Maritime and Transport History

H.M. Bark Endeavour: Her Place in Australian History [HB] Refer MUP
Ray Parkin
Awards: NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Book of the Year 1999
NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 1999

This is the most thorough study yet undertaken of James Cook's Endeavour and her voyage along the east coast of Australia in 1770.
Miegunyah

H.M. Bark Endeavour: Her Place in Australian History, Single Volume [HB] Available
Ray Parkin
A new single volume edition of Ray Parkin's multi-award winning book.

H.M. Bark Endeavour: Her Place in Australian History [PB] Available
Ray Parkin
Here, in one accessible volume, is Ray Parkin's highly acclaimed and multi-award winning study of Captain James Cook's Bark Endeavour.
GENERAL

King of the Australian Coast: The Voyages of Phillip Parker King in the Mermaid and Bathurst 1817-1822, Paperback Edition [PB] Reissued
Marsden Hordern
Awards: NSW Premier's Literary Awards, General History Prize 1998
An absorbing and masterly account of Australia's third great hydrographer, Phillip Parker King.

A Life on the Ocean Wave: The Journals of Captain George Bayly 1824-1844 [HB] Available
Edited by Pamela Statham and Rica Erickson
Awards: Shortlisted for the WA Premier's Literary Awards, Historical and Critical Studies Prize 1998
Cannibals, convicts and pirates feature in this account of eleven voyages to Australia and other places in the early 1800s.
Miegunyah

Mariners Are Warned!: John Lort Stokes and H.M.S. Beagle in Australia 1837-1843, paperback Edition [PB] Available
Marsden Hordern
Awards: Victorian Premier's Literary Award, A. A. Phillips Prize for Australian Studies 1989
The Age Book of the Year Award 1989
Braille Book of the Year 1990
Maritime History Prize 1992

First full account of the third and last great hydrographic survey of the Australian coastline undertaken by the British Hydrographic Office.

Maritime Paintings of Early Australia 1788-1900 [HB] Available
Martin Terry
The first major study of an often neglected aspect of Australian painting, in a large generously-illustrated format.
Miegunyah

Two Voyages to the South Seas: Captain Jules S.-C. Dumont d'Urville, Volume 1, Astrolabe 1826-1829 [HB] Available
Translated from the French and Retold by Helen Rosenman
Translated and edited by Helen Rosenman
Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) was one of the greatest navigators of the heroic days of sail, yet his two epic voyages to the South Pacific and Antarctica remain virtually unknown in English-speaking countries.

Two Voyages to the South Seas: Captain Jules S.-C. Dumont d'Urville, Volume 2, Astrolabe and Zélée 1837-1840 [HB] Available
Translated from the French and Retold by Helen Rosenman
Translated and edited by Helen Rosenman
Dumont d'Urville's two epic voyages to the South Pacific and Antarctica, virtually unknown in English-speaking countries.

Two Voyages to the South Seas: Captain Jules S.-C. Dumont d'Urville, 2 Volume Set [HB] Available
Translated from the French and Retold by Helen Rosenman
Translated and edited by Helen Rosenman
Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) was one of the greatest navigators of the heroic days of sail, yet his two epic voyages to the South Pacific and Antarctica remain virtually unknown in English-speaking countries.