Title Lizard Island : the journey of Mary Watson / Suzanne Falkiner & Alan Oldfield

Edition Limited edition Published Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2000

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	994.38 Fal/Lit		AVAILABLE

Description xi, 235 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 30 cm regular print Summary Illustrated account of Mary Watson's escape with her baby and a wounded Chinese workman after an attack by mainland Aborigines on her absent husband's Lizard Island station; travelling by sea for eight days in a cut-down ship's water tank before dying of thirst on an Island off Cape Flattery in Far North Queensland; early encounters between European explorers and Aborigines of Far North Queensland; recollection and stories of Aboriginal decendants of Lizard Island Aborigines; massacre of Aborigines at Cape Flattery Notes Includes index Library's SRq copy is limited edition no.159/200, in blue cloth custom made box; signed by the author with original Alan Oldfield etching with blind emboss loosely inserted. ANL Bibliography Bibliography Subject Oldfield, Alan. Watson, Mary, 1860-1881. Guugu Yimidhirr (Australian people) Natural history -- Australia -- Lizard Island (Qld.) Painting, Australian -- Themes, motives. Painting, Australian -- 20th century. Pioneers -- Australia -- Cooktown (Qld.) -- Biography. Pioneers -- Australia -- Cooktown region (Qld.) -- Biography Pioneers -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cooktown Region -- Biography Pioneers -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cooktown region -- Biography SUBJECT Lizard Island (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97004400 Lizard Island (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97004400 -- In art. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011411 Lizard Island (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97004400 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237 Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237 Queensland -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116481 Genre/Form Biographies. Art. Author Oldfield, Alan. LC no. 2001339473 ISBN 1865084735 1865085286

Other Titles Journey of Mary Watson

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