THE WHITE SWAN INCIDENT: The Shipwreck That Could Have Sunk A Government

THE WHITE SWAN INCIDENT: The Shipwreck That Could Have Sunk A Government
THE WHITE SWAN INCIDENT: The Shipwreck That Could Have Sunk A Government
THE WHITE SWAN INCIDENT: The Shipwreck That Could Have Sunk A Government
THE WHITE SWAN INCIDENT: The Shipwreck That Could Have Sunk A Government
THE WHITE SWAN INCIDENT: The Shipwreck That Could Have Sunk A Government
THE WHITE SWAN INCIDENT: The Shipwreck That Could Have Sunk A Government
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Title: THE WHITE SWAN INCIDENT: The Shipwreck That Could Have Sunk A Government
Author(s): WARMAN, Mike
ISBN: 9780958205337
Category: New Zealand - General History
New / Used: Used
Book Type: Small Softcover
Published: 2002
Published By: Wairarapa Archive
Pages: 73
Size (mm): 170 w x 240 h x 8 d

Condition

Immaculate with only light shelf, pages otherwise as new, dealer stamp. Images depict all need to know detail.

About

On 29 June 1862 - 140 years ago - the SS White Swan was holed by a rock while steaming down the North Island coast between Napier and Wellington. A number of New Zealand's leading politicians and civil servants were among the passengers. A heavy loss of life would have been calamitous for the government and the administration of the colony. Miraculously, Captain Allen Harper managed to find the one safe spot on a notoriously rugged coastline to run the ship ashore on Waiorongo Beach, at Uriti Point on the Wairarapa coast.

In the White Swan Incident, Mike Warman's fascinating, thoroughly researched text provides the background to the ill-fated voyage.

There is no known photograph or painting of the White Swan.

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