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The shipwrecked orphans, a true narrative of four years' sufferings
The shipwrecked orphans, a true narrative of four years' sufferings

The shipwrecked orphans, a true narrative of four years' sufferings

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Publisher
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Date1845
Object number00037547
NameBook
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 143 x 115 x 10 mm, 0.2 kg
ClassificationsBooks and journals
Credit LineANMM Collection Purchased with USA Bicentennial Gift funds
DescriptionThe story recounts the survival of John Ireland and William Doyley after being wrecked in the ship CHARLES EATON out of Sydney in the Torres Strait near Boyden Island, It refers to their survival with the aid of islanders on Murray Island.
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