In his forty years as an author/publisher Jack Loney released over one hundred books and booklets, wrote regularly for newspapers and magazines, and in his latter years expanded his maritime interests into educational tours, radio and television. (It appears, from a notation in one of the booklt, that Jack's first publication was in 1965). He built up a formidable data base of entries based on original research through court and inquiry records, newspapers, shipping records and whatever else he could get his hands on. His aim was not to be a marine historian, but rather an educator, as he indeed was during his formal career; he wanted the information to be made available to anyone, and low cost publications were his aim.

 His colourful views on popular legends like the Mahogany Ship and Benito’s Treasure, his critical examination of the Historic Shipwrecks Act, and his enormous collection of fascinating shipwreck stories from all over Australia attracted widespread interest whenever he spoke at dinner meetings, recreational seminars, and  historical society functions. He was born in 1925 and until his untimely death lived in Portarlington, Victoria with wife Padge, and two children, Peter and Sally. He was a school teacher and principal until his retirement, and became interested in maritime history after preparing several general history booklets for the Otway region of western Victoria.

In 1995, Jack Loney was to be presented with a special award from the State Government of Victoria for his public contribution as a maritime historian, author, and educator. Sadly, he was admitted to hospital a week before the award was to be presented, and soon after passed away. In lieu of this personal award, and in recognition of his work, the Victorian government decreed a perpetual memorial award - called the Jack Loney Memorial Award - for 'outstanding contribution to maritime history' - to be presented to those who have likewise, if not in quantity, at least in spirit, also dedicated a part of their life to extending our maritime knowledge. There have been four recipients of this state award since 1997. 

Jack Loney died in Geelong on 13 February 1995.

My name is Peter Stone - I was a close friend of Jack for two decades, collaborating with him on several publications, and publishing the Lonestone Press books. I admired the man for his dedication and knowledge; I loved the man for his consideration and wonderful nature. 

In 1998 the Victorian government presented me with the inaugural Jack Loney Award. To be associated with Jack Loney in any way was indeed a great honour.
 

Major contributors to this website:
Peter Stone, webmaster: author (some books
with Jack), publisher, book dealer. 
Don Love: maritime historian and author.
Tony Cavanagh. Librarian, Queenscliffe Maritime 
Museum.

It's hard to say! Even his son Peter does not know exactly, but believe it is about 130. It is certainly more than one hundred. By listing these here, perhaps others can add to the list.  I co-authored several books with Jack, and published his 'wrecks on ....' series. I can recall a time when he mentioned that the one hundred book-mark had been reached, but I apologise for the ignorance of not remembering when this was. I would have to guess sometime in the late 1980s. I thought I had all - or at least most - of his books and booklets but only as recently as July 2012, I was introduced to yet another Loney publication by Peter Lendon, at his excellent second-hand bookshop at Yarragon, on the Princes Highway east of Melbourne. (It was The Rambler's Guide to West Coast Shiprecks). 

Jack always said that he wrote for one reason only - to pass on knowledge of our maritime history. And as any maritime historian knows, passing on such knowledge through the social theme of shipwrecks is as valid as any. Jack recognised that the general public were always interested in shipwrecks, and yet there was very little published for general readership back in the sixties. Jack's objective, which he achieved most successfully, was to publish small, affordable booklets that could be purchased in general stores and milkbars and bookshops and tourist offices anywhere long the coast. Jack lived in Victoria, so most of the publications are on Victorian shipwrecks - that is, the Australian state of Victoria. He marketed the publications himelf, travelling the coastline with his family during the school holidays, researching more shipwrecks and maritime stories, and selling his wares. He was not interested in fancy publications on expensive paper - just the facts m'am, nothing but the facts. 

Jack published so many words on thousands of shipwrecks that it was inevitable that over the years there would be some ungracious comment that an error was found here and there. I defend Jack strongly on this, as such criticim is a measure of the critics' misunderstanding of history and rsearch. Jack's research was based on many primary and secondary sources - Courts of Inquiry, Marine Board hearings, police records, shipping records - and newspapers. He understood only too well the dubious voracity of newspaper but who was he to make judgement and deny the journlists words! Jack published what he read and researched. As his files grew, he would frequently find contradictions with earlier research, but as often was the case, he would have already produced a booklet including the fact, now recognised as an error. This was invariably corrected in later publications. As with the writings of any researcher, it is the later publications that have the higher voracity; for this reason it is important to know when a publicatiion was printed. And here I must gently lower Jack down one rung on the pedistal that I unashamedly place him on - not all of his publication have a date; in fact, most don't. This is most unfortunte. But the blame is not entirely Jack's; his publishers should have known better. But therein lies a problem. Jack published most of the work himself, and the usual requirements of a publisher would not have been on his mind. Perhaps his printers could have assisted, but it would not have been the printer's responsibility. Fortunately, the later publications by mainstream publishers did conform to what is expected in all publications, including the ISBN number. 

