The Long Farewell by Don Charlwood ( 3^rd edition, 2000)

The author read more than 120 diaries kept by immigrants on the long sailing ship voyages to Australia, and numerous letters the settlers wrote home. He tells about the perils, the ships and their routes, accommodation on board, surgeons and health, messing and dining, pastimes and consolations, the crew and the new shore. 

Winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards' Ethnic Affairs Commission Award in 1982.

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This CD tells in vivid detail, the story of the wreck of the famous Loch Ard: how the wreck occurred, the ordeal and rescue of the two survivors, and the aftermath of the wreck. 

Also included are reminiscences by the grandson of Eva Carmichael -- she was the only passenger to survive -- about his grandmother; and a new recording of music written in 1878 in honour of Tom Pearce, the only member of the Loch Ard’s crew to survive the disaster. 

The CD is an excellent companion piece to Burgewood Books’ Settlers Under Sail and Wrecks and Reputations.

Audio CD. 30 minute program. AUD $14.50 plus freight.

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Wrecks and Reputations by Don Charlwood (3^rd edition, 2000)

The most thoroughly researched account of the wrecks of two sailing ships on the Victorian (Australia) coast -- the Loch Ard in 1878, and the Schomberg in 1855. The Loch Ard story, which tells of the two survivors, is well known to all who visit the Shipwreck Coast. The Schomberg was the finest clipper Britain built and she was lost on her maiden voyage by the famous master 'Bully' Forbes.

Paperback, 194 pages, photographs (B&W); author's note, appendices, epilogue, index. $20.50 plus freight. 

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Settlers Under Sail by Don Charlwood (4^th edition, 2002)

Commissioned by the Victorian (Australia) Government's History Advisory Council to commemorate, in 1978, the centenary of the wreck of the Loch Ard, this book celebrates the era of sailing ship immigration to Australia and tells the story of the famous Loch Ard. It contains many fascinating photos and sketches.

Paperback, 49 pages, many photographs and illustrations (colour and B&W), AUD$12.50 plus freight.

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The Wreck of the Sailing Ship Netherby -- A Miracle of Survival by Don Charlwood

The Wreck of the Sailing Ship Netherby is the story of an 1866 shipwreck on the western coast of King Island, in southern Australia. It tells of a near miracle, vividly related by three different participants. Here was a ship with 413 emigrant passengers and a crew of 38, impaled by night on serrated reefs not far from the 1845 remains of the Cataraqui. The Cataraqui had lost 399 lives. The senior officers of the Netherby were instrumental in saving the lives of all those aboard their vessel, plus a baby born on the island to one of the rescued passengers!

Paperback 48 pages; Foreword; appendices including passenger list. Photographs and maps (B & W, and colour). AUD$15.50 plus freight

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The Cataraqui -- Australia's Worst Shipwreck by Andrew Lemon and Marjorie Morgan (published by Australian Scholarly Publishing, Collingwood, Australia, 2^nd edition, 1995)

Australia's worst civil disaster -- a sailing ship stranded only 150 yards off the deserted shore of King Island, isolated by rows of reefs; victims clinging, for up to two days, to the disintegrating vessel. The story of the horrific 1845 shipwreck -- 400 died; nine were miraculously rescued.

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Marching as to War by Don Charlwood (Published by Hudson Publishing, Hawthorn, Australia 1990)

An eloquent and evocative autobiographical account of growing up in Australia between the two World Wars, this book describes life in Australia at that time and portrays the attitudes that led young Australians to support England in World War 2.

Winner of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (Vic) Christina Stead Award in 1990 and commended in the same year for the Fellowship of Australian Writers (Vic) Herb Thomas Award for biography, autobiography or memoir.

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