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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.
This publication covers shipwrecks in Australian waters from the wreck of the East India Company's Tryal in 1622, until the end of December 1850.
Brief historical accounts with technical information on all known shipwrecks in Australian waters up to 1850
Published in Association with the Western Australian Museum 'Swallowed by the Sea' tells the stories of Australia's greatest and most tragic shipwrecks, lost in raging storms, on jagged reefs, under enemy fire, or through human error, treachery or incompetence. It includes wrecks from all corners of Australia, from 1622 to as recently as 2010, from clipper ships to colonial schooners to East Indiamen. Read about the oldest known wreck in Australian waters, the Tryal, driven into a maze of sunken rocks by the inept Captain Brookes, and about the loss of emigrant barque Cataraqui, which struck a reef off King Island in the middle of a stormy night, drowning more than 400 people. The violent wrecking of ships is only part of the story. Maritime archaeologist Graeme Henderson has personally located and dived many of the shipwrecks in this book. Alongside his accounts are colour underwater photographs of the dive sites with specially written recollections by members of the diving crew.
This book examines the dangerous passage undertaken by a range of sailing ships powered by wind, steam and oil which travelled between the United Kingdom and Australia and New Zealand. It examines the ships wrecked on this journey and looks at the stories of the cargoes that they carried, ranging from people in search of a new life to gold, wool and wheat.