Morning Glory Clouds of the Gulf of Carpentaria

Historical Notes on Sweers Island

Compiled by Professor Peter Saenger

Centre for Coastal Management, UNE, Northern Rivers, Lismore, NSW.

Contents:

Part 1: pp1-20

Part 2: pp21-40

Part 3: pp41-50

Annotations

Images:

Image of Investigator Tree

Map of Sweers Island Landforms

Map of Sweers Island Aboriginal Usage (image n/a)

Weather statistics

Related Paper:

Investigator Tree by Peter Saenger

Links:

Landsborough Tree and other Burketown historical images
Nicholson River Land Claim 1982
Charles Darwin and The Beagle a list of resources
The Morning Glory of the Gulf of Carpentaria

Friday, 28 May, 2010
subject: Sweers Island births, 1882
Email: wade_lewis<at>yahoo.com
My grandfather's birth certificate shows his father, WALTER HENRY LEWIS, as being born on Sweers Island in 1882. Do you by chance have any information on those who lived on Sweers at this time? Most of what I have read online (including Peter's wonderful history) suggests that most non-Indigenous people have moved off Sweers by this time, and I'm having trouble finding any information about the circumstances of my great grandfather's birth. Appreciate any advice or pointers you may have. Cheers, Wade

Prepared for the web by Russell White. Reproduced with permission of the author.

Satelite image of Morning Glory clouds with associated upper wave system.

Morning Glory Cloud Photos - Near Burketown 1994

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