Starting with the first shipwreck in the waters around the Furneaux Islands — the Sydney Cove in 1797 — this book tells the stories of ships wrecked around the Furneaux Group, the islands at the eastern end of Bass Strait including Flinders Island, Cape Barren Island and Clarke Island.
It also tells the stories of those who chose to live on the Furneaux islands — the ex-convicts, sealers and adventurers known as the Straitsmen, the Tasmanian Aboriginal women they took from their communities, and the lighthouse keepers who saved many voyagers from disaster.
At 91 indexed pages, a compact but well-researched account of maritime disaster and island life in one of Australia's most treacherous sea passages.
BOOK DETAILS
- Softcover.
- 91 pages, indexed.
- Published 2023.
- Illustrated
CONDITION
New.
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