Story: Shipwrecks
Page 8 – External links and sources
More links and websites
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Demise of the 'White Wings' with a NZ connection
This site has stories of major New Zealand shipwrecks, links to other websites and a bibliography.
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New Zealand disasters
This site has excellent accounts of some of the major maritime disasters.
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New Zealand historical data – ships
This site has a comprehensive list of New Zealand shipwrecks of the 1860s and 1870s, and the enquiry findings.
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Quay stuff – resources
This site has information about the location of wrecks around the New Zealand coast, and the history of the vessels.
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Shipwrecks and underwater archaeological sites
This section of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust website describes underwater archaeology and the kinds of information that different wrecks can reveal.
More suggestions and sources
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Atkinson, Neill. Crew culture: New Zealand seafarers under sail and steam. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2001.
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Callan, Louise. Shipwreck: tales of survival, courage and calamity at sea. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett, 2000.
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Ingram, C. W. N. New Zealand shipwrecks: 195 years of disasters at sea. 7th rev. ed. Auckland: Beckett Books, 1990.
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Lambert, Max, and Jim Hartley. The Wahine disaster. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1969.
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Locker-Lampson, Steve, and Ian Francis. New Zealand's shipwreck gallery. Wellington: Rowfant, 1983.
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McLean, Gavin. Shipwrecks and maritime disasters. Wellington: Grantham House, 1991.
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O’Connor, Tom. Death of a cruise ship: the mystery of the Mikhail Lermontov. Wellington: Cape Catley, 1999.
