Bibliograph

Australian shipwrecks, a pictorial history, Peter Christopher

Type

Label

Australian shipwrecks, a pictorial history, Peter Christopher

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and ship index

Illustrations

portraitsmapsfacsimilesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Australian shipwrecks

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Peter Christopher

Series statement

Australian social history series

Sub title

a pictorial history

Summary

Ranges from pre-colonial wrecks to modern steamships, with a special chapter dedicated to wartime losses. The book is not just about the lost ships, but contains heroic and sometimes tragic stories of the men, women and children aboard them

Table Of Contents

Early exploration & navigation -- Western Australia: the earliest wrecks -- Batavia -- Tryall -- Zeewijk -- Gilt Dragon -- Zuytdorp -- New South Wales -- Dunbar -- Maitland -- Malabar -- Cawarra -- Victoria -- Loch Ard -- Schomberg -- Community of the sea -- Mahogany Ship -- Falls of Halladale -- Tasmania -- Cataraqui -- Sydney Cove -- Neva -- South Australia -- Admella -- Clan Ranald -- Star of Greece -- Loch Vennachar -- Koenig Wilhelm II -- Queensland -- Pandora -- Yongala -- Gothenburg -- Cherry Venture & Stirling Castle -- River Murray -- Wartime wrecks -- HMAS Sydney II -- HMAS Perth -- Submarine attack on Sydney Harbour -- AHS Centaur -- Bombing of Darwin -- Norfolk Island -- HMS Sirius -- Navigational instruments -- Three eras of maritime history

Target audience

adult

Creator