num_pages: 232
description: The newly-wed Philip and Roz Davenport, sailed around a major part of the World in a small 46’ Bermudian Cutter with a 53’ mast, leaving Sydney Harbour on October 1950. The cutter had just been constructed in Tasmania for the three adventurous Sydney brothers: Jack, Philip and Keith Davenport, who had all seen service as bomber pilots during World War 2 with the Royal Australian Air Force. Accompanying the 32 year-old Philip, and his wife Roz, was his brother, Keith and a sailing friend, Don Brown.The Waltzing Matilda, named after a popular Australian folk song, visited New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil along the way before finishing in London in late 1951.[source: Andy Brill - https://www.flickr.com/photos/angelji...]
language: English
title: The Voyage of 'Waltzing Matilda'
publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company