Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scuba diving
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Skindiving in Australia and New Zealand
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scuba diving
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scuba diving
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
History of Spearfishing and Scuba Diving in Australia
Author: Tom Byron
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493136704
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Discover the pioneering days of spearfishing and scuba diving, read about the sports early spearmen and women and the founding fathers of scuba diving in Australia. This book takes you month by month from 1917 to 1997, through the good and bad times, the discoveries, the tragedies, the undersea explorations, as well as instructor organizations, diving achievers, and a number of important events which together comprise the history of underwater diving in Australia. Within the pages of this book is a large section dealing with the Chronicle of Sport Diving, events reported as though they had recently happened, recapturing all the important occurrences that took place during 80 years since Alex Wickham first speared fish in Sydney Harbour. Special features include newspaper reports of early spearfishing, the establishment of the first spearfishing association in 1948 and the appearance of the first home-made scuba regulator. There are thrilling and sometimes tragic stories of shark attacks. A woman skin diver was lost at sea for nearly three days and nights, and survived. There is the story of Australias first and so far only world champion spearfisherman and that of two scuba divers who swam with a white pointer shark for half an hour in open water, yet were not attacked by the beast, the devastating deaths of four scuba divers in a sinkhole at Mt. Gambier, the rapid advance of underwater technology in Australia and much more. This is the only book of its kind dealing with the history of spearfishing and scuba diving in this country. For some, it will bring back old memories, for others a readable and authoritative history of spearfishing and scuba diving in Australia. For every diver, man or woman, it cannot fail to stir emotions as it recaptures exciting and historical events. At the end of the Second World War, a Frenchman, Michel Calluaud brought plans of the Gagnan-Cousteau regulator to Australia and he built one of the first in the world here. Australians could then use this equipment for work and pleasure and it has furthered their knowledge of life in the sea. As we push beyond the boundary of seashores and venture further under water we begin to discover many things that were once beyond our grasp and it is the aqualung that has enabled us to journey beyond the confinements of land. THE HISTORY OF SPEARFISHING AND SCUBA DIVING IN AUSTRALIA not only deals with the scuba diving, but also, as the title suggests, with a wealth of information concerning spearfishing and related underwater activities.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493136704
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Discover the pioneering days of spearfishing and scuba diving, read about the sports early spearmen and women and the founding fathers of scuba diving in Australia. This book takes you month by month from 1917 to 1997, through the good and bad times, the discoveries, the tragedies, the undersea explorations, as well as instructor organizations, diving achievers, and a number of important events which together comprise the history of underwater diving in Australia. Within the pages of this book is a large section dealing with the Chronicle of Sport Diving, events reported as though they had recently happened, recapturing all the important occurrences that took place during 80 years since Alex Wickham first speared fish in Sydney Harbour. Special features include newspaper reports of early spearfishing, the establishment of the first spearfishing association in 1948 and the appearance of the first home-made scuba regulator. There are thrilling and sometimes tragic stories of shark attacks. A woman skin diver was lost at sea for nearly three days and nights, and survived. There is the story of Australias first and so far only world champion spearfisherman and that of two scuba divers who swam with a white pointer shark for half an hour in open water, yet were not attacked by the beast, the devastating deaths of four scuba divers in a sinkhole at Mt. Gambier, the rapid advance of underwater technology in Australia and much more. This is the only book of its kind dealing with the history of spearfishing and scuba diving in this country. For some, it will bring back old memories, for others a readable and authoritative history of spearfishing and scuba diving in Australia. For every diver, man or woman, it cannot fail to stir emotions as it recaptures exciting and historical events. At the end of the Second World War, a Frenchman, Michel Calluaud brought plans of the Gagnan-Cousteau regulator to Australia and he built one of the first in the world here. Australians could then use this equipment for work and pleasure and it has furthered their knowledge of life in the sea. As we push beyond the boundary of seashores and venture further under water we begin to discover many things that were once beyond our grasp and it is the aqualung that has enabled us to journey beyond the confinements of land. THE HISTORY OF SPEARFISHING AND SCUBA DIVING IN AUSTRALIA not only deals with the scuba diving, but also, as the title suggests, with a wealth of information concerning spearfishing and related underwater activities.
The Modern Encyclopaedia of Australia and New Zealand
Author: Victor S. Barnes
Publisher: Sydney, Horwitz-Grahame
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1220
Book Description
History, biography, geography, flora, fauna, industry, sports and fine arts.
Publisher: Sydney, Horwitz-Grahame
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1220
Book Description
History, biography, geography, flora, fauna, industry, sports and fine arts.
Maritime Archaeology in Australia
Author: Mark Staniforth
Publisher:
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Australian National Bibliography
Author:
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 1734
Book Description
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 1734
Book Description
The Lady and the President
Author: Peter Stone
Publisher: OCEANS ENTERPRISES
ISBN: 9780958665728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher: OCEANS ENTERPRISES
ISBN: 9780958665728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The Australian Scuba Divers Illustrated Dictionary
Author: Robert Berthold
Publisher: Hyperion Books
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Reference for scuba divers and those interested in Australia's diverse marine environment. Contains information on terminology, training organisations, locations, events and equipment for the sport as well as entries on all known species in Australia's coastal waters.
Publisher: Hyperion Books
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Reference for scuba divers and those interested in Australia's diverse marine environment. Contains information on terminology, training organisations, locations, events and equipment for the sport as well as entries on all known species in Australia's coastal waters.
Bulletin de l'ISDS.
Author: ISDS International Centre
Publisher:
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Category : International Serials Data System
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : International Serials Data System
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Sea Snake Toxinology
Author: P. Gopalakrishnakone
Publisher: NUS Press
ISBN: 9789971691936
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This is the latest book in the Venom and Toxin Series of publications produced by the Venom and Toxin Research Group, National University of Singapore. Containing chapter contributions by international authorities in the field covering some 13 countries in the Asia-Pacific region and lavishly illustrated, the work represents perhaps the most comprehensive and up-to-date material published on the subject in the last 15 years.
Publisher: NUS Press
ISBN: 9789971691936
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This is the latest book in the Venom and Toxin Series of publications produced by the Venom and Toxin Research Group, National University of Singapore. Containing chapter contributions by international authorities in the field covering some 13 countries in the Asia-Pacific region and lavishly illustrated, the work represents perhaps the most comprehensive and up-to-date material published on the subject in the last 15 years.
Undercurrent
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Deep diving
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Deep diving
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description