Isles of Despair

Book by Ion Idriess

Isles of Despair

First edition cover

Author| Ion Idriess
Language| English
Genre| historical novel
Publisher| Angus and Robertson

Publication date

| 1947
Publication place| Australia

Isles of Despair is a 1947 historical novel by Ion Idriess based on the true story of Barbara Thomson, a white woman who was the sole survivor of a shipwreck and was raised by Coral Sea islanders, before being rescued in 1849.[1][2][3]

It had a follow-up, The Wild White Man of Badu.

## References

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1. ^ "LITERARY NOOK". Cairns Post. No. 14, 181. Queensland, Australia. 16 August 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 16 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
2. ^ ""Isles Of Despair"". Western Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 8 August 1947. p. 8. Retrieved 16 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
3. ^ "The Age - Google News Archive Search".

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Works by Ion Idriess

Novels|

* Madman's Island (1927)
* Drums of Mer (1933)
* Forty Fathoms Deep (1937)
* Isles of Despair (1947)
* The Wild White Man of Badu (1950)
* The Red Chief (1953)

Instructional|

* Prospecting for Gold (1931)
* Cyaniding for Gold (1939)
* Fortunes in Minerals (1941)
* Opals and Sapphires (1967)

Biographies|

* Lasseter's Last Ride (1931)
* Flynn of the Inland (1932)
* The Cattle King (1936)
* Horrie the Wog-dog (1945)

Autobiography|

* The Desert Column (1932)
* Men of the Jungle (1932)
* Madman's Island (1938) (revision)
* Lightning Ridge (1940)
* Back o' Cairns (1958)
* The Tin Scratchers (1959)
* My Mate Dick (1962)

History|

* Gold Dust and Ashes (1933)
* Man Tracks (1935)
* The Silent Service (1944)
* Stone of Destiny (1948)
* Outlaws of the Leopolds (1952)
* The Nor'-westers (1954)
* The Silver City (1956)
* Coral Sea Calling (1957)

Short story collections|

* The Yellow Joss (1934)
* The Wild North (1960)

Travel|

* Over the Range (1937)
* In Crocodile Land (1946)
* One Wet Season (1949)
* Across the Nullarbor (1951)
* Tracks of Destiny (1961)

Political|

* Must Australia Fight? (1939)
* The Great Boomerang (1941)
* Onward Australia (1943)
* Challenge of the North (1969)

Children's books|

* Headhunters of the Coral Sea (1940)
* The Great Trek (1940)
* Nemarluk: King of the Wilds (1941)
* The Opium Smugglers (1947)

Australian Guerilla
series|

* Australian Guerilla – Shoot to Kill (1942)
* Australian Guerilla – Sniping (1942)
* Australian Guerilla – Guerilla Tactics (1942)
* Australian Guerilla – Trapping the Jap (1943)
* Australian Guerilla – Lurking Death (1943)
* Australian Guerilla – The Scout (1943)

Anthropology|

* The Vanished People (1955)
* Our Living Stone Age (1963)
* Our Stone Age Mystery (1964)

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