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A Guide and Index to Ship Registers in Colonial Australia
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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.
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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.
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Across the Pacific: Liners from Australian and New Zealand to North America
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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 ...
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Australian Coastal Passenger Ships
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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.
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Australian Migrant Ships 1946-1977
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 1: North Coast Steam Navigation Co.
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 10: Vessels Enrolled At Melbourne to the End of 1859
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 11: Vessels Enrolled At Launceston 1830-59
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 18: Vessels Enrolled At Brisbane From 1851 Till Mid 1880s
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Australian Shipowners and their Fleets Book 19: Vessels Enrolled at Sydney Between 1860 and 1875 A-H
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 2: Northern Rivers of New South Wales
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Australian Shipowners and their Fleets Book 20: Vessels Enrolled at Sydney Between 1860 and 1875 I-Z
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 23: Amendments to Previous Books and Some Post-1875 Additions A-K
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 24: Amendments to Previous Books and Some Post-1875 Additions L-Z
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 3: Owners Registering Ships in Newcastle
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 4: Concluding Newcastle Shipowners
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 5: Early Australian Owners
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 6: Vessels Enrolled At Sydney 1830-1840
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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 ...
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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.
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 8: Vessels Enrolled Melbourne 1839-1854
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Australian Shipowners and Their Fleets Book 9: Vessels Enrolled At Melbourne Up to 1859
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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 ...
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Australian Shipwrecks: Volume 5 Update 1622-1990
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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 ...
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Australian Shipwrecks: Volume 6 The Australia Run
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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 ...
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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.
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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.
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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, ...
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Fair Game: Australia's First Immigrant Women
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Young women as fair game? In 1832, the British government sent 400 young single women to Sydney and Hobart to balance the male-dominated societies. The two ships were the 'Red Rover' from Cork and the 'Princess Royal' from London. This book analyses how this migration was allowed to happen while telling the women's stories ...
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Flinders: The Man Who Mapped Australia
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Two hundred years ago, in the romantic age of exploration, Matthew Flinders became the first to circumnavigate and chart the treacherous Terra Australis coastline. Rob Mundle's 'Flinders' brings to life the fascinating story of this exceptional maritime explorer - from the drama of epic voyages and devastating shipwrecks; his part in the naming of Australia; his imprisonment
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Free Passage: The Reunion of Irish Convicts and their Families in Australia 1788-1852
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This is the poignant and complex story of the reunion of Irish families in Australia from 1788-1852. A hidden history full of human drama, the story has never been told before. over a third of convicts transported to the Australian colonies between 1788-1868 were Irish ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Immigration Instructions C1860's
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Facsimile of snippets from the 'Explanatory Observations on the Immigration Remittance Regulations' compiled 1858. Appendix A is a note from the Colonial Secretary's Office dated 1857 relating to immigration regulations, ...
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In Search of a Better Life: British and Irish Migration
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'In Search of a Better Life' challenges the traditional narratives of British and Irish migration. It argues that most of the migrants were not forced to leave their country by circumstances, but looked forward to a better life abroad. They were largely opportunists rather than victims ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Migrant Ships to Australia and New Zealand 1900 to 1939
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In this book that author examines the ships and shipping companies used to transport migrants to Australia and New Zealand from 1900 to 1939. He documents the ships bringing migrants to Australia and New Zealand from 1900 to the outbreak of World War II ...
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Mutiny on the Bounty
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Rhode's Shipping Annual and Directory of Passenger Steamers 1914
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Published in 1914, this shipping annual and directory of passenger steamers includes a list of all the fleets followed by a separate listing for each ship with details about its build, owners, measurements and other relevant information. Great for getting details of the ships that brought many emigrants to Australia and others used locally.
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Scuttled and Abandoned Ships in Australian Waters
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Shipping and Migration Research on the Internet
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This book is suitable for both beginners and experienced researchers. Use it to start your research, expand on what you know and learn about the latest internet resources and search techniques.
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Shipping Losses and Casualties Concerning Australia and New Zealand
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Ships from Scotland to Australasia 1820-1860
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One of the more difficult tasks encountered by genealogists in Australia and New Zealand is establishing the ship on which their ancestors sailed, and the dates of departure ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Single and Free: Female Migration to Australia 1833-1837
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Between 1833-1837, 14 ships carried nearly 3000 women from Britain and Ireland to the colonies of NSW and VDL. The women migrated in response to promotional material which emphasised the shortage of women in the Australian colonies ...
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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 ...
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The Bibliography of the Convict Transports
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A list of all 1040 convict transports in alphabetical order, showing the number of people aboard, place of arrival and the source and call number of the ship's indent or ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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Trying to Find A Seafaring Ancestor
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A guide for Australians with seafaring ancestors.
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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.
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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.
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Wellbank's Australian Nautical Almanac and Coasters' Guide
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Our Price: AU$24.50 Inc GST
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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.
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Whalemen of Twofold Bay
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Our Price: AU$41.95 Inc GST
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What Was the Voyage Really Like?: A Brief Guide to Researching Convict and Immigrant Voyages to Australia and New Zealand
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Our Price: AU$11.00 Inc GST
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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" ...
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Wreckers, Smugglers and Pirates in South Eastern Australian Waters
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Our Price: AU$13.20 Inc GST
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