The sixty miler
Subtitle: a story of love and the sea
By: Norma Sim
Publisher: Pier 9
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Millers Point, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781741962239
Subjects: Coal-carrying vessels; Transportation; Coal; Marine engineers; SS Birchgrove Park (Ship); Seafaring life; Biography; History
Description: The Sixty Miler is a blend of memoir, biography, and maritime history. Author Norma Sim weaves together the life of her husband William with the story of the Birchgrove Park, one of the fleet of coal-carrying ships that sailed between Newcastle and Sydney since the early 1800s. Both man and ship were from Aberdeenshire, both sailed the globe during the 1940s and 1950s, and in 1956 their paths would ultimately cross in tragic circumstances. Interwoven with these storylines are the histories of many other sixty milers that plied the treacherous coasts of New South Wales.
Notes: Previously published: [Mosman, N.S.W.] : N. Sim, c2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 286).