Jack has certainly given us a challenge to put together all his works. I say 'us' because I am expecting some help on this. The exceptional maritime author and diver Don Love has already contributed, and indeed it was Don who inspired me to make up this list. The thought had been there for some time as the list fits in nicely to the www.classicdivebooks.info and www.australianshipwrecks.info websites that I maintain. Don by the way is just one of many maritime writers and wreck enthusiasts that honour Jack with being the man who most inspired them to learn and develop a passion for our maritime history. More recently (May 2013), the list has been revised and added to with the excellent contribution from Tony Cavanagh, a librarian working with the the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum. Tony has scoured the museum's library for Jack's works, and undertaken further professional research to determine the extend of Jack's contribution to maritime history. 

I will also include here those local histories written by Jack that are not shipwreck specific. All however have some maritime interest. The first listing is of those published by Jack under the imprint Marine History Publications, or earlier. Other titles authored by Jack, with other publishers, are listed separately. 

And a word on 'edition'. Most publishers regard a new 'edition' as being significantly different in some way to a previous printing; additions and corrections may be in order, new photographs, contributions from other writers (as a preface perhaps). A new edition is not simply a reprint with a different jacket image. A reprint is simply that - a reprint - and should be listed as such. Jack and his printers did not always adhere to such principles, and many Loney 'editions' are simply reprints, some with  new covers. Others, on the other hand, have been revised and are genuine editions. 

Jack initilly started a numbered series of Famous Wrecks books, commencing with th tragedy of the Loch Ard. They were numbered as follows:
1. The Loch Ard Disaster.
2. The Mahogany Ship.
3. The Schomberg Incident.
4. Admella.
5. Wreck of the S.S. Casino
6. Wreck of the Fiji
7. Wreck of the Ly-e-Moon
8. Stranding of R.M.S. Australia.

So, to answer the fundamental question, how many publications did Jack produce?.
From the list below:

BOOKLETS and SMALL PUBLICATIIONS: 70   (Total editions/reprints in excess of 111)
SUBSTANTIAL CONTENT BOOKS, HARD ? SOFT COVER 1 + 16 = 17 (Total editions/reprints about 24)
NEPTUNE COAST WATCH SERIES: 3
LONESTONE PRESS PULICATIONS: 4
AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS VOLUMES (Six in the series):  5

TOTAL BOOKS RECORDED HERE: 99

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE......

Author and shipwreck historian Don Love has found a small booklet that is not included in the above titles - called Ramblers Guide. This makes the total ninety-nine. That's a average Bradman century! See details in the listing. Initially Don and I only had a photocopy - Don now has an original so we can include it in the count. (As I have ammended above). 

Note that the count is only one for a booklet of several editions, which may have even had a title change.  If we count editions/reprints the total publications comes to in excess of 148 publications. 

There is family anecdotal comment that Jack wrote and/or published about 130 titles. If this is so, we have a way to go to track down those missing, although the number probably includes editions/reprints. In SHIPS AT PORT WELSHPOOL AND OTHER MEMORIES,  ISBN 0 909191 41 7 there is the notation: This is Jack Loney's One Hundredth Title.  Unfortunately, there is no date indicated. 

You will note that within the description of the books that follow, I have included in many the Foreword or other extracts from the book. This is most appropriate as it gives the reader an idea of what the author 'is all about' in writing the book; and it givs a good indication of the book content. The extracts are printed in blue.

What I have not done with this bibliography, so far, is to compare the content of publications. There really is no need to do so as it should be apparent to any reader/researcher that the latter of two titles with similar subject matter would be the more accurate, and perhaps more detailed, as Jack progressed along the time-line of research. Adventures with Shipwrecks morphed into several books, for example. Contrary to this, some publications may be derived from a number of smaller bookets, such as Famous Wrecks being  a compenium of the Schomberg Incident, the Admella, the Loch Ard Disaster etc. In this instance, one may assume that Jack would have corrected any errors or included now known ommissions, but I don't think was always so. Jack did not have the convenience of a computer until the later years, and even then he was never comfortable with them. His basic research material was on cards - and in previous publications. 

JACK' S HOMES

It may be of help in trying to date a publication to know where Jack and his family lived over the years from 1954 to his passing in 1995. Jack's daughter Sally has kindly provided the following details.

1954 - 1971 Apollo Bay
1972-1974 Dimboola (School principal at Dimboola Primary)
1975-1976 Geelong (School principal at Newtown)
1977-1995 Portarlington (Died Feb 13th 1995)

WHATS IN A NAME?
A note on the use of “J.K. Loney” and “Jack Loney”. 
Don’t know whether you have noticed it but any book that I have found with 'Jack Loney' as author was published after1976/77, the time he moved to Portarlington. I think it was 1977 or later as in 1976 he was still in Dimboola (not so sure of that now, see below - but he may have retained his Dimboola printer). Just a thought but it might help with undated titles where Jack Loney is the author – we could tie them down to “1977 or later”. What do you think? (This would make your second “possible” 1st edition for the Mahogany Ship covers a non starter). 
But, and there is often a 'but' with Jack’s stuff, you sometimes have the situation  where the cover says 'Jack' but the title page says 'J.K.' (eg the fifth edition of Wrecks on the Gippsland coast , where the title page clearly says Wrecks along the Gippsland coast, J.K. Loney!!). This is obviously unchanged from earlier editions, again bearing out the contention that many of the so-called editions are merely reprints. And just to complicate things a little further, the claimed publication date is 1976, not the 1977 cut-off I was so confidently claiming. [tc]

As Tony mentions, where Jack and his family lived may also assist in defining an edition or reprint. Jack's daughter Sally kindly provided the following residences.
1954 - 1971 Apollo Bay
1972-1974 Dimboola (principal at Dimboola Primary)
1975-1976 Geelong (principal at Newtown)
1977-1995 Portarlington 

Jack died 13 February 1995, in Geelong.

