The Wreck of the Barque Stefano Off the North West Cape of Australia
Title | The Wreck of the Barque Stefano Off the North West Cape of Australia PDF eBook |
Author | Gustave Rathe |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780859058643 |
The Wreck of the Barque Stefano Off the North West Cape of Australia in 1876 [i.e. 1875].
Title | The Wreck of the Barque Stefano Off the North West Cape of Australia in 1876 [i.e. 1875]. PDF eBook |
Author | Stjepan Skurla |
Publisher | |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Castaways |
ISBN |
Croatians in Australia
Title | Croatians in Australia PDF eBook |
Author | Ilija Šutalo |
Publisher | Wakefield Press |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Australia |
ISBN | 9781862546516 |
Ilija Sutalo has given us a detailed and fascinating insight into Croatian settlers from the 1800s to the present, the likes of which has never before been attempted. Yet Croatians have been here for 150 years, and, by the 1930s, were well organised and conscious of their heritage. A people without whom Australia could not have developed and grown.
The Hitchers of Oz
Title | The Hitchers of Oz PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Sykes |
Publisher | ReadHowYouWant.com |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2009-12 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1458748618 |
World famous actor Sam Neill and rap legend Chuck D rub shoulders with writers like JP Donleavy and Carmel Bird. Physicists, business leaders, publishers, political activists, soldiers, poets, athletes and comic book creators are brought together by their common experience of hitching a ride sometime in the past. Since the '60s and '70s - the heyday of hitching - people have thumbed rides worldwide. Money never changes hands, but all manner of social transactions take place. These tales will open your eyes and take you back - or forward. Just when you think you've heard it all, turn the page. You'll discover you haven't! Tom Sykes writes fiction and non-fiction. His stories and articles have been published in the UK, USA, Canada and Southeast Asia Simon Sykes is an author, linguist, musician, designer, and carpenter who hitchhiked extensively during the 1970s. This exciting new book follows on the heels of their popular British, and North American collections.
Unfinished Voyages
Title | Unfinished Voyages PDF eBook |
Author | Graeme Henderson |
Publisher | UWA Publishing |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Coasts |
ISBN | 9781920694883 |
An invaluable guide for maritime archeologists, recreational divers, historians and others interested in the drama adventure and romance of Western Australia's rich maritime history.
Australian National Bibliography: 1992
Title | Australian National Bibliography: 1992 PDF eBook |
Author | National Library of Australia |
Publisher | National Library Australia |
Pages | 1976 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Australia |
ISBN |
Literature of Travel and Exploration: R to Z, index
Title | Literature of Travel and Exploration: R to Z, index PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Speake |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 566 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 9781579584405 |
Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.