimile. Step back in time, over a century ago to 1888 ... Travel planning within Tasmania and beyond will require this time table. Originally issued by a leading Tasmania shipping ...
Terra Australis Incognita: Spanish Quest
Terra Australis Incognita: The Spanish Quest for the Mysterious Great South Land
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In October 1606, the great Spanish navigator Luis Baez de Torres took two vessels through the waters that divide the land masses of New Guinea and Australia. In a journey of great adventure, courage and hardship, he was the first European to sail through today's Torres Strait ...
1863 Shipboard Diary of E. Charlwood
The 1863 Shipboard Diary of Edward Charlwood from England to Australia
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Edward Charlwood, whose 1863 shipboard diary this is, was the fourth son of Arthur and Phoebe Charlwood. Having emigrated in 1850 from England to Australia with his family as a ...
Adelaide Line Steamship Co 1875-1975
The Adelaide Line: Centenary History of the Adelaide Steamship Company 1875-1975
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A complete history of the 'Adeliade Line' shipping company, from is formations through to well into the twentieth century. Includes full details of all ships and services from 1875 to ...
Bay Whalers: Tasmanian Whaling Industry
The Bay Whalers: Tasmania's Shore-Based Whaling Industry
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The history of European settlement in Australia is closely linked with the  development of primary industries such as whaling. The killing of whales for their oil and baleen ...
Black Diamond Line of Colliers
The Black Diamond Line of Colliers: Henry Simpson and Sons, Port Adelaide
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'The Black Diamond Line' is the story of Captain Henry Simpson's collier fleet that linked Newcastle in New South Wales, together with Wallaroo and Port Adelaide in South Australia.
The Bounty: The True Story
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
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More than two centuries have passed since Fletcher Christian mutinied against Lt. Bligh on a small armed transport vessel called Bounty. Why the details of this obscure adventure at the end of the world remain vivid and enthralling is as intriguing as the truth behind the legend.

The Bride Ships
The Bride Ships: Experiences of Immigrants Arriving in Western Australia 1849-1889
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Published with assistance  from the Western Australian History Foundation, The Bride Shipsi is the  history of immigrants who came to Western Australia between 1849 and 1889 from the United Kingdom ...
The British Admirals of the Fleet 1734-1995
The British Admirals of the Fleet 1734-1995: A Biographical Dictionary
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Between 1734 and 1995, 115 individuals attained the highest rank that the Royal Navy had to offer of Admiral. The book is a biographical history of each person and packed with facts and anecdotes ...
Brothers Taylor: Tasmanian Maritime
The Brothers Taylor: A Tasmanian Maritime History
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Last century shipping was the life-blood of the Tasmanian colony. It was the  means by which local production was distributed around the island as well as to mainland and wider ...
Cape Horn Breed
The Cape Horn Breed: My Experience As An Apprentice in Sail in the Full-Rigged Ship 'British Isles'
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Captain William Herbert Sidney Jones was born in England in 1889. He went to sea  as an apprentice in 1906 at the age of 15, on the full-rigged ship ...
Clipper Lightning in Geelong
The Clipper 'Lightning' in Geelong 1862-1869
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The Foreword starts as follows: 'Most maritime writers appear to have glossed over the visits made by the splendid clipper 'Lightning' to Geelong in the years 1862-69, probably with good ...
Command of the Ocean: 1649-1815
The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain 1649-1815
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N.A.M. Rodger’s The Command of the Oceani, the second part of his naval  history trilogy that began with 'The Safeguard of the Sea', describes Britain’s rise to naval ...
Convict Ships 1787-1868
The Convict Ships 1787-1868
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Originally published in 1959, 'The Convict Ships' has been accepted by  historians and scholars as the standard work on the subject. This Australian  edition, which follows the revised ...
The French Explorers and Sydney
The French Explorers and Sydney
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The early years of Sydney were witnessed by seven expeditions of French exploration between 1788 and 1831. This book contains previously unpublished translations of journals and records of these French explorers ...
History of the Ship
The History of the Ship: The Story of Seafaring from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
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The ship is one of the greatest accomplishments of the human race. Tht we  have used it to travel to new and mysterious lands, vanquish our enemies an  trade for ...
