Collection: Reference

Intended for genealogists wanting more detail on the type of vessel their immigrant ancestors sailed on, its tonnage, the name of the skipper, port of embarkation, route taken. Largely based on searches of Scottish newspapers of the period...

Spanning the globe from ancient times to the present, Shipwrecks describes hundreds of famous and lesser-known nautical tragedies, recounting in detail tales of spectacular heroics and fatal disaster. Wrecks like those of the Titanic and the Lusitania are the stuff of legend, but what about the h...

Sidney Nolan, arguably the greatest Australian artist in the Western tradition, is best known for his 1940s and 1950s paintings of Ned Kelly, iconic outlaw of the Australian outback.