Fishing for Islands : Traditional Boats and Seafarers of the Pacific

5239622001128578879.jpg

Cover image courtesy of publisher.

y Fishing for Islands : Traditional Boats and Seafarers of the Pacific single work non-fiction children's

Author:agent John Nicholson

Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Fishing for Islands : Traditional Boats and Seafarers of the Pacific

The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Latest Issues

VIEW ALL ISSUES (C385554)

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'How would you like to cross the Pacific Ocean in a home-made boat?

'Sounds impossible, doesn't it? - but that's what the Polynesians did, skimming through the water at 20 km an hour with enough provisions on board for several weeks at sea. They and other peoples of the Pacific rim built boats for fishing, travelling, carrying goods, exploring and war.

'Fishing for Islands celebrates these traditional boats of South-east Asia and the Pacific, and shows how they were made, using bamboo, timber, vines, coconut fibre and so on. It also traces the movement of Melanesian and Polynesian people, beginning with short island-hops in bark or reed canoes and gradually extending out into the vastness of the Pacific, navigating by memory and the stars.

'This is a John Nicholson classic: a superbly illustrated, down-to-earth and very personal angle on history, informed by a passion for the things that people design and make.' (Publication summary)

Teaching Resources

This work has teaching resources.

Teacher’s notes from publisher’s website.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()

CBC Acceptance Speeches : John Nicholson John Nicholson , 2000 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 44 no. 4 2000; (p. 5-6)

Untitled John D. Adams , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 44 no. 1 2000; (p. 38)
— Review of Fishing for Islands : Traditional Boats and Seafarers of the Pacific John Nicholson , 1999 single work non-fiction

Untitled Kerry Neary , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 14 no. 4 1999; (p. 42)
— Review of Fishing for Islands : Traditional Boats and Seafarers of the Pacific John Nicholson , 1999 single work non-fiction

History to be Relished Sally Harding , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 7 no. 3 1999; (p. 6-7)
— Review of Homelands and Frontiers Alan R. Tucker , 1999 single work non-fiction ; To the Goldfields! Rachel Tonkin , 1999 single work children's fiction ; Fishing for Islands : Traditional Boats and Seafarers of the Pacific John Nicholson , 1999 single work non-fiction