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There was a ship

by Patsy Adam-Smith

An account of life aboard trading vessels in Bass Strait, examining the regional seal and mutton-bird industries. It also details Tasmanian Aboriginal families and the history of the Wybalenna settlement on Flinders Island.

Accession 14957 ISBN 0170062627 Publisher Thomas Nelson Australia
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