References – Bibliography
Sources on –
Early Australian Maritime Exploration
Shipwrecks and Related Events
Early Coastal and Island Contact and Interaction
Fiction
(Includes the references used for the Landings List and First Contacts Data Base)
(AOTM does not always agree with all views expressed in these books )
Earliest Encounters and Exploration – Original Sources
Bass, G. Journal of a Whaleboat Voyage, Queensberry Hill Press, Carlton, 1986.
Baudin, N. The Journal of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin, C. Cornell (trans.), Library Board of South Australia, Adelaide, 1974
Beaglehole, J. C. (ed.) The “Endeavour” Journal of Joseph Banks 1768 – 1771, volume 2, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1962.
Beaglehole, J. C. (ed.) The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyage of Discovery: Volume 1, The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768 – 1771, Hakluyt Society, Cambridge, 1969.
Dampier, W. A New Voyage Round the World, James Knapton, London, 1697, 1729.
Dampier, W. A Voyage to New Holland … In the Year 1699, Vol. 3 Part 1, James Knapton, London, 1703. pp.120-154.
Duyker, E. (ed.) The Discovery of Tasmania: Journal Extracts from the Expeditions of Abel Janszoon Tasman and Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne, St. David’s Park Publishing, Hobart, 1992.
Duyker, E. and Duyker, M. (eds). Bruny D’Entrecasteaux: Voyage to Australia and the Pacific 1791-1793, Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 2001.
Flinders, M. A Voyage to Terra Australis, 2 volumes, G. and W. Nicholson, London, 1814.
Furneaux, T. 1777 “Captain Furneaux’s Narrative” in J. Cook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole … in HMS Resolution and Adventure 1772 – 1775, volume 1, State Library Board of SA, Adelaide, 1970. pp.108 -115.
Heeres, J. E. The Part Borne By The Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765, E. J. Brill, Luzac and Co., Leiden, London, 1899. (launched in Jan 2006 as a AOTM related project as an on-line e-book :http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html#heeres)
Parkinson, S. Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas in His Majesty’s Ship The Endeavour, Stansfield Parkinson, London/Library Board of South Australia, Adelaide, 1773/1972.
Peron, M. F. A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere … During the Years 1801,1802, 1803 and 1804, Richard Phillips, London, 1809.
Peron, M. F. and de Freycinet, L. Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands, C. Cornell (trans.) Friends of the State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, 2003
Purchas, S. Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrims Contayning a History of the World, in Sea Voyages and Lande-Travells by Englishmen and Others … , Fifth Part, Henrie Fetherstone, London, 1625, pp.384-89.
Major, R. H. Early Voyages to Terra Australis to the Time of Captain Cook, Hakluyt Society, London, 1859.
Mortimer, G. Observations and Remarks Made During a Voyage to the Islands of Teneriffe, Amsterdam, Maria Islands Near Van Dieman’s Land, Author, London, 1791.
Prado y Tov[b]ar, D. de New Light on the Discovery of Australia as Revealed by the Journal of Captain Don Diego de Prado y Tovar, H. Stevens (ed.), G.
F. Barwick (trans.) H Stevens, Son and Stiles, London, 1930. [also contains Letter of Torres pp.214-237.]
Schilder, G. Voyage to the Great South Land, Royal Australian Historical Society, Sydney, 1985.
Tasman, A. J. Abel Janszoon Tasman’s Journal, J. E. Heeres (comp. and trans.), Frederick Muller, Amsterdam, 1898.
Torres, L. V. de “Relation Concerning the Discoveries of Quiros, As His Almirante” [1607]. In R. H. Major Early Voyages to Terra Australis, Hakluyt Society, London, 1859. pp.31-42.
Vancouver, G. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Around the World 1790-1795, volume 1, John Stockdale, London, 1802.
Witsen, N. Noord en Ooste Tartarye, O. Richter (trans.) pp.175-6,179-183. Francois Halma, Amsterdam, 1705.
Earliest Encounters and Exploration – History and Debates
Broeze, F. J. A. Island Nation: A History of Australia and the Sea, Allen and Unwin, St. Leonards, 1998.
Collingridge, G. The Discovery of Australia, Golden Press, Gladesville NSW, 1895/1983.
