| Description |
xiv, 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Chinese whispers: Trial, 1622 -- 2. The devil and the deep blue sea: Batavia, 1629 -- 3. The long goodbye: Sydney Cove, 1797 -- 4. Heart of darkness: Stirling Castle, 1836 -- 5. Threading the needle: Cataraqui, 1845 -- 6. The port of shame: Dunbar, 1857 -- 7. The end of the affair: Loch Ard, 1878 -- 8. Labyrinth: Quetta, 1890 -- 9. The Tahitian girl: cyclone Mahina, 1899 -- 10. Missing in action: HMAS Sydney, 1941 -- 11. The ship that wrecked a city: Lake Illawarra, 1975 -- 12. Never give up: Tony bullimore and thierry dubois, 1997 -- 13. The edge of hell: Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, 1998 -- Epilogue: And they still come |
| Analysis |
Shipwrecks |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [327]-330 |
| Subject |
Search and rescue operations -- Tasman Sea.
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Shipwrecks -- Australia.
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| LC no. |
00002431 |
| ISBN |
0670040193 : |
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