TY - JOUR
T1 - 'Some bad work going on there'
T2 - The Breaksea Islanders of 1826
AU - Drummond, Sarah
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In 1826, just prior to the colonisation of Western Australia, a disparate group of men, women and children from all over the world lived on islands adjacent to what is now called Albany. They were sealers, abandoned by their bosses who had brought them from Bass Strait on the schooners 'Governor Brisbane' and the 'Hunter'. The small community included people native to New Zealand, New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, Canada, North America, Western Australia and England.
AB - In 1826, just prior to the colonisation of Western Australia, a disparate group of men, women and children from all over the world lived on islands adjacent to what is now called Albany. They were sealers, abandoned by their bosses who had brought them from Bass Strait on the schooners 'Governor Brisbane' and the 'Hunter'. The small community included people native to New Zealand, New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, Canada, North America, Western Australia and England.
KW - southern ocean communities
KW - sealing industry 1820s
KW - history
KW - King George Sound
KW - colonisation,colonial frontier
M3 - Article
SN - 0314-7525
VL - 33
SP - 29
EP - 41
JO - Studies in Western Australian History
JF - Studies in Western Australian History
ER -