Photocopy of the Rijeka manuscript of The Stefano Castaways - manuscript

Title	Photocopy of the Rijeka manuscript of The Stefano Castaways - manuscript
Subject	Aboriginal Australians--Australia Western Australia--History Catholic Church Shipping Boats Manuscripts
Category	1. Settlement
Author	Skurla, Stefano
Publisher	Warrigal Press
Place of Publication	Mundaring, W.A.
Keywords	Shipwrecks Croatia
Current holder	State Library of Western Australia
Date	1875
Link	https://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=b2874890~S2
Item number	ACC 7404A
Access rights	Request at location
Country of origin	Croatia
Language	Italian
Description from source	Stefano Castaways; Rijeka manuscript; Stefano Skurla; Stjepan Skurla; Italian text; English translation; Amadeo Sala; John Melville-Jones; editor; Warrigal Press; shipwreck; barque Stefano; 1875; Aborigines; Aboriginal: Indigenous Australians; North-West Cape; Western Australia; survival; 2009. Photocopy of the Rijeka manuscript of The Stefano Castaways by Stjepan (Stefano) Skurla, in Italian, supplied by the Maritime and History Museum, Rijeka, Croatia. The manuscript was translated by Amedeo Sala, edited by John Melville-Jones. The barque Stefano was shipwrecked on the North-West coast in 1875. Skurla's manuscript describes the experiences of the castaways and provides informatoin about the life and language of the Aboriginal people of the North-West Cape. Stefano Skurla was a Roman Catholic priest (born?, died 1877).
Physical format	Manuscripts