Sailor and Beachcomber, Confessions of a Life at Sea, in Australia, and Amid the Islands of the Paci
Sailor and Beachcomber, Confessions of a Life at Sea, in Australia, and Amid the Islands of the Paci

Author: A. Safroni-Middleton

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781022046580

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Follow the thrilling adventures of a sailor and beachcomber as he sails around Australia and the Pacific islands. This memoir is full of action and colorful characters, and gives a unique glimpse into life at sea during the mid-twentieth century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Australian Travellers in the South Seas
Australian Travellers in the South Seas

Author: Nicholas Halter

Publisher: ANU Press

Published: 2021-02-08

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 1760464155

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This book offers a wide-ranging survey of Australian engagement with the Pacific Islands in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through over 100 hitherto largely unexplored accounts of travel, the author explores how representations of the Pacific Islands in letters, diaries, reminiscences, books, newspapers and magazines contributed to popular ideas of the Pacific Islands in Australia. It offers a range of valuable insights into continuities and changes in Australian regional perspectives, showing that ordinary Australians were more closely connected to the Pacific Islands than has previously been acknowledged. Addressing the theme of travel as a historical, literary and imaginative process, this cultural history probes issues of nation and empire, race and science, commerce and tourism by focusing on significant episodes and encounters in history. This is a foundational text for future studies of Australia’s relations with the Pacific, and histories of travel generally.

A Vagabond's Odyssey being further reminiscences of a wandering sailor-troubadour in many lands
A Vagabond's Odyssey being further reminiscences of a wandering sailor-troubadour in many lands

Author: A. Safroni-Middleton

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-09

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13:

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"A Vagabond's Odyssey being further reminiscences of a wandering sailor-troubadour in many lands" by A. Safroni-Middleton, also known as Count Safroni. As a British composer, director, violinist, harpist, writer, and amateur astronomer, he had the opportunity to travel the world, and his adventures have been compiled in this text. In this volume, he's compiled an array of his journeys around America, the Pacific, and beyond, as well as his interactions with family and friends along the way.

A Foreign Voyage
A Foreign Voyage

Author: John T. Grider

Publisher: UJ Press

Published: 2017-04-24

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1920382895

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JOHN GRIDER joined the Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice at the University of the Free State as a Research Fellow in November 2015. He recently completed this captivating project, which investigates the complex interplay between gender, class and race sourced from the narratives of men who found themselves working in the transforming Pacific maritime industry during the mid-nineteenth century.