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A fictionalised account of Barbara Thomson, who was shipwrecked and castaway on Possession Island in the Torres Strait in 1845, lived with the islanders, and was rescued by Captain Owen Stanley in the "Rattlesnake", 1849.

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Works about this Work

Cannibalising Indigenous Texts : Headhunting and Fantasy in Ion L. Idriess's Coral Sea Adventures Robert Dixon , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Body Trade : Captivity, Cannibalism and Colonialism in the Pacific 2001; (p. 112-125, notes 254-255)
Made Native Paul L. Grano , 1950 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 11 no. 4 1950; (p. 217)
— Review of Isles of Despair Ion L. Idriess , 1947 single work novel
Untitled 1948 single work review
— Appears in: Focus , February vol. 2 no. 12 1948; (p. 32)
— Review of Isles of Despair Ion L. Idriess , 1947 single work novel
Untitled 1947 single work review
— Appears in: The North Queensland Register , 13 September 1947; (p. 41)
— Review of Isles of Despair Ion L. Idriess , 1947 single work novel
Isles of Despair 1947 single work review
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 16 August 1947; (p. 4)
— Review of Isles of Despair Ion L. Idriess , 1947 single work novel
Isles of Despair 1947 single work review
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 16 August 1947; (p. 4)
— Review of Isles of Despair Ion L. Idriess , 1947 single work novel
Untitled 1947 single work review
— Appears in: The North Queensland Register , 13 September 1947; (p. 41)
— Review of Isles of Despair Ion L. Idriess , 1947 single work novel
Coral Sea Adventure 1947 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 20 August vol. 68 no. 3523 1947; (p. 2)
— Review of Isles of Despair Ion L. Idriess , 1947 single work novel
Untitled H. M. , 1947 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Observer , 4 October 1947; (p. 192)
— Review of Isles of Despair Ion L. Idriess , 1947 single work novel
Barbara, The White Savage R. A. , 1947 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 August 1947; (p. 11)
— Review of Isles of Despair Ion L. Idriess , 1947 single work novel
Cannibalising Indigenous Texts : Headhunting and Fantasy in Ion L. Idriess's Coral Sea Adventures Robert Dixon , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Body Trade : Captivity, Cannibalism and Colonialism in the Pacific 2001; (p. 112-125, notes 254-255)
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Subjects:
  • Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
Settings:
  • 1840s
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