ACCESS TO FURTHER INFORMATION ON JACK AND HIS BOOKS.

Needless to say, Google is the first stop to find more on Jack and his books, but, as it is often the case with Google, you can be overwhelmed with more information than you need. One of the main obstacles is the entry data required. The subject name ‘Jack Loney’ is obvious but two obstacles are of concern: there are several Jack Loneys in the world;  also, Jack often wrote as J.K.Loney, and Jack Kenneth Loney. Just putting in ‘Loney’ will only cause frustration. Once ‘in’ Google, you will appear to have every bookshop in Australia listed which has a Loney book for sale - you may want this but to go through each one if you are looking for a purchase if frustrating. I therefore bypass Google and go straight to www.booksandcollectibles.com.au  It’s an Australian company and is well representative of Australian on-line bookshops. 

If you want more specific library details, perhaps with a view to borrowing, you cannot do better than go to the National Library’s website. They have a feature called Trove, which I presume is short for treasure trove for that is what it is. Link to books and then enter in Jack Loney (for example) in the search facility.  See http://trove.nla.gov.au/book/
You will now have a listing of Jack’s books in all the editions that the library is aware of, and have available. The Trove webpage will also provide where to borrow, that is, which libraries hold copies. Try entering ‘J.K.Loney’ after you have done a ‘Jack Loney’ search. Your results will be (as of writing this August 2012): jack loney 192 reference hits; j.k.loney 58 hits; jack kenneth loney 133 hits; j.loney gives 265 hits with 50% relevance. Entering just ‘loney’ give 541 mainly irrelevant hits. For a combination of authors, such as jack and a co-author, use the advanced search and enter the two surnames whereby ‘all names are used’.

Books here are listed in alphabetic order within the following sections: 

THE 'BOOKLET' AND SMALL PUBLICATIONS
A STRANGE ONE....
SOFT AND HARDCOVER BOOKS OF SUBSTANTIAL SIZE
NEPTUNE'S COAST WATCH SERIES
LONESTONE PRESS IMPRINT
AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS SERIES
SOME BOOKLETS ASSOCIATED WITH JACK LONEY 

LIST OF LONEY PUBLICATIONS BY DATE

Click on an image to enlarge.

All books/booklets are 'softcover' with card cover and saddle-stiched, ie stapled through the folded spine - unless indicated otherwise. Some may be perfect bound - that is, they are glued at the spine, sometimes also sewn, and have a 'square-back' look. That is the prefered method once you get over say sixty-four pages, as stapling large books is difficult - and they look ugly and awkward to read.  All books/booklets in the Marine History Publications listing are in portrait format of approximately 140 x 210 mm. Photographs and prints are in mono unless otherwise indicated. 'Previous publications' are sometimes listed to assist in dating the publication.

Small booklet of 20 pages, mono photographs rather poorly reproduced. Index, map, several appendices; printed in blue ink, which makes the photogrphs mono blue.Four chapters: The Ship,  The Wreck, The Rescue, The Epilogue. Lists passengers and crew, and rescuers.
From the Foreword:
More than a century after her tragic loss on Carpenter's Rocks, the S.S. Admella continues to fascinate adventurers, divers, historians and tourists. For almost a week she lay helpless about two kilometres off-shore while steamers sent to her rescue and people on the shore watched helplessly as passengers and crew dropped one by one to their deaths in the angry sea. Hourly, telegrams were flashed all over the colonies; business in Melbourne and Adelaide was brought almost to a standstill, while each morning a hurried count revealed a dwindling group of survivors on the battered wreck. When at last rescue attempts from both land and sea brought to safety a few caricatures of once-proud human beings, a surge of relief swept the continent. Money was plentiful and a fund launched for the survivors and rescuers received support without parallel in Australia up to that time. Some treasure from the Admella still awaits salvage, so perhaps one day when the seas abate briefly over the cruel fangs of the Carpenters, the final act in the drama may unfold.