James of George Town 1813-57
The James of George Town: A Colonial Maritime, Mercantile and Family Correspondence 1813-1857
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Through correspondence with officialdom, business associates and amongst  themselves, a forgotten pioneer Australian merchant-shipmaster and his family  are brought back to life.p  Captain Joseph James operated out of Sydney, New South ...
Loch Ard Disaster
The Loch Ard Disaster
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On one coly June morning more than 100 years ago, the iron clipper 'Loch Ard'  met her doom on Mutton Bird Island near Port Campbell. She left an Irish girl ...
Long Farewell
The Long Farewell: The Perilous Voyages of Settlers Under Sail in the Great Migrations to Australia
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During the 19th century more than a million people, many of whom had never ventured beyond their homes in Britain, sailed to the new colonies of Australia. On their months-long ...
The Merchant's Women: Story of 200 Young Single Women Who Left England in 1833 to Settle in New South Wales
The Merchant's Women: The Story of Over 200 Young Single Women Who Left England in 1833 to Settle in New South Wales
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The enterprising women on the 'Bussorah Merchant' emigrant ship responded to advertisements which attracted them to migrate to far-away Australia. In contrast to convicts, these courageous women freely chose to make the long journey to the other side of the world. Each woman's story is told here ...
Minerva Journal of John Washington Price
The Minerva Journal of John Washington Price: A Voyage From Cork, Ireland, to Sydney, New South Wales, 1798-1800
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John Washington Price was the surgeon of the transport Minerva which sailed from Cork for Sydney in 1799 carrying 200 convicts. Many of them were United Irishmen transported for their ...
Navy in South Australia
The Navy in South Australia
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Sir William Creswell's articles on the South Australian Navy were originally published in the Adelaide weekly newspaper 'The Observer'. They have now been reprinted in full and are followed by additional ...
Port of Maryborough
The Port of Maryborough: A History
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Includes a list of every ship known to have been registered in the port, a list of passenger ships arriving from overseas, 1862-1901 and more ...
River Trade: Wool & Steamers
The River Trade: Wool and Steamers
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A popular and standard work on Murray River paddlesteamers, their work and people. Covers the entire Murray/Darling system, both top and bottom ends.
The Search for the 'Sydney': How Australia's Greatest Maritime Mystery Was Solved
The Search for the 'Sydney': How Australia's Greatest Maritime Mystery Was Solved
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Here, for the first time, David Mearns, the shipwreck hunter who found her, tells the full six year, dramatic story of his search for two ships, Sydney and Kormoran, whose paths crossed one fateful day in 1941.
Ships of Burns Philp & Company
The Ships of Burns, Philp and Company
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This publication is mainly concerned with the ships owned and operated by the  firm Burns, Philp & Co. from 1883 until 1970 when the parent firm vacated the shipbuilding field.
Sydney Ferry Book
The Sydney Ferry Book
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Sydney's magnificent harbour and the ferries that serve its many wharves and  jetties are renowned throughout the world. p This is a colourful pictorial book about the ferries of ...
Tragic Story of the Empress of Ire 1914
The Tragic Story of the Empress of Ireland (and Other Great Sea Disasters) 1914
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The story of the ill fated Empress of Ireland seems some how to have been largely overshadowed by the similar ill fate of the Titanic but here is a book ...
Vanished Fleet of the Sydney Coastline
The Vanished Fleet of the Sydney Coastline
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This book recreates the events leading up to the loss of 15 shipwrecks in the Sydney and Illawarra region. The book documents many remarkable stories of survival, court room dramas, ...
Voyage of Their Life
The Voyage of their Life: The Story of the S.S. Derna and its Passengers
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On a sultry Summer's day in August 1948, 545 passengers boarded an  overcrowded clapped-out vessel in Marseilles with light suitcases and heavy  hearts, leaving behind their familiar world ...
Watermen of Sydney: Memories
The Watermen of Sydney: Memories of a Working Harbour
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For more than 200 years Sydeny's Port Jackson, Australia's oldest port, was a  magnificent port for the service and support of commercial and naval shipping. During the last decade or ...
Wreck of the Barque Stefano
The Wreck of the Barque Stefano on the North-West Cape of Australia in 1875
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An extraordinary drama of shipwreck and survival, 'The Wreck of the Barque  Stefano' is a true story with all the ingredients of classic adventure fiction.  This Croatian vessel ...
