Title: Wildflower The Barbara Crawford Thompson Story [third and final revised edition]
Description: The true life story of Barbara Crawford Thompson, a twelve-year-old migrant girl who was taken from her home in Sydney in March 1843 and was not found until October 1849. She presented herself to the Captain [Owen Stanley] and crew of the ship HMS "Rattlesnake" at Evans Bay at the tip of Cape York Australia. She told them that she had been there alone among head hunters since November 1844 and that all she wanted was to go home to her parents. This is a wonderful true and full account of her life and adventures, something that has remained hidden for over 160 years. You will not be able to put the book down once you have started reading.
Subjects: Colonial History, Ray Mears Goes Walkabout, Shipwrecks and Castaways, History mysteries, Libraries, History, The Coral Sea, The Torres Strait. Brisbane Penal Colony, Moreton Bay, Cape York Thursday Island, Prince of Wales Island, Horn Island.
Places: Aberdeen, Dundee, Newcastle, London, Gravesend, The English Channel, Lands End, Teneriffe, Brazil, Sydney, Spring Cove, Manly, Ipswich, Australia, Scotland, England.
People: Captain Owen Stanley, Governor Brisbane, Ludwig Leighhardt, Captain Wickham, Eliza Fraser, John Dunmore Lang, Governor George Gipps
Time periods: Set in the period 1831-1916