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Campbell Macknight
Books by Campbell Macknight
Voyage to Marege'
Macassan trepangers in northern Australia
This book throws open an entirely new window upon Australian history. Almost a century before Captain Cook voyaged along Australia's north-east coast, sailors from Asia were frequent visitors to Marege' (as they called the region) and had even established an industry there. Men from Macassar made...
Farthest Coast
A Selection of Writings Relating to the History of the Northern Coast of Australia
Northern Australia was once one the most remote areas of the world. To all its early visitors—Macassan fishermen, white explorers, soldiers, government officials, settlers and missionaries—it was their farthest coast. For all it was an alien and difficult place to reach.Campbell Macknight outline...