Download or read book The Islands written by Emily Brugman and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving and original debut novel. Observant, warm and extraordinary. 'There is an other-worldly quality about the Abrolhos which is beyond the reach of ordinary storytelling. Emily Brugman has captured them, staked them to the page in all their isolation and aridity and scoured indifference, because her storytelling is extraordinary.' Jock Serong, bestselling author of Preservation 'Strongly written, deeply felt, original.' Tegan Bennett Daylight 'Beautiful, fresh, wise and true - startlingly good.' - Robert Drewe, award-winning author of Whipbird In the mid-1950s, a small group of Finnish migrants set up camp on Little Rat, a tiny island in an archipelago off the coast of Western Australia. The crayfishing industry is in its infancy, and the islands, haunted though they are by past shipwrecks, possess an indefinable allure. Drawn here by tragedy, Onni Saari is soon hooked by the stark beauty of the landscape and the slivers of jutting coral onto which the crayfishers build their precarious huts. Could these reefs, teeming with the elusive and lucrative cray, hold the key to a good life? The Islands is the sweeping story of the Saari family: Onni, an industrious and ambitious young man, grappling with the loss of a loved one; his wife Alva, quiet but stoic, seeking a sense of belonging between the ramshackle camps of the islands and the dusty suburban lots of the mainland; and their pensive daughter Hilda, who dreams of becoming the skipper of her own boat. As the Saari's try to build their future in Australia, their lives entwine with those of the fishing families of Little Rat, in myriad and unexpected ways. A stunning, insightful story of a search for home. 'A beautiful, breathtaking, salty book about finding home on the far reaches of the continental shelf.' Marele Day, author of bestselling Lambs of God

Download or read book The Abrolhos Islands of Western Australia written by Nancy M. A. Basile and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Houtman Abrolhos written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, Houtman Abrolhos - A Natural History showcases the unique natural world that is the Houtman Abrolhos Islands. Come on an intimate journey through this archipelago situated off the mid-Western Australian coast from the Pelsaert Group in the south to the Wallabi Group in the north. Illustrated with over 500 photographs by the author every aspect is covered, from human discovery, geology, marine life and the incredible populations of seabirds at the Houtman Abrolhos.

Download or read book Islands of Angry Ghosts written by Hugh Edwards and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Hugh Edwards, one of the discoverers of the wreck of the Batavia, comes Islands of Angry Ghosts, an expert and compelling look at one of the most horrific maritime incidents in Australian history. A fascinating story, in print since 1966, Islands of Angry Ghosts is a story in two parts. It traces and re-creates the final months of the Batavia and her crew, pieced together through journals, letters and trial records. It also follows the discovery and salvage of Batavia's wreck by Hugh Edwards and a crew of divers. In 1629, the Dutch East India merchantman the Batavia was wrecked on reef islands off the West Australian coast while on a routine trip to Indonesia. What followed this disaster is a harrowing tale of desertion, betrayal and murder. More than 125 men, women and children were murdered by mutineers caught in a frenzy of bloodlust and greed. By the time the rescue ship finally arrived, months later, the marooned were caught in a desperate battle between soldiers trying to defend the survivors and the mutineers who were bent on leaving no witnesses. More than three hundred years later, Hugh Edwards, a West Australian reporter and diving enthusiast, started to search for the lost ship. When Edwards and his team found the Batavia, they discovered the final piece of a story that has gripped Australians for over a century.

Download or read book Batavia s Graveyard written by Mike Dash and published by Crown. This book was released on 2002-03-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Tulipomania comes Batavia’s Graveyard, the spellbinding true story of mutiny, shipwreck, murder, and survival. It was the autumn of 1628, and the Batavia, the Dutch East India Company’s flagship, was loaded with a king’s ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java. The Batavia was the pride of the Company’s fleet, a tangible symbol of the world’s richest and most powerful commercial monopoly. She set sail with great fanfare, but the Batavia and her gold would never reach Java, for the Company had also sent along a new employee, Jeronimus Corneliszoon, a bankrupt and disgraced man who possessed disarming charisma and dangerously heretical ideas. With the help of a few disgruntled sailors, Jeronimus soon sparked a mutiny that seemed certain to succeed—but for one unplanned event: In the dark morning hours of June 3, the Batavia smashed through a coral reef and ran aground on a small chain of islands near Australia. The commander of the ship and the skipper evaded the mutineers by escaping in a tiny lifeboat and setting a course for Java—some 1,800 miles north—to summon help. Nearly all of the passengers survived the wreck and found themselves trapped on a bleak coral island without water, food, or shelter. Leaderless, unarmed, and unaware of Jeronimus’s treachery, they were at the mercy of the mutineers. Jeronimus took control almost immediately, preaching his own twisted version of heresy he’d learned in Holland’s secret Anabaptist societies. More than 100 people died at his command in the months that followed. Before long, an all-out war erupted between the mutineers and a small group of soldiers led by Wiebbe Hayes, the one man brave enough to challenge Jeronimus’s band of butchers. Unluckily for the mutineers, the Batavia’s commander had raised the alarm in Java, and at the height of the violence the Company’s gunboats sailed over the horizon. Jeronimus and his mutineers would meet an end almost as gruesome as that of the innocents whose blood had run on the small island they called Batavia’s Graveyard. Impeccably researched and beautifully written, Batavia’s Graveyard is the next classic of narrative nonfiction, the book that secures Mike Dash’s place as one of the finest writers of the genre.

