The long farewell

by D. E. Charlwood

Paperback, 1993

Status

Available

Call number

SHIP CHA

Local notes

The author read more than 120 diaries kept by immigrants on the long sailing ship voyages to Australia, and numerous letters the settlers wrote home.
He tells about the reasons for emigration, the ships and the routes to Australia, accommodation on board, the perils of the journey, surgeons and health, messing and dining, pastimes and consolations, the crew and the new shore. The Long Farewell also includes three diaries of settlers on the voyage to their new land. The book is superbly illustrated with many photos, drawings and maps.

Genres

Publication

Ringwood, Vic. : Penguin, 1993.

Description

Reprint of a well-received historical account, first published in 1981, of the sea voyages from Britain to Australia during the 19th century. Based on more than 100 shipboard diaries written by both ships' crew and passengers. Includes footnotes, a bibliography and an index. The author has written several maritime histories, as well as two volumes of autobiography, 'March as to War' and 'Journeys into Night', and the classic, 'No Moon Tonight'.