The "Stefano" Castaways

A story of two intrepid crewmen - Michele Baccich and Giovanni Iurich - the sole survivors from the Dalmatian barque Stefano, which was wrecked off the Western Australian coast in 1875.

Translated in its entirety for the first time, The Stefano Castaways is the story of Michele Baccich and Giovanni Iurich the sole survivors of the barque Stefano, which was shipwrecked of Australias northwest coast in 1875 - as recounted to Canon Stefano Scurla of Ragusa (now Dubrovnik), upon their return to Dalmatia. Presented here in the original Italian as well as an English translation, Canon Scurlas account of Baccich and Iurichs dramatic tale is augmented by important historical documents and critical essays. It provides an authoritative and remarkable glimpse into a lost world of Aboriginal tribes and their intimate knowledge of a harsh landscape together with an absorbing record of the manners and society of early colonial Western Australia.