Poor souls they perished : the Cataraqui : Australia's worst shipwreck / Andrew Lemon & Marjorie Morgan
- Bib ID:
- 6249852
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Lemon, Andrew, 1949-, author
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Description:
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- Warrandyte, Victoria : Burgewood Books, 2014
- ©2014
- xvi, 192 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781876425661 (paperback)
- Summary:
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"Australia's worst civil disaster -- a sailing ship stranded only 150 yards off the deserted shore of King Island, isolated by rows of reefs; victims clinging, for up to two days, to the disintegrating vessel. The miraculous rescue of the survivors by an ex-convict, the response to the news in Melbourne and England, and the gruesome aftermath of burial and salvage complete the tale." -- Back cover.
- Notes:
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- First published in 1986 by Hargreen, North Melbourne.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-184) and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Morgan, Marjorie Jean, 1930-, author
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2014
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