There are three accounts of the wrecking of two vessels off the North East Coast of Australia outside the official account by Captain Matthew Flinders.
They are:
1. 'Naufragia' by John Stanier Clarke in 2 volumes published in 1806. William Westall's description is in Vol II pp 385-8.
2. 'Captain Flinders' Explorations and Adventures' by Robert Thynne publised by James Hogg , undated. Probably early 20th century. This presents John Aken's experience.
3. 'My Love Must Wait' a romantic historical novel by Ernestine Hill, pubished by Angus & Robertson, Sydney April 1949 edition. Her imagined scenario p 274
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