From the Acknowledgment: This small work is not intended as a detailed examination of early conditions, but rather as a record of some of the interesting stories and sidelights associated with Port Phillip Heads.
The author has drawn on diaries of P. Holden, accounts of R. Holden, notes of J. McGrath and D.O.D.'s fascinating "Early Memories of Queenscliff" for additional basic material and romance of last century. Percy Holden who was Customs Officer at Geelong for many years represented the authorities at wrecks in the vicinity of The Heads. During his lifetime he also compiled numerous records of all aspects of early shipping in Victorian waters. His son Roy has been actively interested in Geelong and district history for most of his life, and is well known for his splendid collection of pictures and cuttings dealing with almost every aspect of Geelong's early years. J. McGrath was employed as a boatman at Queenscliff in the years when open whale boats were rowed out through Port Phillip Heads to put pilots aboard incoming vessels. D.O.D. (Charles Dod), was born at Queenscliff in 1854 and spent his youth in the district. In 1924 he wrote a series of articles on Queenscliff for the Geelong Advertiser, and these were later published as the book, "Early Memories of Queenscliff". 
From the Foreword: White man's knowledge of Port Phillip Heads opened on 1st February, 1802, when Lieutenant Bowen, in charge of a boat from the Lady Nelson, examined the entrance, prior to Lieutenant Murray's visit a fortnight later. They were closely followed by Flinders on 26th April, and then in 1803, Lieutenant Collins founded a convict settlement about eight miles east of The Heads. And yet, their knowledge of the area must have been relatively superficial compared with that of William Buckley, the escaped convict, who roamed the coastline for the next thirty-two years before walking into the camp of John Batman at Indented Head. Since the arrival of the first ships the entrance to Port Phillip Bay has been recognised as one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the Southern Hemisphere.
A reef running from Point Lonsdale to Point Nepean, believed to have been at one time a natural wall which enclosed the bay restricted the entrance to less than a mile in width and thirty-five feet in depth. On the inner side of the wall or reef there is a fall of more than 200 feet. When the ebb tide is running out at about six knots, and the enormous quantity of water banked against the reef meets a gale from the south-west, The Rip as it it known becomes a veritable whirlpool. No two seas alike. Mountains high they are just as likely to be backing over the bow as running over the stern, and early mariners breathed a sigh of relief when safely through. Yet, the dangers were often underestimated, shown by the high toll of shipwrecks. These conditions placed a tremendous responsibility upon the pilots and their assistants. In this modern age, the passage of ships through The Rip continues to fascinate the thousands of people who flock annually to several vantage points on the western shores of the entrance. But now, let us turn the clock back more than one hundred years.

1982 Third Edition.

First edition; edition limited to five hundred numbered copies signed by the authors. No date but probably 1969 - see Trove details below. 

Second edition, 1969, published by the authors, Apollo Bay, Victoria;  limited also to 500 numbered copies. Pictorial soft cover, size: 12mo - up to 7 ?" tall - Duodecimo. . Seventy-six pages, with 1 map, plus 12 pages with 26 b/w photos. 206 x 142 mm. Preface by authors; appendices and index. 
The text is illustrated with numerous contemporary black-and-white photographs and illustrations. At the beginning of the text there is a small map showing the Port of Geelong. Photographic covers, showing "Yarra Street Wharf" in the 19th century, against a yellow coloured background and ochre colour titles to the front panel. A small book about the workings and early shipping of the Port of Geelong in the 19th century.

Third edition 1982. 
Author listed on cover as Jack Loney.
Card cover, 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall,  62 p., [13] p. of plates. ISBN 0 909244 25 1.

Note: Roy Holden was an local amateur historian with a wealth of knowledge and research notes and was most co-operative toward Jack. The Trove website at the National Libray has four listings for the book. 

(1)  1969. Authors Holden and Loney. 75 pages. No date, no edition, presume first edition.
(2)  1900 (clarly incorrect). Authors Holden and Loney. 75 pages. No date, no edition.
(3)  1969. Authors Holden and Loney. 75 pages. No date but listed as second edition.

(4)  1982. Author J.K. Loney (no mention of Holden). 62 pages. ISBN 0909244251. Listed as third edition. 

King Island tourist and historical guide, 2nd ed, according to the (Deakin) library record, published around 1990, Marine History. [tc]

Softcover, card wrappers, 134 pages : ill., map, ports, bibliography, size 24 cm. 

See Below - WRECKS ON THE N.S.W. SOUTH COAST

From the book: The entrance to Port Welshpool between Wilsons Promontory and Snake Island is one and a half nautical miles although shoals reduce this to about one nautical mile. Hazards to shipping entering and leaving Corner Inlet were created by treacherous offshore islets, rocks, reefs, hidden sandbars, and the low islets guarding the inlet, difficult to see at night or in thick weather. 
From the outside back cover: The early history of corner inlet was linked with a supposed pirate treasure cache deep in the Strzelecki Ranges, the activities of early sealers and whalers, and the passage of convicts escaping across Bass Strait from Van Diemens land. Since early exploration and settlement,  the inlet has also maintained its importance as a sailor's  haven  from the rough seas and weather of Bass Strait. Once the channels and sandbanks were charted the safety and convenience of Port Welshpool won it an important role as South Gippsland's major port for sail traders and small steamers from the mid 1850's to the turn of the century. Later, the port faced difficult times, but the development of the off shore oil rigs in Bass Strait, the establishment of a base for charter flights to nearby Flinders Island, and the fast ferry service across the strait to northern Tasmania have ushered in a more successful era for the entire district.[The ‘fast ferry service’ has come to a standstill with a commercial decision not to continue its service.]

NOTE: Soon after the first edition of Shipwrecks Along the Great Ocean Road was released, a reprint saw the name changed to Wrecks Along the Great Ocean Road. 
It changed back to Shipwrecks Along the Great Ocean Road with the tenth (and last) edition in 1993. 

WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD (See various editions below)
Shipwrecks on the Victorian west coast from Point Lonsdale to Portland. Published by Marine History Publications,  Portarlington, Victoria 3223. Has drawn on previous works by the author: Wrecks Around Cape Otway, Shipwrecks Along the Great Ocean Road, and Wreck’s on Victoria’s South West Coast. Although the actual Great Ocean Road hugs the coast from Lorne to Warrnambool, the book really covers western Victoria, with 382 wreck listings from Point Lonsdale at Port Phillip Heads through to Portland and Cape Bridgewater. Future editions may well have been called Wrecks Along the Shipwreck Coast, for this is the more recent  ‘tourist name’ given to this magnificent yet somewhat treacherous stretch of coastline.  The format of the publication is unusual in that six separate chapters are devoted to the rig of the vessel (ie ship, barques, schooners etc), with a chronological listing of the ship’s loss within each chapter. This does make research on a particular vessel awkward, but an index of all vessels assists. It is the interesting that author abandoned this format for later publications, and opted for the more convenient straight chronological listing irrespective of rig. Text for some of the more ‘famous’ wrecks is quite substantial, covering several pages. later editions also included are a ‘visitor’s guide’ giving precise locations of some of the major vessels, and  ‘notes for skindivers’, giving some indication of the state of the vessel. Eleven appendices. Softcover, about 140 pages (various with editions), mono photographs of poor quality; index of Ships, Persons, and General. 

	WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD Second edition (?).  Copyright date 1967: probably published 1968. [dl] Note: This 1967 (1968?)  'edition' is sometimes referred to as the First Edition as it was the first of the WRECKS Along the Great Ocean Road.  There is confusion concerning early editions of Wrecks along the Great Ocean Road; there appear to be two versions, one with "Along the Great Ocean Road" in black or dark blue and one with this subtitle in red (as shown below.) On comparing them, I think that the "red writing" one is a possible 3rd ed (has extra pictures at the beginning and end and some pictures have a green wash. The "black writing" is possibly the 2nd ed, but of course neither has a date or edition, although the author's note has 1967 for both (I assume this was left unchanged form the original edition.) Doesn't make our task any easier.  [tc]
	WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD Third Edition. Date? See note above.
	WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD 4th edition (?) Date 1973 Illustrated card, stapled. 119 pages. See details below for what is apparently a hardcover edition of this edition of the book. [dl]
	WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD 5th edition (?)  Date published 1975.
	WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD 6th Edition (?)  Date published 1976
	WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD 7th Edition. Date published 1979 ISBN: 0 959985 38 7. ISBN/EAN: 9780959985382. Perfect bound;  112 pages. Size: 8vo - up to 9 ?" tall - Octavo. Acknowledgements, foreword by author, ten appendices, index of ships, index of places and index of persons The text is illustrated with numerous photographs, maps and the occasional black and white illustrations. Photographic front cover, showing a portion of the Great Ocean Road with blue titles to the front panel and back strip.  An updated version of the book first published in 1967 dealing with the shipwrecks along the Great Ocean Road.
	WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD 8th edition 'of the 1967 original'. Date 1983. Marine History Publications,Portarlington. Pict. soft cover. Size 22 x 15cm; 138 pages with 4 location maps, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w illust. (2 maps). Shipwrecks on the Victorian coast, from Point Lonsdale to Portland.  Note: The cover does not look right. I suggest this is earlier than 1983.
	WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD 1988. 9th edition 'of the 1967 original'. Date published 1988. Marine History Publications,Portarlington.  Pict. soft cover. Size  22 x 15 cm; 138 pages with 4 location maps, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w illust. (2 maps). Shipwrecks on the Victorian coast, from Point Lonsdale to Portland.
	SHIPWRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD 1993. Tenth Edition. Date publisahed 1993.  8vo; pp. 144; 22 b/w plate illustrations, 14 in text illustrations, maps, appendices, stiff perfect bound illustrated wrapper. It would appear that the 10th edition was the last printed. Preface to the Tenth Edition: This book first appeared in 1967 under the title of "Wrecks Around Cape Otway" and now with sales exceeding 50,000 it has become my best selling shipwreck book. The task of correcting and updating it over the past 25 years has been an interesting challenge and I thank my diving friends, fellow historians and interested readers who drew my attention to errors and provided additional information. Some faint memories of those days when ships were lost are still to be found up and down the Great Ocean Road. A gravestone on some lonely headland, a few rotting jetty piles in a quiet little inlet, or faded photographs and mouldering relics in local museums - these still survive from that period of our history which is so near to our own times and yet in many ways so infinitely remote.
	This is the 'odd-man-out' as it is hardcover and dated as published 1973. It may have been privately bound, or maybe Jack prepared a few hardcover versions for friends or special sales.  WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD Marine History Publications, Portarlington. 119 pages, (6 index) PP, plus 4 location maps and 16 pages with 4 colour and 20 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Size  20.8 x 14.5 cm. Shipwrecks on the Victorian coast, from Point Lonsdale to Portland.  (See blue cover, left). I think this is rather rare.