Wreck of the Sailing Ship Netherby
The Wreck of the Sailing Ship 'Netherby': A Miracle of Survival
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The author, Don Charlwood, is well known for his publications on shipwrecks  off the Victorian coast, and other titles relating to war and maritime history.  In this book, he has ...
Wreckers: Story of Killing Seas
The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights and Plundered Ships
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A fine shipwreck has always represented sport, pleasure, treasure, and in  many cases, the difference between living well and just getting by. Though it is  the Cornish who ...
They Came Direct: Alardus 1873
They Came Direct: Immigrant Boats Direct to the Port of Wide Bay: Alardus 1873
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Hamburg 11 November 1872, arrived Maryborough 13 June 1873). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Also includes b&w photos, and ...
They Came Direct: Ariadne 1862
They Came Direct: Immigrant Boats Direct to the Port of Wide Bay: Ariadne 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Hamburg Liverpool 5 June 1862, arrived Hervey's Bay 5 October 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Also includes b&w ...
They Came Direct: David McIvor 1863
They Came Direct: Immigrant Boats Direct to the Port of Wide Bay: David McIvor 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Liverpool 19 March 1863, arrived Hervey's Bay 9 July 1863). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources.  Includes a passenger ...
They Came Direct: Flying Cloud 1870
They Came Direct: Immigrant Boats Direct to the Port of Wide Bay: Flying Cloud 1870
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Liverpool 4 June 1870, arrived Herveys Bay 30 August 1870). Details come from official, newspaper and other ...
They Came Direct: Gloucester 1873
They Came Direct: Immigrant Boats Direct to the Port of Wide Bay: Gloucester 1873
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed London 20 March 1873, arrived Maryborough 11 July 1873). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Also includes b&w photos.
They Came Direct: Golden Land 1865
They Came Direct: Immigrant Boats Direct to the Port of Wide Bay: Golden Land 1865
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Liverpool 22 June 1865, departed Queenstown (Ireland) 2 July 1865, arrived Herveys Bay 17 October 1865). Details come from official, newspaper and ...
They Came Direct: Herschel 1872
They Came Direct: Immigrant Boats Direct to the Port of Wide Bay: Herschel 1872
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Hamburg 1 December 1871, arrived Hervey's Bay 7 March 1872). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources.
They Came Direct: Polmaise 1872
They Came Direct: Immigrant Boats Direct to the Port of Wide Bay: Polmaise 1872
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed London 16 June 1872, arrived Maryborough 12 September 1872). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources.
They Came Direct: Prince Consort 1864
They Came Direct: Immigrant Boats Direct to the Port of Wide Bay: Prince Consort 1864
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed London 13 December 1863, departed Gravesend 16 December 1863, arrived Hervey's Bay 30 March 1864). Details come from official, newspaper and other ...
They Came Direct: Reichstag 1871
They Came Direct: Immigrant Boats Direct to the Port of Wide Bay: Reichstag 1871
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Hamburg 12 November 1870, arrived Hervey's Bay 4 March 1871). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Includes a passenger ...
They Came Direct: Reichstag 1873
They Came Direct: Immigrant Boats Direct to the Port of Wide Bay: Reichstag 1873
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Hamburg 14 April 1873, arrived Maryborough 18 July 1873). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Includes a passenger list with surname, ...
They Came Direct: Shakespeare 1871
They Came Direct: Immigrant Boats Direct to the Port of Wide Bay: Shakespeare 1871
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Hamburg 21 March 1871, arrived Hervey's Bay 3 August 1871). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Includes a passenger list with ...
They Came Direct: Sultana 1864
They Came Direct: Immigrant Boats Direct to the Port of Wide Bay: Sultana 1864
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Queenstown and Liverpool 12 April 1864, arrived Maryborough 29 July 1864). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources.
They Came Direct: Sultana 1866
They Came Direct: Immigrant Boats Direct to the Port of Wide Bay: Sultana 1866
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Liverpool 5 November 1865, arrived Hervey's Bay 1 March 1866). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources.  Includes a passenger ...
They Came Direct: Beejapore 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Beejapore 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Gravesend 5 March 1863, departed Queenstown 25 March 1863, arrived Moreton Bay 21 July 1863). Details come from official, newspaper and other ...
