Main Title: |
Australian shipwrecks : a pictorial history / Peter Christopher. |
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Author: |
Christopher, Peter, 1948-
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Year: |
c2009. |
Collation: |
132 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports., pbk, ; 26 cm. |
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. |
Subject: |
Shipwrecks Ships and shipping Australia
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Series: |
Australian social history series
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ISBN: |
9781864765885 |
Notes: |
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-125) and index.
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