Moreton Bay
Reflections
“Moreton Bay Reflections” represents the
final part of Peter Ludlow’s Moreton Bay trilogy that began with “Moreton
Bay People – The Complete Collection” in 2000 and was followed by “Moreton
Bay Letters” in 2003.
“Moreton Bay Reflections” follows the philosophy of its predecessors with
reminiscences of Moreton Bay’s history by its locals, but this time it goes
further with more of Peter Ludlow’s own interpretations, not only of
Moreton Bay, but also of his own life’s philosophy.
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Moreton Bay
Letters
Note that this book is currently out
of print. It is still available on the CDROM Moreton Bay History (see below)
Published in 2003, the book is still currently
available, For further details
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Moreton Bay
People - The Complete Collection
The book is now available in its third reprinting. For further details,
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- Moreton Bay History
- The CD ROM
Published for the PC in 1999
(Mac version not available)
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Peel Island - Paradise or Prison?
Republished September 2005 for the first time since 1987.
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Peter Ludlow
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Cleveland
Queensland
Australia 4163
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Other Publications about Moreton Bay and its
history:
(note that these are not published by Peter Ludlow
but are displayed here as a community service):
Bananas, Bullfrogs, and
Boarding School - My Coochiemudlo
written and published by Marie-Louise Potter is available from
the author PO Box 3322 Hyperdome, Loganholme, Qld 4128 or phone Marie-Louise on
32098510. Also available from Angus & Robertson,
Koorong Books and Collins Bookshop at Clevelend .
E Mail:
bp272180@bigpond.net.au
Recommended Retail Price $20.00
Summary:
Bananas, Bullfrogs, and Boarding School tells how Claire and Gerald Elliot
re-established a run down banana farm on Coochiemudlo. For their daughter
Marie-Louise the ironies of island life proved a life-changing catalyst. She
recounts escapades, tears, and laughter with warmth and humour.
Bay Tales - Fishy Stories from Moreton
Bay
written and published by Barbara Reif is available direct from
author 22 Short St Joondanna WA 6060 cost $10.00 including postage.
Or try Lifetime Distributors, Unit 3, 15 Neumann Rd. Capalaba Qld 4157.
Summary:
Bay Tales is a tribute to the many wonderful people who share the joy of
boating on the Bay. The sometimes humorous fishing yarns combined with descriptions
of fauna create an invaluable record of the varied habitats around the Bay. An index
to the fish and invertebrates of Moreton Bay is appended for ready reference.
Barbara Reif spent twenty years fishing and fossicking around the Bay. She holds a
degree in Biology from the University of Queensland and the second commercial fishing
licence iss ued to a woman in Queensland in the 1950s. The author now lives in Perth,
W.A., with the ocean beach close by.
Lota
- through local eyes
written and published by Cherrie Nicholson. The book costs $24.95; if necessary postage is
$7.50. It is available for direct sale at: Manly Post Office (in the Manly Village
Mall); Bart’s Fish Café on Lota Esplanade; and at the Edith Street Newsagency in
Wynnum. Alternatively prospective purchasers can contact Cherrie by email: cherrie.nicholson@bigpond.com.
Summary:
"Lota - through local eyes: stories of a little known Brisbane suburb and the prople
who call Lota home" tells how the suburb of Lota came into being
following first settlement in 1863.
The book is divided into two parts. The first sets out a potted history of development
from surveying in 1859 through provision of the first rail link, the development of
primary infrastructure, and on to the year 2002. The second and larger part of the book
tells the stories of the families who lived, grew, and contributed to the development of
the community at Lota.
This book is as much about growing up in the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s as it is about
Lota. It supplies a nostalgic reminder of the "good times" as well as the
"hard times' and provides a looking glass into how it was to live in those days.
It has been written to capture for posterity the way in which every-day people lived their
lives with the hope that future generations may find it of interest to look back and
appreciate the way it was.
Tides
of Change
and its
sequel
The
Next Wave
written and published by Margaret
Cherras. These books are structured to read as novels but are about real
people of Moreton Bay. Contact Margaret on 32070539 for more details.
A
Shrine to the Artist Ian Fairweather
written and
published by Dr James Lergessner.
Summary:
In this moving account of Ian Fairweather's life story, often narrated
through the heart, voice and eyes of his friends and acquaintences, the author
describes the artist's harsh early upbringing in London and Jersey; his war
years; his time in a German prison camp; the desperate periods of aimless
wanderings throughout the Orient; the perilous raft voyage from Darwin to Timor;
the construction of Fairweather's Polynesian-style huts in the bush; and his
final years battling illness and civilization's encroachment on Bribie Island.