Collingridge, G. The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea. Being the Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries, William Brooks and Co. Sydney, 1906.
Essén, A. W. Wilhelm Bolts und die schwedischen Kolonisierungspläne in Asien Bijdragen voor Vaderlandsche Geschiedenis en Oudheidkunde, 1935, 7(6):83-101.
Estensen, M. Discovery: The Quest for the Great South Land, Allen and Unwin, St. Leonards, 1998.
Feeken, E. H. J. and Feeken, G. E. E. Discovery and Exploration of Australia, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne,1970.
Fernandez-Shaw, C. M. Espana y Australia: Cinco Siglos de Historia/ Spain and Australia: Five Centuries of History, Direccion Generale de Relaciones Culturales, Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Espana, Madrid, 2000.
Fitchett, W. H. Discovering ‘Australia the Happy’: A Tangle of Claims Spread Over Two centuries, Fitchett Bros., West Melbourne, 1912.
Godard, P. French maritime history in WA. Quarterly Newsletter of the Australian Association for Maritime History, 2000, 79:3-4.
Howgego, R. J. Encylcopedia of Exploration to 1800, Hordern House, Potts Point, 2003.
Kenny, J. Before the First Fleet, Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst NSW, 1995.
Marchant, L. R., France Australe, The French Search for the Southland and Subsequent Explorations and Plans to Found a Penal Colony and Strategic Base in South Western Australia 1503-1826, Scott Four Colour Print, Perth, 1998.
McIntyre, K. G. The Secret Discovery of Australia, Pan Books, Sydney, 1987.
Mutch, T.D. The first Discovery of Australia-with an account of the Voyage of “Duyfken and the career of captain Willem Jansz. Journal of the RAHS, Vol. XXVIII, Part V
Robert, W. C. H. The Dutch Explorations 1605 – 1756, of the North and Northwest Coast of Australia, Philo Press, Amsterdam, 1973.
Schilder, G. Australia Unveiled: The Share of the Dutch Navigators in the Discovery of Australia, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Amsterdam, 1976.
Scott, E. (ed.) Australian Discovery by Sea, Dent, London, 1929.
Sharp, A. The Discovery of Australia, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1963.
Sigmond, L. and Zuiderbaan, L. H. Dutch Discoveries of Australia: Shipwrecks, Treasures, and Early Voyages Off the West Coast, Batavia Lion, Amsterdam, 1995.
Tiley, R.Australian Navigators Kangaroo Press, Roseville, 2002.
Toft, K. The Navigators: Flinders Versus Baudin, Duffy and Snellgrove, Sydney, 2002.
Ward, R. Finding Australia: the History of Australia to 1821, Heinemann Educational Australia, Richmond, 1987.
Williams, G, and Frost, A, (eds) Terra Australis to Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1988.
Mapping and Cartography
Clancy, R. The Mapping of Terra Australis, Universal Press, Macquarie Park, 1995.
Clancy, R. and Richardson, A. So Came They South, Shakespeare Head Press, Sydney, 1988.
King, P. P. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia: Performed Between the Years 1818 and 1822, 2 volumes, John Murray, London, 1826.
Peron, F., Lesueur, C. F. and Petit, N-M. Voyage de Decouvertes aux Terres Australes: Atlas, De L’Imprimerie Imperiale, Paris, 1812.
Perry, T. M. The Discovery of Australia: the Charts and Maps of the
Navigators and Explorers, Nelson, London, 1982.
Schilder, G. Australia Unveiled: The Share of the Dutch Navigators in the Discovery of Australia, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Amsterdam, 1976.
Shipwrecks and Related Events
Bateson, C., Loney, J. and Stone, P. Australian Shipwrecks, 6 volumes, Reed, Sydney, 1972-2000.
Christopher, P. Shores of Tragedy: Shipwrecks of South Australia, P. Christopher, Norwood, 1988.
Cramer, M. Treasures, Tragedies and Triumphs of the Batavia Coast, Scott Four Colour Print, Perth, 1999.
Dash, M. Batavia’s Graveyard- The true story of the mad heritic who led history’s bloodiest mutiny, Phoenix, London, 2002.
Drake-Brockman, H. Voyage to Disaster, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1963.
