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Batavia : betrayal, shipwreck, murder, sexual slavery, courage : a spine-chilling chapter in Australian history / Peter FitzSimons.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Branch	Status
910.452 FIT	Adult Non Fiction	Bankstown .	. Available .
919.41 FITZ	Adult Non Fiction	Campsie .	. Available .
910.452 FIT	Adult Non Fiction	Panania .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781864710403 (hbk.)
Name	FitzSimons, Peter
Title	Batavia : betrayal, shipwreck, murder, sexual slavery, courage : a spine-chilling chapter in Australian history / Peter FitzSimons.
Published	North Sydney, N.S.W. : William Heinemann, 2011.
Description	xxii, 490 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Notes	Maps on end papers.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-470) and index.
Summary	It is no surprise that the barbarity and evil that came in the wake of the wreck of the Batavia has inspired books, radio and TV documentaries, plays and an opera. Lust, jealously, greed, madness, deception, rape, murder - all the classic ingredients conspire in the Batavia story to produce a scenario that is truly frightening.
Subjects	Batavia (Ship)
	Shipwrecks -- Houtman Abrolhos Islands
	Survival
	Mutiny -- Houtman Abrolhos Islands -- History
	Houtman Abrolhos (W.A.)
	Netherlands -- Antiquities
	Western Australia -- Antiquities
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Batavia (Ship) . Houtman Abrolhos (W.A.) . Mutiny -- Houtman Abrolhos Islands -- History . Netherlands -- Antiquities . Shipwrecks -- Houtman Abrolhos Islands . Survival . Western Australia -- Antiquities . Narrower Subject References: Wilderness survival . Authors: FitzSimons, Peter .