Download or read book Echinoderms Through Time written by Bruno David and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1994-06-01 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Echinoderms are now considered as a biological and geological model that underlies researches of primary importance. The extent of the contributions made by the International Echinoderm Conferences to various fields of research is attested by the scope covered by presentation at the international conferences. These proceedings contain the complete papers or abstracts of all the presentations and posters presented at the eighth International Echinoderm Conference, held in Dijon, France in September, 1994. Coverage includes: general; extinct classes; crinoids; asteroids; ophiuroids; holothuroids; and echinoids.

Download or read book Island Season written by Guy David Wright and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Field Guide to the Tropical Fish of Australia written by Rick Stuart-Smith and published by Reed New Holland. This book was released on 2015-11 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering almost 1,100 species, often with multiple images for important life stages, this field guide represents the most comprehensive collectionof the tropical fishes found on Australian reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Ningaloo Reef, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.Many of the species covered are also found widely throughout the Indo- Pacific, from the Red Sea, up to Japan and across to French Polynesia, and travellers will also find this book handy, particularly for popular tropical South Pacific destinations.Authors Rick Stuart-Smith, Graham Edgar, Andrew Green and Ian Shaw have decades worth of collective experience studying andphotographing reef fishes around the world, especially through their contributions to the Reef Life Survey program (www.reeflifesurvey.com).

Download or read book The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands Western Australia written by Fred E. Wells and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Management Plan for Sustainable Tourism at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands written by Western Australia. Abrolhos Islands Management Advisory Committee and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands Western Australia written by Fred E. Wells and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Abrolhos Islands Conversations written by Alison Louise Wright and published by Fremantle Arts Center Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventy kilometres off Australia's west coast lie a series of barren-looking atolls called the Abrolhos Islands. The seasonal inhabitants of these islands came from diverse ethnic backgrounds, and, like many isolated communities, have developed close links. Working together as a community they have built schools, halls, churches and lifelong friendships. Working together in the crayfishing industry they have faced hardships and tragedy. Yet, when they step onto their boats to go crayfishing, as one fisherman put it, 'it's dog-cat-dog', and a spirit of intense competition reigns. In a series of interviews, portraits and drawings Abrolhos Islands Conversationscharts the changes, the characters, the laughter, the pain, and the tall tales of the Islands through the eyes of the fisherman and their families.

Download or read book On the Bird Life of Houtman s Abrolhos Islands Western Australia written by Charles Price Conigrave and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Photography written by Michael Pelusey and published by Chelsea House. This book was released on 2005 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the history of photography, discusses the different types of photography, and shows the steps of how a photograph is created, from idea to photographic processing.

Download or read book Coastal Marine Ecosystems of Latin America written by U. Seeliger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-10-18 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coastal and marine ecosystems, some severely degraded, other still pristine, control rich resources of inshore environments and coastal seas of Latin America's Pacific and Atlantic margins. Conflicts between the needs of the region's nations and diminishing revenues and environmental quality have induced awareness of coastal ecological problems and motivated financial support for restoration and management. The volume provides a competent review on the structure, processes and function of 22 important Latin American coastal marine ecosystems. Each contribution describes the environmental settings, biotic components and structure of the system, considers trophic processes and energy flow, evaluates the modifying influence of natural and human perturbations, and suggests management needs. Although the focus of the book is on basic ecological research, the results have application for coastal managers.

Download or read book Ocean s Gift written by Demelza Carlton and published by Lost Plot Press. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electrician Joe Fisher is used to doing any job, no matter how hard, as long as the money's good. So when he takes a job as a deckhand on a fishing boat, he figures it's all smooth sailing. If the early mornings and vicious lobsters weren't bad enough, his boss warns him to watch out for the neighbours. But when he meets Sirena, his mysterious neighbour with her all-female crew, Joe just can't stay away. Even if it could cost him his life. You'll never look at mermaids the same way again. Keywords: Mermaids, myths and legends, mythology, folklore, modern day fairytale, Australian fishing stories, urban fantasy romance fiction, interracial romance, shapeshifter paranormal romance for adults, comedy and humour, beach romance, vacation holiday romance, siren, Western Australia

Download or read book Geology and hydrogeology of carbonate islands written by Leonard H.L. Vacher and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004-04-13 with total page 967 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book on geology and hydrogeology of carbonate islands is volume 54 in the Developments in Sedimentology series.