Edwards, H. Islands of Angry Ghosts: Murder, Mayhem and Mutiny: The Story of the Batavia, Harper Collins, Pymble, 2000.
Edwards, H. Wreck on the Half-Moon Reef, Rigby, Adelaide, 1970.
Gerritsen, R. And Their Ghosts May Be Heard, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, South Fremantle, 1994/2002.
Gerritsen, R. An Historical Analysis of Wrecks in the Vicinity of the Deadwater, Wonnerup, Western Australia, WA Maritime Museum, Fremantle, 1995.
Gerritsen, R., Slee, C. and Cramer, M. The Batavia Legacy: The First European Settlement in Australia, Hutt River 1629, Batavia Coast Maritime Heritage Association, Geraldton, 2003.
Godard, P. First And Last Voyage of the Batavia, Abrolhos Publishing, Perth,1993.
Goldsmith, F. Treasure Lies Buried Here, Pitman, Perth, 1946.
Green, J. Treasures of the Vergulde Draeck, WA Museum, Perth, 1985.
Green, J. Australia’s Oldest Wreck: The Historical Background and Archaeological Analysis of the Wreck of the English East India Company’s Ship ‘Trial’, Lost Off the Coast of Western Australia in 1622, British Archaeological Reports, Oxford, 1977.
Henderson G. Unfinished Voyages – Western Australian Shipwrecks 1622-1850, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, 1980.
Henderson, J. Marooned, St. George Books, Perth, 1985.
Henderson, J. Phantoms of the Tryall: A Documented Account of Australia’s First Shipwreck, St George Books, Perth, 1993.
Ingelman-Sundberg, C. Relics From the Dutch East Indiaman ‘Zeewijk’ Founded in 1727, WA Museum, Perth, 1978.
Loney, J. Mahogany Ship, J.K. Loney, Dimboola, 1974.
Loney, J. Australian Sea Mysteries, Maritime History Publications, Geelong, 1983.
Loney, J. Famous Wrecks, Maritime History Association, Geelong, 1983.
Loney, J. Australian Sea Stories, List Publishing, Geelong, 1985.
Loney, J. Wrecks on the Western Australian Coast: And Northern Territory,
Loneston Press, Yarram, 1994.
Playford, P.E. The Wreck of the Zuytdorp, Perth, West Australian Historical Society, Perth, 1960.
Playford, P. E. Carpet of Silver, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, 1996.
Potter, B. (ed.) The Mahogany Ship, Relic or Legend?: Proceedings of the Second Australian Symposium on the Mahogany Ship, The Mahogany Ship Committee and Warrnambool Institute Press, Warrnambool, 1987.
Powling, J. W. The Mahogany Ship: A Survey of the Evidence, Osburne Group, Warrnambool, 2001.
Robinson, A. In Australia Treasure Is Not For The Finder, A. Robinson, Greenwood, 1980.
Turner, J. H. Gilt Dragon Incident, Paterson Brokensha, Perth, 1963.
Uren, M. Sailormen’s Ghosts, Angus and Robertson, London, 1940.
Initial Coastal and Island Contact and Interaction
Beaglehole, J. C. (ed.) The “Endeavour” Journal of Joseph Banks 1768 – 1771, volume 2, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1962.
Beaglehole, J. C. (ed.) The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyage of Discovery: Volume 1, The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768 – 1771, Hakluyt Society, Cambridge, 1969.
Clendinnen, I. Dancing With Strangers, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2003.
Dawson, J. Australian Aborigines, George Robertson, Melbourne, 1881. p.105.
Estensen, M. Discovery- The Quest for the Great South Land, Allen and Unwin Crows nest, 1998
Estensen, M. Terra Australis Incognita- The Spanish Quest for the mysterious Great South Land, Allen and Unwin, Crows Nest 2006
Estensen, M. The Life of Matthew Flinders, in “Encounters” ( p 9 to 176) Reader’s Digest, Surrey Hills, 2004
Favenc, E. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888, Turner and Henderson, Sydney 1888 ( facsimile editions 1983 and 1987 Golden Press P/L Dummoyne)
Flinders, M. A Voyage to Terra Australis, G. and W. Nicholson, London, 2 volumes, 1814.