I have found a 'pink' cover edition that has no details of publication date, no ISBN, but does show the printer as Ken Jenkins Print of Mercer Street, Geelong (as do the other editions). I believe this is the true first edition. It is printed on a slightly glossy paper and thus the photo images  and graphics are a bit clearer than later editions. The only indcation of a date is at the end of the Foreword - December 1970. Interestingly, there is a tipped in half-page sheet NOTICE TO READERS which states:
When this book was published the ownership of the wreck had not been decided. If you wish a copy of the decision to be posted for inclusion in Chapter 7, please complete the coupon below and forward together with a stamped addressed envelope to Box 69, Apollo Bay, 3233. [ps]
 

	Another Loch Ard disaster (I call this one the “pink” one.) It has 50 pages, no date or edition and is published by Loney, Apollo Bay, printer Jenkin. Deakin (University Library) has it ?1970 which may well be right. [tc] Could this be a second edition - or more correctly, a second printing of the first edition? [ps]
	Third edition. Same ISBN as above, published by Jack Loney, Dimboolah (so probably 1972-1974), 47 p., 16 p of plates plus b x w pictures in text and on endpapers, pictorial soft cover, index (also has list of Loney publications in print). NOTE: Even though the Foreword is dated December 1970, I assume that this has simply been carried over from the 1st ed. It would seem from this information that the 1st edition was probably printed in 1971.[tc]
	6th edition; 1975, published Portarlington. c.  44 pages with 1 map ? 6 b/w illustrations, plus 12 pages with 1 map ? 22 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover.
.	8th Edition. ISBN 095998531 X, Marine History Publication but no date, same dimensions as above, 43 p., 8 p of plates, pictorial soft cover. [tc] 8th edition; no date. Includes Glossary, Books to Read, Primary References.[ps] Purple cover, in red at bottom of front cover: No. 1 In the Series of Famous Wrecks. Eighth edition on title page.
	No date, no edition known.
.	1993 (Tenth edition). Marine History Publications.ISBN 0 9599853 1 X. A small book of 80 pages, mono photographs, maps and drawings. Nine chapters, ten appendices. Covers the tragic Loch Line, the ship and her voyage, her wrecking, the two survivors tom Pierce and Eva Carmichael, salvage, and present day diving and visitors guide. Tenth edition includes raising of an anchor from the Loch Ard site in 1978, for the centenary commemorations. Tenth edition designed and set by Peter Stone, Oceans Enterprises, and printed by Australian Print Group of Maryborough. It is a better produced publication thn those that preceed it.

From the Foreword: Early one cold June morning more than 100 years ago, the iron clipper Loch Ard met her doom on Mutton Bird Island near Port Campbell. She left an Irish girl and a young ship's apprentice as the only survivors; a shipwreck which gave its name to the Loch Ard Gorge, today, a focal point for tourists and divers on the rugged Victorian west coast. After lying undisturbed for more than 80 years, the remains of the vessel were re-discovered, but unfortunately, the development of the aqualung made the wreck accessible to many people. Some of these were no more than underwater vandals, and their use of explosives to retrieve artefacts caused irreparable damage to the ship and its contents. Interest in the ship and its artefacts remains high. Many similar tragedies have long since been forgotten but at least three books on the disaster have appeared since 1953, and the lost ship is constantly referred to in tourist promotions, radio and television.For maritime enthusiasts, and lovers of nostalgia, the Loch Ard remains the ultimate, with a continuous flood of letters and questions concerning the ship and its passengers further heightening the mystique surrounding the wreck. In this tenth edition, the text, except for updating supplements, and minor corrections, remains unaltered, but the inclusion of more illustrations should add color to this brief portrait.
 

Second edition. Marine History Publication, undated, 24 p, 2 pictures and 2 maps (compared with 6 pictures and 2 maps in 1st) and small addition on the route of the Schomberg (p 19).  [tc]

From the Foreword: On a calm evening in December, 1855, the giant wooden clipper Schomberg, on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne, slid gently on to a reef east of Curdie's Inlet on the Victorian west coast and eventually became a total wreck. There was no loss of life. Insignificant enough perhaps . . . yet, the destruction of this splendid vessel shook one of the most reputable shipping lines to its very foundations, destroyed the reputation and career of a great captain of the clipper era and was also responsible for the eventual formation of an organisation to investigate the growing toll of wrecks around the coast of the infant colony known as Victoria. I have called this wreck The Schomberg Incident.

First edition 1970. 8vo, pp. 64; 1 map, 45 illustrations, appendices, list of men
who died in both wars, decorations, index; original illustrated stapled stiff wrappers.
NLA list as 62 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 21 cm. 

Second edition, 1979.
Pictorial soft cover. (1), 51 PP, plus 20 pages with 32 b/w photos. Size 20.2 x 14.4 cm.

Third edition: published by Apollo Bay ?? District Historical Soc., 2000. 
Card, 51 p., 10 p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cm. 
 

1979

1979 reprint  [tc]

I think that the first and second edition covers were the same.

