Please God Send Me a Wreck Responses to Shipwreck in a 19th Century Australian Community

This book explores the historical and archaeological evidence of the relationships between a coastal community and the shipwrecks that have occurred along the southern Australian shoreline over the last 160 years. It moves beyond a focus on shipwrecks as events and shows the short and long term econ...

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Main Authors: Duncan, Brad, Gibbs, Martin (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
Series:When the Land Meets the Sea, An ACUA and SHA Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book explores the historical and archaeological evidence of the relationships between a coastal community and the shipwrecks that have occurred along the southern Australian shoreline over the last 160 years. It moves beyond a focus on shipwrecks as events and shows the short and long term economic, social and symbolic significance of wrecks and strandings to the people on the shoreline. This volume draws on extensive oral histories, documentary and archaeological research to examine the tensions within the community, negotiating its way between its roles as shipwreck saviours and salvors
Physical Description:XV, 243 p. 108 illus., 63 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9781493926428