Forrest, P. The Tiwi Meet the Dutch: The First European Contacts, Tiwi Land Council, Winnellie, 1995.
Gerritsen, R. And Their Ghosts May Be Heard, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, South Fremantle, 1994/2002.
Gilbert, K. Living Black: Blacks Talk to Kevin Gilbert, Ringwood: Penguin, Ringwood, 1978. p.292.
Henderson, J. Sent Forth a Dove: Discovery of the Duyfken, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, 1999. pp.129-167.
Hercus, L. and Sutton, P. (eds) This Is What Happened, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1986. pp.82-107.
King, R. J. Eora and English at Port Jackson: A Spanish View, Asociacion Espanola de Orientalis, Madrid, 1989
Lipscombe, T. On Austral Shores- A mdern traveller’s guide to the European exploration of the coasts of Victoria and New South Wales Envirobook, Annandale, 2005
Macknight, C. C. Voyage to Marege, Melbourne University Press. Melbourne, 1976.
Mulvaney, D. J, Encounters in Place: Outsiders and Aboriginal Australians 1606 – 1985, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1989.
Parkinson, S. Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas in His Majesty’s Ship The Endeavour, Stansfield Parkinson, London, 1773; Adelaide, Library Board of South Australia, 1972.
Playford, P. E. The Wreck of the Zuytdorp, West Australian Historical Society, Perth, 1960. pp.30-35.
Playford, P. E. Carpet of Silver, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, 1996. pp.200-232.
Roberts, J. Massacres to Mining, Dove Communications, Blackburn, 1981. p.8.
Roberts, J. and McLean, D. The Cape York Aluminium Companies and the Native Peoples, International Development Action, Fitzroy, 1976. pp.35-6.
Sigmond J.P. Sigmond and Zuiderbaan J.H, Dutch Discoveries of Australia- Shipwrecks, treasures and early voyages off the West Coast, Rigby, Perth, 1979
Tiley, R, Australian Navigators, Kangaroo Press, 2002
Toft, K. The Navigators- The Great Race between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin for the North-South Passage through Australia, Duffy and Snellgrove, Pots Point 2002
Tucker, A. Too Many Captain Cooks, Omnibus Books, Norwood, 1994.
Veth, P, Sutton, P. and Neale, M (eds), Strangers on the Shore- Early coastal contacts in Australia (15 papers presented at the 2006 conference ‘Strangers on the shore’ by AOTM 1606-2006 and the NMA), Natiional Museum of Australia, 2008
Willey, K. When the Sky Fell Down, Collins, Sydney, 1979. esp. pp.51-2.
Fiction
Berman, T. Batavia: The Counterfeit Coin Conspiracy, 3 volumes, Moonchpa Publishing, Nowra, 2001.
Bradley, J. Wrack: A Novel, Henry Holt, New York, 1999.
Crew, G. Strange Objects, Mandarin, Port Melbourne, 1990,1992, 2001.
Drake-Brockman, H. Wicked and the Fair, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1957.
Edge, A. Company: The Story of a Murder, Picador, Sydney/London, 2000.
Favenc, E. Marooned on Australia, Blackie, London, 1905.
Forrestal, E. Stragglers Reef, Fremantle Art Centre Press, 1999.
Gordon, W. J. The Captain-General, Frederick Warne, London, 1891.
Lear, M. Dangerous Holiday: Five Young Treasure Seekers in the Abrolhos Islands, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1959.
NOTES
A. The criteria for inclusion of works in this select bibliography include:
1. Primary sources covering the original charting of Australia, as well as the initial landings and contacts.
2. Varied sources that provide detailed, reputable and relatively balanced accounts and perspectives on the unfolding of Australia’s early history.
3. Sources that reflect some of the debates on Australia’s early history and some of the events that took place.
4. Sources that acknowledge the role of different groups, both indigenous and non-indigenous, had in Australia’s early history and which may reflect their perspectives.
5. Material relating to the early history of particular states and regions in Australia.
6. Significant adult and juvenile fictional works relating to the area of Australia’s early history and specific events and episodes that were part of that period.
7. Any other significant works germane to Australia’s early history.
B. Works may be included more than once as the cover subject matter relating to more than one area in the categories that have been created for this bibliography.
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