Shipwrecks

Some of the useful books you may find on the Reference shelves of the Mitchell Library are listed below.

Many more books can be found by searching the Library's online Catalogue.

   New South Wales-specific

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Destination never reached
by M Gleeson, c2004
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REF 1/ 910.91648/ 5A

Sea adventures and wrecks on the N.S.W. south coast
by J Loney, 1977
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REF 1/ 910.453/ 93

Shipwreck atlas of New South Wales
by New South Wales Government, Heritage Office, 1996
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REF/F910.4520994/2

Shipwrecks of the New South Wales central coast
by G Berry, 1994-
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REF 1/ 910.45/ 192 SET 

Shipwrecks, storms & seamen of the New South Wales coast
by M Gleeson, c1996
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REF 1/ 910.45/ 237A

Wrecks on the New South Wales coast
by J Loney, 1993
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REF 1/919.4404/10

   Australia-wide

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An atlas history of Australian shipwrecks (state-by-state, including maps and diving notes)
by J Loney, 1981
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REF 1/Q919.4/17

Australia's island shipwrecks
by J Loney & P Stone, 1980
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REF 1/Q919.4/10

Australian shipwrecks : including vessels wrecked en route to or from Australia, and some strandings
by C Bateson, 1972-<2000>
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REF 1/ 910.453/ 45A SET

The encyclopedia of Australian shipwrecks and other maritime incidents, including vessels lost overseas, merchant ships lost at war, and those lost on inland waters, together with a bibliography of vessel entries by P Stone, 2006
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REF 1/ 910.452/ 12

Most perfectly safe : the convict shipwreck disasters of 1833-42
by G.A. Mawer, 1997
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REF 1/994.02/66

Murder, mayhem, fire & storm : Australian shipwrecks
by M Jeffreys, 1999
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REF 1/ 910.4520994/ 2

Sailing ships, shipwrecks & crime in the 19th century : a handbook for historians, genealogists, shiplovers and criminologists based on Supreme Court records, Criminal Sessions 1840s-1860s
by J Uhl, 1985
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REF 1/Q910.4530994/1


Shipping losses and casualties concerning Australia and New Zealand
by R Parsons, 2003
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REF 1/Q910.45209/ 1 SET  v.1-.2

Shipwreck archaeology in Australia
by M Nash, 2007
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REF 1/ Q930.1027/ 7A

Shipwrecks : Australia's greatest maritime disasters
by E McHugh, 2003
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REF 1/ 910.452/ 5

Wrecks and shipping disasters
by G Bywater, 1986-1987
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REF 1/Q910.4530994/2 v. 1-2