From Jack's foreword: I first trod the coastline around Cape Otway as a lad in the early 1930's, but my real romance with the environment and the memories of the American ship Eric the Red blossomed in 1953 when I became a regular visitor to the rocks and beaches between Cape Otway and Blanket Bay. In those years wreckage from the ship littered the beaches, rocks and rock pools, while great beams from her lay half buried in the sandhills well above high water mark; and several anchors were visible in the rock gutters at low tide. Now, sadly, all these relics have disappeared, souvenired by visitors, used for shed or house construction, or taken away for display by well meaning but conservation ignorant individuals and organizations. Most likely, most remains have now rusted away or crumbled to dust. Those who have pored over old newspapers and photostats, or struggled through eye destroying microfilm in search of Eric's story will realize some of the difficulties encountered by those seeking history in the fine print and unbroken newspaper columns of more than a century ago.
The story of the loss of the fine ship Eric the Red has held my interest for many years but not enough time could be found to give to its production. The gesture of Mr Bob Davis of the Apollo Bay Historical Society in passing on to me the fruits of his researches has now encouraged me to proceed. On this occasion I have decided to use material directly from the Melbourne Argus of the period to present the story of the wreck, and have supplemented this with a variety of stories from many sources.   [ps]

Note:  cover has a green tinge.	WRECKS ON THE GIPPSLAND COAST First edition 1968.??? [See below for conclusion - but first, the 'mystery':] This particular booklet (immediate left) indicates fifth edition 1976, on the title page.  It is in the library of the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum.  [tc] I cannot see that it is a fifth edition. It is unlikely that the cover design for the fifth edition below would be redesigned. Considering its primitive design and the over-emphasis on the work 'wrecks' compared to the locality, I would suggest that this is indeed the first edition, and possibly one of the very first booklets on wrecks produced by Jack Loney. I would stick my neck out and suggest that any indication that it is a fifth edition is a misprint. Why would they change the design from the 4th and 5th editions. Could it be that someone decided to reprint the first edition at around the time of the 'other' fifth edition in 1976. It is a mystery. [ps] TC adds: The biggest nuisance is the supposed 5th edition with the green cover of Wrecks on the Gippsland coast. As you can see from one of the pictures, it has a green cover and the title page (which is what libraries use to determine the correct name of a book) has "Shipwrecks--" and says 5th ed. I am inclined to agree with you that it is almost certainly an old cover (note also that the cover author is J.K. Loney whereas the "true" 5th ed has "Jack Loney") so perhaps our friend Ken Jenkin found some of the earlier covers and used them. Either way, it simply adds to the confusion.  [tc] Mystery solved.  Contributor Don Love has managed to find a copy of the book as shown here which is of a greeny-blue cover - and inside is a handwritten note signed by the author: 'Apollo Bay Consolidated School Library. Jack Loney, 1968'. It appears that Jack has donated the book to the school - his school where he was teaching till 1971. See notation.  Remember - click on image to increase size.
	WRECKS ON THE GIPPSLAND COAST Second edition,. rev. and enl. with special supplement on Twofold Bay. Published Geelong, Vic. : 1968  Card wrappers, 98 p. : ill.,maps ; 21 cm.  NLA lists as complete title: Wrecks on the Gippsland coast : a survey of major incidents from Point Nepean to Cape Howe, and nearer islands of Bass Strait; including Westernport, Anderson's Inlet, Waratah Bay, Kent Group, Corner Inlet, Port Albert, Lakes Entrance, Lake Tyers, Marlo, Sydenham Inlet, Mallacoota and Gabo Island. NLA list as published Apollo Bay;105 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.  Image [tc]
,	WRECKS ON THE GIPPSLAND COAST Third edition. Published by J. K. Loney, Apollo Bay, Vic.  1971.  Card wrappers, 109 pages.  . Several coloured covers, all third edition. Note change of font on green cover. [tc]
	WRECKS ALONG THE GIPPSLAND COAST 4th edition.1973.  Published by Author. Pictorial soft cover; 83, (3) PP with Appendices, Indexes ? 1 map, plus 16 pages with 32 bw illust. Size 203 x 138 mm.
	WRECKS ON THE GIPPSLAND COAST 5th edition. 1976. Marine History Publications. Pictorial soft cover;  83, (4) PP with Appendices, Indexes ? 1 map, plus 20 pages with 41 bw illust. Size 203 x 134 mm.
	WRECKS ON THE GIPPSLAND COAST 6th edition. Date? Published by Marine History Publications, Geelong, Vic. 198-?.  86p., [20]p. of plates : ill., map.  The blue cover shows no edition nor date but acould either be another printing of the fifth edition, or a new sixth edition.
	WRECKS ALONG THE GIPPSLAND COAST 7th edition. 1985.  Marine History Publications Pictorial soft cover; 82, (10) PP, with Appendices, Indexes ? 1 map, plus 20 pages with 37 b/w illust. Size 203 x 145mm. ISBN  0 909244 27 8
	WRECKS ALONG THE GIPPSLAND COAST 8th Edition. 1994.  Pictorial boards, perfect bound, 126 pages, mono photograph of rather poor quality; indxes: people, places, ships, general.x. Appendi A: Strandings, collissions. Appendix B: Heaviest loss of life. Appendic C: Summary of wrecks in the Kent Group. Appendix D: Historic Shipwrecks. Appendix E: Lifeboats, lighthouses, rocket crews. [ps]

The true definition of the Gippsland coast is debateable, but generally regarded as being the south-eastern region of Victoria, from Western port through to Cape Howe and the New South Wales border, but for this publication, the author has included 510 wrecks from Point Nepean at Port Phillip Heads, through to Cape Howe, ie eastern Victoria. The body of the book is a chronological listing of the loss of vessels, irrespective of rig or size, although the author points out that small trading vessels are included, but not all fishing boats and pleasure craft. The text per vessel lost is generally dependent on the size and ‘importance’ of the vessel, and ranges from a superficial few lines to a maximum of one page. It is interesting to note that in terms of tonnage lost, the eastern Victorian coast pales into near insignificance compared to that of ‘the shipwreck coast’, ie the western Victorian coastline as documented by the author in Wrecks Along the Great Oceans Road. 

