Subject	Aboriginal Australians–Australia
	Western Australia–History
	Catholic Church
	Shipping
	Boats
	Manuscripts
Category	1. Settlement
Author	Skurla, Stefano
Publisher	Warrigal Press
Place Of Publication	Mundaring, W.A.
Keywords	Shipwrecks
	Croatia
Current Holder	State Library of Western Australia
Period Of Reference	1875/1875
Item Number	ACC 7404A
Access Rights	Request at location
Country Of Origin	Croatia
Language	Italian
Description From Source	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).
Physical Format	Manuscripts