The Wreck of the Barque Stefano Off the North West Cape of Australia in 1875

by Gustave Rathe | Nonfiction |
ISBN: 0374385858 Global Overview for this book
Registered by itpdx of Portland, Oregon USA on 6/3/2018
Buy from one of these Booksellers:
Amazon.com | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon IT | Bol.com
This book is in the wild! This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by itpdx from Portland, Oregon USA on Sunday, June 3, 2018
Picked up at the Little Free Library on SW Oleson Rd

Journal Entry 2 by itpdx at Portland, Oregon USA on Sunday, June 23, 2019
This is an interesting account of a young Dalmatian mariner who was shipwrecked on the west coast of Australia in 1875. Of the 12 crew who made it to shore, only two survived longer than three months. They only barely survived because a group of Aborigines took the remaining two young men in and eventually linked them up with European settlers.
There is a tremendous amount of history to unpack from this short book. How the Aborigines of this area lived and what they ate. It even includes a glossary of Aborigine terms that they young survivors learned. The book shows some of the changes that were introduced to the Aborigines by European settlement as it was happening. The book also talks about what the transition from sailing ships to powered ships meant to trade and economies around the world. There is a glimpse of New Orleans in the early 1880s.
The author, the grandson of one of the survivors, researches the other survivor and a couple of the Australian European settlers, but he seems to have made no effort to learn more about the Aborigines that saved the young men and became their friends.

Journal Entry 3 by itpdx at Little Free Library (8000 SW 89th) in Portland, Oregon USA on Sunday, June 23, 2019

Released 4 yrs ago (6/23/2019 UTC) at Little Free Library (8000 SW 89th) in Portland, Oregon USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Left in the Little Free Library

Are you sure you want to delete this item? It cannot be undone.