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Eddy Koiki Mabo and Mer Island in the Torres Strait
June 3rd is Mabo Day, when we celebrate Eddy Koiko Mabo, the man who changed Australian history The Mabo Case was a significant legal case in Australia that recognised the land rights of the Meriam people, traditional owners of the … Continue reading
Dangerous Passage —- Authors Note
I had written an Authors Note to go in the book, but somehow in the editing process it fell off the back of the truck. However, I was able to find it and thought it should go in the Blog. … Continue reading
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Dangerous Passage – Book Review by Mark Heyward
Dangerous Passage (Alfred Press, 2024) is Ian Burnet’s seventh book, his fifth on the maritime history of Australia and Southeast Asia. Burnet’s previous six books explore various aspects of the history of European exploration and colonisation of the region, along … Continue reading
The Rattlesnake by Sir Oswald Brierly
After a general grounding in art, Oswald Brierly went to Plymouth to study naval architecture and rigging. Then in 1841, he started on a voyage to Australia with his friend Benjamin Boyd in the latter’s yacht Wanderer. Boyd established a new … Continue reading
Indonesian Heroes Day
Indonesia’s National Heroes Day, or Hari Pahlawan is celebrated on November 10 each year. The day commemorates the Battle of Surabaya, which took place on November 10, 1945, during the Indonesian National Revolution. The day honours the heroes who fought … Continue reading
Dangerous Passage – Book Launch at the Australian National Maritime Museum
Please put Thursday 28 November at 12pm in your calendar, as the date for the book launch of Dangerous Passage at the Australian National Maritime Museum . http://www.ianburnetbooks.com Buy Dangerous Passage: A Maritime History of the Torres Strait
Dangerous Passage at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival
Ian Burnet is an Australian author who has spent thirty years living, working, and traveling in Indonesia, and his books reflect his fascination with the diverse history of the vast archipelago to the north of Australia. He is the author … Continue reading
From Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski to Joseph Conrad – An Outcast of the Islands
The fact that his first book, Almayer’s Folly, almost immediately met with extraordinary critical acclaim would have certainly started Joseph Conrad thinking about another book. Conrad’s imagination returned to East Borneo, the Berau River, and his meeting there with Carel … Continue reading
From Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski to Joseph Conrad – Almayer’s Folly
In A Personal Record, Conrad describes writing the tenth chapter of Almayer’s Folly on board the Adowa in Rouen harbour. The remaining two chapters, which brought his novel to its fatal conclusion, were completed in only three months and on … Continue reading
