Description:On the 1st of December 1876, the S.S. Georgette, badly damaged and carrying 50 crew and passengers, was wrecked in heavy surf off the coast of Western Australia. According to popular accounts two courageous riders, a 16-year-old girl named Grace Bussell and an Aboriginal stockman named Sam Isaacs, plunged their horses into the ocean over and over again to carry the terrified survivors to safety. It’s a stirring tale indeed; but undermining it is little-known, yet compelling evidence that suggests quite a different story. In this historical novel the much-loved Georgette legend is questioned and unsung heroes given their due.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Capes: Who were the real heroes of the Georgette disaster?. To get started finding The Capes: Who were the real heroes of the Georgette disaster?, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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The Capes: Who were the real heroes of the Georgette disaster?
Description: On the 1st of December 1876, the S.S. Georgette, badly damaged and carrying 50 crew and passengers, was wrecked in heavy surf off the coast of Western Australia. According to popular accounts two courageous riders, a 16-year-old girl named Grace Bussell and an Aboriginal stockman named Sam Isaacs, plunged their horses into the ocean over and over again to carry the terrified survivors to safety. It’s a stirring tale indeed; but undermining it is little-known, yet compelling evidence that suggests quite a different story. In this historical novel the much-loved Georgette legend is questioned and unsung heroes given their due.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Capes: Who were the real heroes of the Georgette disaster?. To get started finding The Capes: Who were the real heroes of the Georgette disaster?, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.