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Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean is quite simply one of my greatest childhood memories. A Brief History British and Dutch navigators first included the island on their charts in the early seventeenth century, and Captain William Mynors of the British East India Company vessel, the Royal Mary, named the island when he arrived on Christmas Day, [...]

Working on an Australian Prawn Trawler

When I had finished school after year 12, I needed to earn some money before starting my apprenticeship. I decided to go to work on the Prawn Trawlers up north of Australia between Darwin in the Northern Territory and Weepa in Queensland. We were out at sea for Tiger season which was 7 months long [...]
  

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