tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post7707485225154630309..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Who Really Discovered Australia? By Rosemary HayesMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-26014483831499729392013-06-01T01:21:46.913+01:002013-06-01T01:21:46.913+01:00Having read with complete fascination David Levell...Having read with complete fascination David Levell's "Tour to Hell: Convict Australia's Great Escape Myths" it's very likely the locals thought they'd come back from the dead, and that would explain their lack of language and local social/survival skills.<br />http://davidlevell.wordpress.com/tour-to-hell/<br /><br />I'm not only interested in history, I had great-grands transported here in the early 1800s.istahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15895947394368909391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-70616270253535853082013-05-30T18:06:18.693+01:002013-05-30T18:06:18.693+01:00Really interesting. Are you related to Wiebbe Hay...Really interesting. Are you related to Wiebbe Hayes, Rosemary?Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-66490948685421852182013-05-30T16:15:30.740+01:002013-05-30T16:15:30.740+01:00Lots of fascinating history here--thanks for shari...Lots of fascinating history here--thanks for sharing!Angelica R. Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09448717076699744259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-23913920336503197882013-05-30T12:37:17.593+01:002013-05-30T12:37:17.593+01:00This is a story that has fascinated a lot of peopl...This is a story that has fascinated a lot of people over the years, and inspired books from Gary Crew's Strange Objects to Kirsty Eagar's Saltwater Vampires, in which the main mutineers, including Cornelisz and the cabin boy, are still around in the present day, as vampires who have plans to wreak havoc in a small coastal town. I researched it myself for a chapter in my children's book on crime in Australia. It's scary! What must it have been like to be stuck on that island with those loony mutineers, no water and no knowing when or if the commander would be back? If there was any justice, those two never made it to the nearest tribe!<br /><br />For tales of European-insigenous contact, I much prefer the story of William Buckley.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-5985195176382641682013-05-30T10:07:58.487+01:002013-05-30T10:07:58.487+01:00Thank you - a fascinating post!Thank you - a fascinating post!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com