Peter Maiden

When the Brig Maria was wrecked on a reef off Hinchinbrook Island, there began a horror story of gale-torn seas, courage, cowardice, endurance, heroism and tragic loss.
BIBLIO: Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press, 2000. 173pp, map, index, appendix, bibliography, bw ills. Slight edge wear to covers. The wreck of the Brig Maria off Hinchinbrook Island in 1872. Gold fever was running high in Sydney, and inspired swells and diggers alike to set sail for exotic New Guinea. They call New Guinea Isla de Oro-Island of Gold. But first they have to negotiate the treacherous seas of the Great Barrier Reef in the monsoon season, the time of great cyclones. This is the story of their ill fated voyage, their shipwreck off Hinchinbrook Island and their sometimes lucky and sometimes tragic encounters with bands of aboriginal warriors. From bustling Sydney to the tropical outpost of Cardwell this is the real life story of adventure and the ultimate test of courage ref:https://www.biblio.com/book/shipwreck-new-guinea-gold-explorers-maiden/d/1406591183… (meer)