Photocopy of the Rijeka manuscript of The Stefano Castaways - manuscript

Stefano Castaways; Rijeka manuscript; Stefano Skurla; Stjepan Skurla; Italian text; English translation; Amadeo Sala; John Melville-Jones; editor; Warrigal Press; shipwreck; barque Stefano; 1875; Aborigines; Aboriginal: Indigenous Australians; North-West Cape; Western Australia; survival; 2009. Photocopy of the Rijeka manuscript of The Stefano Castaways by Stjepan (Stefano) Skurla, in Italian, supplied by the Maritime and History Museum, Rijeka, Croatia. The manuscript was translated by Amedeo Sala, edited by John Melville-Jones. The barque Stefano was shipwrecked on the North-West coast in 1875. Skurla's manuscript describes the experiences of the castaways and provides informatoin about the life and language of the Aboriginal people of the North-West Cape. Stefano Skurla was a Roman Catholic priest (born?, died 1877).