In the Wake of Two Ships
Book Details
Author(s)Carmel T. Davies
PublisherCarmel T Davies
ISBN / ASINB00ITG75HS
ISBN-13978B00ITG75H6
Sales Rank1,627,524
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Eliza and Nora, two Irish sisters in their mid teens, disembarked from the Duke of Buccleugh at the Townsville wharf in 1883.
Their Uncle Enda had been working on the Australian goldfields at Charters Towers and was to meet them upon their arrival in Townsville. However he died whilst they were at sea. How they dealt with the dilemma facing them when their uncle did not show up to meet them, was a reflection on the resourcefulness of young immigrants to this part of the world in those times.
Also in the year 1883, 16 year old John Reardon from County Cork arrived in Queensland on board the HMS Quetta and he made his way to Charters Towers.
In the following years John was to meet Eliza and they would marry. They each brought with them an intriguing heritage. Their stories intertwined and picked up the threads of this heritage along the way and then fanned out into glimpses of the lives of some of their descendants in more modern times.
Despite the tragedies and challenges encountered in the lives depicted, there is an innate optimistic feeling that good things will happen in life and will outweigh the effects of depressive influences. The spirit of the minstrals and bards is woven into the stories of Eliza and John and that spirit prevails in a different way in another era.
Their Uncle Enda had been working on the Australian goldfields at Charters Towers and was to meet them upon their arrival in Townsville. However he died whilst they were at sea. How they dealt with the dilemma facing them when their uncle did not show up to meet them, was a reflection on the resourcefulness of young immigrants to this part of the world in those times.
Also in the year 1883, 16 year old John Reardon from County Cork arrived in Queensland on board the HMS Quetta and he made his way to Charters Towers.
In the following years John was to meet Eliza and they would marry. They each brought with them an intriguing heritage. Their stories intertwined and picked up the threads of this heritage along the way and then fanned out into glimpses of the lives of some of their descendants in more modern times.
Despite the tragedies and challenges encountered in the lives depicted, there is an innate optimistic feeling that good things will happen in life and will outweigh the effects of depressive influences. The spirit of the minstrals and bards is woven into the stories of Eliza and John and that spirit prevails in a different way in another era.
