Wreck of the Sydney Cove

by Max Jeffreys (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1998

  $3.48

  Published to mark the 200th anniversary of the February 8, 1797 sinking of the Sydney Cove at Preservation Island Bass Strait, this book provides an account of the survivors epic journey from Bass Strait to Port Jackson, the first recorded overland expedition by Europeans in Australia. Based on a diary kept by one of the survivors, this is no mere travelogue, but a gripping tale of adventure and a desperate fight for survival.