 | Shipwreck of the New Guinea Gold Explorers Peter Maiden In 1872, rumours of gold in the jungles of New Guinea were enough to drive a band of ill-prepared dreamers to hire a ship to take them there. But when the brig Maria was wrecked on a reef off Hinchenbrook Island, there began a horror story of swept seas, cowardice, and the will to survive. | $25.95 | 
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 | Shipwrecks and Seafarers' Scandals Tony Matthews From the coast of Colonial Queensland to the savage isles of the South Pacific in the 19th century. Massacres, murders, crimes, blacklegging the Kanakas, the horrific plight of the immigrants, and the stern processes of the law. | $29.95 | 
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