The book costs $30 (includes postage) and is available from Dr
J.Lergessner, 48 Rickman Parade, Woorim, Bribie Island Qld 4507. (Phone Jim on
07 34083908 for more details)
Also available from Dr Lergessner are:
White
Specks on a Dark Shore: The Pumicestone Passage Castaways
(Boolarong Press 1993 costs $15 includes postage)
and
Bribie
The Convict Weaver (Victory Press, 2005 costs $25 including
postage)
and
Seaward
(Victory Press 2006 costs
$28 including postage)
Summary:
Over the years many visitors to Bribie
have been taken with the enchanting spirit of the place. This book chronicles
the lives of a family – the Lergessners – who spent all of their holidays on
Bribie Island from the early 1940s, with their dogs, Kurt and Hepsibar. It
encompasses most of their waking hours and their numerous experiences while
either vacationing or living there.
But please do not be fooled. The saga of “Seaward”, South Esplanade, Bribie
Island, is not simply just a family history. In fact, it only uses its family
members’ distinct and exceptional ‘voices’ to tell Bribie’s own story.
In particular, it traces three generations of the family’s unique connection
with Bribie from after World War I: during World War II; to the heady post-war
expansion, development, and suburban sprawl. In doing so, “Seaward” sets out the
unique development of the island’s ‘seaside culture’. More importantly, it also
sensitively trolls through the Lergessner children’s period of ‘unbridled’
growing up, highlighting, or sometimes touching upon, memorable island
interludes on their rich island paradise.
and
Embattled
Seacows:Dugongers in Early Queensland
By James Lergessner
Summary:
The Latest in James’ prolific publications
about Moreton Bay, the book examines all aspects of this most interesting sea
creature: from Aboriginal hunting methods, through the fledgling European dugong
fisheries in Moreton Bay to Hobbs and Ching’s commercial fishing in the 1850s to
its later decline.Prolifically illustrated and easy to read, James Lergessner
has once again produced a valuable Moreton Bay reference of interest to everyone
with the past - and future - of Moreton Bay at heart.
The book is available from Dr J.Lergessner, 48 Rickman Parade, Woorim, Bribie Island Qld 4507. (Phone Jim on
07 34083908 for more details)
I,
Thomas Welsby
By James Lergessner
Summary:
An audacious account, in the first person, of the
life and times - and the very first biography - of this extraordinary early
colonist and Queensland historian; 'Founding Father', social commentator,
pioneer hero and sportsman. The work follows Welsby's personal and professional
life through the records he made of the growth and progress of the State of
Queensland, and of his role in it, along with his love of Moreton Bay, sailing,
and all things connected with the sea.
The book is available
at a cost of $25 + $5 postage from Dr J.Lergessner, 48 Rickman Parade, Woorim, Bribie Island Qld 4507. (Phone Jim on
07 34083908 for more details)
Shadow
Over the Bay
The first Peel Island Lazaret
adult novel, 376 pages.
ISBN 0646454048
Written and published by Doctor Hugo Ree. The book is
available by contacting Dr Ree on 32895559 (cost is $25 plus $5 postage)Summary:
Hugo Ree is a retired Physician. He has worked with
people living with leprosy in London, West Africa, Papua New Guinea, and
Queensland. This is his first novel.
A young Maltese immigrant, an Aboriginal girl, a cold-hearted nurse, and a
crooked attendant, these are some of the characters in this story of love,
death, and confrontation set on Peel Island, Queensland’s dreaded leprosarium in
the 1920s. On one side, the authorities, who can see no alternative to
segregation: on the other, a group of unhappy people, shunned by society, but
desperate to maintain an identity within the community in which they are forced
to live.
South
Stradbroke Island
written and published by Lindy Salter. Phone Lindy on 38712262
for details of how to purchase a copy.
This book contains everything you could possibly want to know about South
Stradbroke Island.
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Wreck
- ollections (Ships and Shipwrecks in Queensland Waters - Volumes I and II
Written and published by Lance Paterson
Details can be obtained by contacting the author at POBox 224 Moffat Beach Qld
4551
email:lancepaterson@bigpond.com
phone on (07) 5437 8876
At last a comprehensive account of shipwrecks and shipping on the Queensland
coast.
These books tell the story of hundreds of wrecks, strandings, hulks and includes
numerous photos, several never published.
These books are a result of many years of intensive research, thousands of
kilometres travelled and countless hours typing by the author.
Professionally edited, area maps and indexes of vessels, masters, location and
dates of incidents are included. Using primary sources where at all possible,
the author has gathered more than just statistics.Anyone can read these volumes
as there are many stories of human interest for all ages and can be read for two
minutes or two hours as time permits. An ideal reference tool for local and
school libraries as well as of interest to divers and those interested in
maritime history.
