My island home
Subtitle: a Torres Strait memoir
By: John Singe.
Publisher: University of Queensland Press; Distributed in the USA and Canada by International Specialized Book Services
Published: 2003
Place of publication: St. Lucia, Qld., Australia; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Singe, John, 1950-; Torres Strait Islanders -- Biography.; Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) -- Social life and customs.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "One of the last frontiers on earth, the Torres Strait is a vast waterway dotted with tiny islands and peopled by fiercely proud communities with a rich cultural heritage." "My Island Home is one man's story of his adventurous life on this frontier - not in the nineteenth century but in the last decades of the twentieth. Aged 19 and fresh out of teachers college, John Singe first arrived at Thursday Island in 1970 and soon began exploring Torres Strait for himself." "Peopled by many wild and wonderful characters, this tropical paradise proved to be no place for the faint-hearted. As a diver, John Singe survived shark attack and frequently faced the Strait's unpredictable moods when sailing the waters from Cape York to Papua New Guinea. Driving taxis on TI, and taking on the rigorous challenges of hunting and fishing expeditions, provided the eager newcomer with an unexpected education."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.