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Island books - Princess K'gari's Fraser Island by author Fred Williams is
an outstanding account of the history of Fraser Island. A detailed account
of the Fraser Island Aborigines, their culture, and their contacts and conflicts
with the European settlers, is presented over several chapters.The book
also covers the contact of Captain James Cook and Matthew Flinders had with
the island.The book also devotes a chapter to the notorious story of Captain
James and Eliza Fraser and the wreck of their ship 'Stirling Castle'. |
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compliments Chas & Ruby Mathison
from the collection of Glenda Wilkins |
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latter half of Princess K'Gari's Fraser Island deals with various
aspects of Fraser Island that have shaped its contemporary history
and, indeed, the island itself - pastoral leases and the alleged subsequent
effects of brumbies; timbergetting; the reefs; the cause of numerous
shipwrecks; the building of the Sandy Cape lighthouse, moha moha monster
of Sandy Cape, the Fraser Commando School, a little known piece of
the island's history.
It also takes a look at the contempory and controversial history of
the management of the islands dingoes.. |
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Fred Williams Princess K'Gari's Fraser Island is extensively illustrated
with a large two by eight page full colour sections. A virtual exposition
of memorabilia from circ 1873 , historical documents, maps etc, with
almost 300 historical photographs (and cartoons of the dingo), people,
places and events that have contributed to the intriguing jig-saw
puzzle history of Fraser Island.
Many will find these photographs of great historical value as most
have never been published before.
To protect your investment in history the book is full colour, soft
cover, and fully stitched printed on quality paper, printed and made
in Australia. The book has a full professional index of the contents
of the book.
For those who may not know Fred Williams is well versed in writing
about Fraser Island as he has written a previous book on Fraser Island
titled "written in sand" which was published in 1982. |
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