"A Narrative of the Melancholy Wreck of the 'Dunbar,' Merchant Ship, on the South Head of Port Jackson, August 20th, 1857" by Anonymous is a retelling of a real-life tragedy that happened far out at sea. Set in 1857, it's about the Dunbar ship, which was carrying people when it crashed near Australia. Only one person, James Johnson, made it out alive. The story paints a dramatic picture of the wreck on a stormy night, explaining how the ship got lost coming into Port Jackson. It shares what the people on board went through as they crashed against the rocks and the chaos that followed as their lives were tragically lost. The ship's sole survivor's tells the tale of how he survived, while the book also talks about how the community dealt with the loss and how the wreck showed that sea travel needed to be much safer. The overall tone is one of sorrow mixed with a call for change.
A Narrative of the Melancholy Wreck of the "Dunbar," Merchant Ship, on the South Head of Port Jackson, August 20th, 1875
By Anonymous
A passenger ship meets a disastrous fate off the coast of Australia, leaving only one survivor to tell the tale of a horrific shipwreck.
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Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the case of very old works, the author's name may simply be lost over the course of history and time. There are a number of reasons anonymous works arise.
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