The Sailing Ship 1813–1940 · by Stephen Michael Barnett
The true story of the voyage of the East Indiaman Java, which carried emigrants to the colony of South Australia, arriving in Holdfast Bay on February 6th, 1840 — of the loss of life during the voyage, the subsequent enquiry, and the later history of the ship, sometimes known as the “Last of the East Indiamen”, to its final voyage to the breakers in Genoa in July 1939.
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Ninth edition, 2026 · last updated 27 October 2026