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The Opium Smugglers

The Opium Smugglers

A True Story of Our Northern Seas

by Ion Idriess
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/01/2022
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When Dick and “jack Idriess went aboard the Nancy Bell at Cooktown – they thought they were signing on for a trochus-fishing expedition, would earn some money, and go back to gold prospecting.

Cross-eyed Joe, a wily Filipino skipper was after something more valuable than trochus. With the appearance of the Japanese manned black lugger the boys find themselves in strategies, schemes and escapes against the vivid background of Lizard Island and the waters of the Great Barrier Reef.

First published in 1948, The Opium Smugglers is entirely based on his travels with mate Dick Welch along the Queensland coast prior to World War 1.

ISBN:
9781922698070
9781922698070
Category:
Travel & holiday
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-01-2022
Publisher:
ETT Imprint
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
160
Dimensions (mm):
234x156mm
Ion Idriess

Ion Idriess (1889-1979) is one of Australia's best-loved writers, with fifty-six books to his credit and millions of copies sold. When he returned from the First World War he wrote The Desert Column, about his experiences with the 5th Light Horse. Prospecting for Gold was his first major successful work; it immediately sold out and was reprinted constantly in the following years, as were many of his books. Idriess spent much of his life travelling throughout Australia, collecting material for his true-life stories, including Flynn of the Inland, The Red Chief and Nemarluk. He was awarded the O.B.E. in 1968 for his contribution to Australian literature.

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