They Came Direct: Caesar Godeffroy 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Caesar Godeffroy 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Hamburg 26 October 1861, departed Cuxhaven 1 November 1861, arrived Brisbane 30 January 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources.
They Came Direct: Chatsworth 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Chatsworth 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Liverpool 5 April 1862, departed Queenstown 9 April 1861, arrived Brisbane 6 August 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Includes ...
They Came Direct: City of Brisbane 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: City of Brisbane 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Gravesend 21 February 1862, departed Plymouth 25 February 1862, arrived Brisbane 28 June 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. ...
They Came Direct: Clifton 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Clifton 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Plymouth 29 December 1861, arrived Brisbane 9 April 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Includes a passenger list with surname, ...
They Came Direct: Erin-go-Bragh 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Erin-go-Bragh 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Queenstown 9 January 1862, arrived Brisbane 2 August 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Includes a passenger list with surname, ...
They Came Direct: Everton 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Everton 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Birkenhead 4 November 1862, arrived Moreton Bay 17 February 1863). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Includes a ...
They Came Direct: Fiery Star 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Fiery Star 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Gravesend 11 August 1863, departed Cork 19 August 1863, arrived Moreton Bay 21 November 1863). Details come from official, newspaper and other ...
They Came Direct: Flying Cloud 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Flying Cloud 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed London 4 October 1862, departed Plymouth 10 October 1862, arrived Moreton Bay 5 March 1863). Details come from official, newspaper and other ...
They Came Direct: Golden City 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Golden City 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed London 3 December 1862, departed Cork 13 December 1862, arrived Moreton Bay 5 March 1863). Details come from official, newspaper and other ...
They Came Direct: Golden Dream 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Golden Dream 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Liverpool 12 February 1863, departed Queenstown 18 February 1863, arrived Moreton Bay 28 May 1863). Details come from official, newspaper and other ...
They Came Direct: Golden Empire 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Golden Empire 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed London 4 April 1863, departed Queenstown 14 April 1863, arrived Brisbane 21 July 1863). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. ...
They Came Direct: Hannah More 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Hannah More 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Liverpool 13 January 1863, departed Bristol 9 February 1863, arrived Moreton Bay 23 June 1863). Details come from official, newspaper and other ...
They Came Direct: Helenslee 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Helenslee 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Glasgow 16 April 1862, arrived Brisbane 9 August 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Includes a passenger list with surname, ...
They Came Direct: Jessie Munn 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Jessie Munn 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Plymouth 26 October 1861, arrived Brisbane 30 January 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Includes a passenger list with ...
They Came Direct: La Rochelle 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: La Rochelle 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Hamburg 28 April 1862, arrived Brisbane 30 July 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Includes a passenger list with ...
They Came Direct: Light Brigade 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Light Brigade 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed London 31 January 1863, arrived Brisbane 21 May 1863). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources.P  Includes a passenger list with surname, ...
They Came Direct: Maryborough 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Maryborough 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Liverpool 22 May 1862, departed Queenstown 26 May 1862, arrived Brisbane 19 September 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. ...
They Came Direct: Montmorency 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Montmorency 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Hamburg 28 April 1862, arrived Brisbane 30 July 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources.  Includes a passenger list with surname, ...
They Came Direct: Ocean Chief 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Ocean Chief 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Liverpool 7 July 1862, Greenock 14 July 1862, arrived Moreton Bay 2 November 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Includes ...
They Came Direct: Prince Consort 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Prince Consort 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Liverpool 29 July 1862, departed Queenstown 2 August 1862, arrived Brisbane 3 November 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources ...
They Came Direct: Queen Colonies 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Queen Colonies 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed London 20 December 1862, departed Queenstown 5 January 1863, arrived Brisbane 13 April 1863). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources.P ...
They Came Direct: Rajasthan 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Rajasthan 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Liverpool 23 June 1862, arrived Brisbane 3 November 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Also includes b&w photos, and a map ...
They Came Direct: Saldanha 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Saldanha 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Greenock 16 May 1863, arrived Keppel Bay 9 October 1863). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Includes a passenger ...
They Came Direct: Star of England 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Star of England 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed London 26 May 1863, departed Gravesend 27 May 1863, arrived Brisbane 16 September 1863). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources ...
