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Author Doolette, Peter

Title Murder, mishap & misfortune : a select history of the Coorong / Peter Doolette
Published Adelaide, S. Aust. : Coorong Publications, 1997

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 W'PONDS  994.232 Doo/Mma  AVAILABLE
Description xvii, 155 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Series Fleurieu Peninsula history
Contents Ch. 1. The murder of Captain Collet Barker -- Ch. 2. The drowning of Sir John Jeffcott and Captain Blenkinsopp -- Ch. 3. The Fanny and Elizabeth wrecks -- Ch. 4. The Maria murders -- Ch. 5. The murder of George McGrath -- Ch. 6. The wreck of Sophia Jane -- Ch. 7. The wreck of the Mariner -- Ch. 8. The wreck of the Gazelle -- Ch. 9. The Avenue Range murders -- Ch. 10. The lifeboat drownings -- Ch. 11. The wreck of Mozambique -- Ch. 12. The wreck of Halycon -- Ch. 13. Malachi Martin and the Salt Creek murders -- Ch. 14. The wreck of the Adelaide -- Ch. 15. The murder of Trooper Pearce -- Ch. 16. The wreck of the Ruby -- Ch. 17. The wreck of the Margit
Summary Described by George French Angas in 1844 as "truly a wild and desolate place", the Coorong is undeniably one of the most magnificent areas in Australia. But hand-in-hand with the remote beauty of the region went a series of tragic events in the 19th century. Shipwrecks, murders, attacks by the Aboriginal inhabitants on the white explorers and settlers, and attacks by white colonists on the Aborigines also made the Coorong one of the most violent regions of the South Australian colony. Drawing mostly on original sources, this book provides an insight into the sometimes harsh and desperate conditions faced by the Europeans attempting to populate "that lonely shore", and the inevitable conflicts with the original inhabitants
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 133-155
Subject History -- Australia -- South Australia.
SUBJECT Coorong, The (S.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002000173 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
Coorong, The (S.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002000173 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
ISBN 0646338951
Other Titles Select history of the Coorong
Murder, mishap and misfortune
Murder, mishap and fortune : a select history of the Coorong