Books

A Treacherous Coast tells the fascinating stories of ten shipwrecks and maritime disasters to occur off the Queensland coast.  They include: the Endeavour – 1770; the Caledonia – 1831; the Stirling Castle – 1836; the Peruvian – 1846; the Countess of Minto – 1851; the Sapphire – 1859; the Maria – 1872; the Gothenburg – 1875; the Quetta – 1890; and the Orete – 1918.

Whether through gritty determination, personal fortitude, or a measure of good luck many people lived to tell their story.    A Treacherous Coast draws heavily on the first-hand accounts left by those who survived their ordeals. Available as a paperback or Kindle eBook through Amazon

Bolters tells the stories of Australia’s most audacious attempts to escape during the convict era. Stranded on the other side of the world, a surprisingly large number of convicts dedicated their time and energy to finding a way to return home or flee to some faraway country beyond the reach of British law. From desperate attempts to seize ships under sail to embarking on long ocean voyages in small open boats, the book recounts 22 such escapes in detail and another 90 or so are covered in an appendix.

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Modern Australia has a rich and fascinating maritime heritage dating back to the early 1600s. Shipwrecks, mutinies, epic voyages into the unknown and lucky escapes from disaster all make Australia’s rich maritime history fascinating reading.

Tales from the Quarterdeck brings sixty of the blog’s most popular bite-sized maritime stories into one volume. All have been reedited, some rewritten, and a couple have been updated.

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