They Came Direct: Sultana 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Sultana 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed London 29 July 1862, departed Plymouth 2 August 1862, arrived Brisbane 3 November 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Also includes b&w photos, and a map.
They Came Direct: Sunda 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Sunda 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed London 2 July 1863, Plymouth 8 July 1863, arrived Brisbane 28 September 1863). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Includes a passenger list with surname ...
They Came Direct: Wanata 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Wanata 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed London 2 November 1862, then departed  Queenstown 12 November 18562, arrived Queensland 17 November 1863). Details come from official,  newspaper ...
They Came Direct: Warren Hastings 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Warren Hastings 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Southampton 16 January 1863, arrived Brisbane 27 April 1863). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources.  Includes a passenger list ...
They Came Direct: Whirlwind 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Whirlwind 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed London 15 June 1862, and arrived Moreton Bay 15 September 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Includes a passenger ...
They Came Direct: Young Australia 1862
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Young Australia 1862
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Gravesend 8 May 1862, departed Plymouth 15 May 1862, arrived Brisbane 12 August 1862). Details come from official, newspaper and other sources. Also includes b&w photos, and a map ...
They Came Direct: Young Australia 1863
They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Young Australia 1863
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Contains all known information on this voyage (departed Plymouth 1 May 1863,  departed London 25 April 1863, arrived Brisbane 24 July 1863). Details come from  official, newspaper and ...
Tracing BD&M's at Sea
Tracing Births, Deaths and Marriages at Sea
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At sea finding the birth, death or even marriage of one of your ancestors? Well perhaps the event did actually take place at sea. A new book from the Society ...
Tracing Your Royal Marine Ancestors
Tracing Your Royal Marine Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
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For a researcher eager to find out about the career of an individual marine, this readable and practical handbook will be necessary reading. It describes the resources available online and in the relevant archives offices. It covers books and campaign histories and ...
Tracing Your Shipbuilding Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
Tracing Your Shipbuilding Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
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This practical handbook will be an invaluable guide for family and local historians and for readers with a more general interest in shipbuilding. It introduces the variety of national and local records that are available for genealogical research and considers the many other resources that can yield fascinating information ...
Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas
Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas
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Captain James Cook's three voyages to the South Seas are among the most astonishing expeditions in history - as he and his men circled the world, charting perilous tropical seas and icy Antarctic waters. Drawing on contemporary accounts, the author's vivid narrative weaves the stories ...
Trying to Find Seafaring Ancestors
Trying to Find A Seafaring Ancestor
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A guide for Australians with seafaring ancestors.
Two Voyages to the South Seas
Two Voyages to the South Seas: Dumont D'urville
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Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) was one of the greatest navigators of the heroic days of sail, yet his two epic voyages remain virtually unknown to English speaking countries.
Unfinished Voyages: WA Shipwrecks 1622-1850
Unfinished Voyages: Western Australian Shipwrecks 1622-1850
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In 'Unfinished Voyages' the author details stories of the countless traders, whalers, emigrants, convicts, mutineers, slavers and pirates, who has fateful encounters with Australia's notorious shipwreck coast between 1622-1850 ...
Via Torres Strait
Via Torres Strait
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This is a maritime history of the Torres Strait shipping route including the  inner passage along the Great Barrier Reef and the outer one through the Coral Sea.
Victims of the Corsair Rock
Victims of the Corsair Rock
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In 1853, after several vessels had been lost on uncharted rocks near Point  Nepean, the pilot vessels began an organised search for hidden dangers. Finally  in October, the ...
Victorian Shipwrecks
Victorian Shipwrecks: All Wrecks in Victorian Waters and Bass Strait, Including King Island and the Kent Group
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Since the first sailors came to the colony, the Victorian coastline has  proved fatal to many ships, wooden and iron sailing ships, then steamers, ran aground, struck reefs, collided, foundered ...
Voyage to Aust & the Pacific 1791-93
Voyage to Australia and the Pacific 1791-1793
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In 1791 Admiral Bruny d'Entrecasteaux sailed with two ships from France to search for his compatriot, the explorer La Pérouse, who was missing in the Pacific.P  Although d'Entrecasteaux failed to discover ...
Voyage to Disaster
Voyage to Disaster
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Mutiny, murder, rape, torture; a priceless treasure fuelling the basest human greed; a courageous journey in search of rescue - the story of the 'Batavia', wrecked off the coast of Western Australia in 1629, has been part of the myth and legend of Australian history.
Voyages to the South Seas: Terres Australes
Voyages to the South Seas: In Search of Terres Australes
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At the turn of the eighteenth century, Australia might nominally have belonged to England, but it was France who knew her best. For the French, Australia and the Pacific were places of discovery, imagination ...
War at Sea in the Age of Sail 1650-1850
War at Sea in the Age of Sail 1650-1850
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This history of maritime warfare in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries  has been written by one of the field’s leading experts. The seventeenth and  eighteenth centuries witnessed the ...
Wellbanks Australian Nautical Almanac 1886
Wellbank's Australian Nautical Almanac and Coasters' Guide
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Wellbank's Australian Nautical Almanac and Coasters' Guide was published annually from 1860 to 1889, but copies are now very rare.
Western Australia's Tempestuous History (3 vols)
Western Australia's Tempestuous History
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These volumes begin with the earliest recorded history of the arrival of  white men on Western Australian shores. They were the survivors from shipwrecks who became unwilling emigrants. Seamen, mutineers, ...
Whalemen of Twofold Bay
Whalemen of Twofold Bay
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What Was the Voyage Really Like?: Brief Guide to Convict & Immigrant Voyages
What Was the Voyage Really Like?: A Brief Guide to Researching Convict and Immigrant Voyages to Australia and New Zealand
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Discovering when and how an ancestor arrived in Australia is the ambition of every family historian. This book, written as an expanded version of a talk that the author gives, is an excellent up-to-date guide on the topic of researching "Convict and Immigrant Voyages to Australia and New Zealand" ...
Windjammers, Final Story
Windjammers, The Final Story: A Collection of Memoirs, Poems and Paintings Depicting Life in the Last Commercial Sailing Ships
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This is a unique book in that Robert Carter had the rare opportunity to acquire first hand information about the last of the wind driven ships from the final generation ...
Wreck 1891 & Maritime Memories
Wreck 1891 and Other Maritime Memories
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A great deal of our history lies on the seabed off South Western Victoria  where there have been several hundred wrecks. As the author of many standard works on Australian ...
Wreck of the Ship Eric the Red
Wreck of the Ship Eric the Red
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While the great oceans swallowed thousands of ships without trace, the  ultimate graveyard for those bound for Melbourne was the rugged coastline of  south western Victoria. Here, windjammers, ...
Wreckers Smugglers & Pirates
Wreckers, Smugglers and Pirates in South Eastern Australian Waters
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Wrecks Along the Gippsland Coast
Wrecks Along the Gippsland Coast
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The toll of wrecks around the Gippsland coast is high, but after examining  charts showing the maze of rocks, reefs and small islands dotted out into Bass  Strait, ...
Wrecks & Reputations
Wrecks and Reputations: The Loss of the Schomberg and Loch Ard
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The 'Schomberg', described at 'the noblest ship that ever floated upon the  water', was the pride of the British shipbuilding; its captain, the daredevil  "Bully" Forbes, dreamed of ...
Wrecks in the Rip: Port Phillip Bay
Wrecks in the Rip, Port Phillip Bay
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Viewed from the shore, Port Phillip Heads appear to afford ample room for the  safe navigation of vessels proceeding to and from the ports of Melbourne and Geelong. However, more ...
Wrecks Steamships NSW 1836-1936
Wrecks of Steamships in New South Wales 1836-1936
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This work is only intended to record the construction details of steam ad  motor ships lost in the waters of the coast of New South Wales during the first  century ...
Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast
Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast
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More ships have been lost off the coast of New South Wales, and more  undiscovered shipwrecks remain in these waters than any other stretch of coastline in Australia. ...
Wrecks on the South Australian Coast
Wrecks on the South Australian Coast: Including Kangaroo Island
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Wrecks on the South Australian Coast' is the third in the series of revised  and updated reprints of maritime history books which have proved popular with shipwreck enthusiasts and sea ...
Yorke Peninsula Shipping
Yorke Peninsula Shipping
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The history of South Australian coastal shipping commenced the day that  settlement began, and the story of the shipping that served Yorke Peninsula  really commenced the day the first landowner ...
   
 
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