Reface to Eighth edition:
Wrecks Along the Gippsland Coast evolved in 1968 following an encouraging response to my earlier book Wrecks Along the Great Ocean Road. On two occasions I decided to discontinue reprinting, but the response from divers, historians and interested readers encouraged me to expand the book through several more editions before reaching what I then considered its final presentation in 1988. Now, with the return of three of my earlier books, all considerably updated; Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast, Wrecks on the Queensland Coast and Wrecks on the South Australian Coast, through the initiative of Oceans Enterprises of Yarram, Victoria, I am again presenting a revised and enlarged version of Wrecks Along the Gippsland Coast. Most of the research work from the previous volumes has been retained although some of the institutions which assisted me have now More recently, while updating shipwreck information I have talked with or read notes compiled by Ian Lewis, Geoff Nayler, Wayne Caldow and Geoff Hewitt. The Victorian Archaeological Survey and the Maritime Archaeology Association of Victoria have also assisted.

Twenty-eight pages. A few mono prints and photographs. Text in chronological order: covers the wrecks on this notorious  island at the western end of Bass Strait, from the snow brig Harrington in 1801 to the crayboat Advance in 1977. Provides list of references, including newspaper editions. No index. 
 

Third Edition; 8vo; pp. 28; illustrated endpapers, b/w. illustrations, appendices.
Wrecks on King Island, 3rd ed, 1985, published by Neptune Press. Has 28 pages with a pasted-in piece of paper with an update of wrecks to 1986. [tc]

'Blue' undated edition: published by Marine History Publications, 51 Mercer Street, Geelong, Vic. 
No date, no edition. I believe is the last edition as I sold this in the first decade of this century through Oceans Enterprises. [ps]

From the Foreword: King Island, astride the western approaches to Bass Strait, with a toll of more than 60 ships and eight hundred lives, has earned the title of Australia's Marine Graveyard.
These appalling numbers are easily explained if a map of the south-eastern coastline of Australia is examined and the position of the island noted, first in relation to the passage of thousands of ships racing emigrants and gold-seekers out to Melbourne last century.
After a long passage across the southern Indian Ocean in the grip of the "roaring forties", most ships' captains sought out the high rugged Otway coastline for first landfall; but, without the advantages of accurate and reliable navigational equipment, the lack of lighthouses, the unpredictable drag of the currents through the sixty kilometre wide channel between Capes Otway and Wickham, and human error, the final hours of the passage to Port Phillip Heads and in to Hobsons Bay were fraught with great danger.
In more recent times the island has destroyed numerous small traders and fishing craft which visited the island or sought shelter from the storms which sweep in unhindered from the Antarctic wastes.
This collection of brief wreck stories has been obtained from a variety of sources, and includes notes by W. Hickmott, an early resident on the island, summaries by P. Holden, Collector of Customs at Geelong early this century, and numerous newspapers.
With many of the early wrecks I have recorded references to assist historians and divers who may wish to examine more fully details of vessels and their cargoes, but I must stress that these are by no means complete. The reader in search of information should examine all contemporary newspapers. 

Second edition revised and enlarged and published 1972 as:
WRECKS ON SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S SOUTHERN COASTLINE
Shipwrecks and strandings from Victor Harbour to Port MacDonnell. 
Second Edition; published by author at Dimboola, Victoria. 1972. ISBN 0 959985 35 2 
Rev. and enlarged [2nd] ed; 8vo; pp. 48; numerous illustrations, illustrated stiff stapled wrapper. 

NLA list note, 'First edition published under title, Wrecks on South Australia's South East Coast. Second edition published under title, Wrecks on South Australia's southern coastline. 

Third edition, name changed again, to:
WRECKS ON THE SOUTH COAST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Jack Loney. 
Published by J.K.Loney,Dimboola, Vic.1973.  ISBN 0 909244 00 6. 
Printed by Ken Jenkin of Geelong. 
Card wrappers, 54, [4] p. : ill. ; 20 cm. 

Wrecks on the South Coast of South Australia, 3rd ed, 1973, 58 pages.  [tc]

Fourth edition 1975.Published by J.K. Loney, Dimboola, Vic. 1975. ISBN 0 909244 00 6 
Softcover, 60 pages, mono prints, index, glossary. 
NLA lists as 54, [4] p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Finally, morphed into the 1993 publication by Lonestone Press: Wrecks on the South Australian Coast (see below).. 

From the Preface of the 4th edition: 
This fourth edition of "Shipwrecks Along the Southern Coastline of South Australia" has been revised and enlarged to include all major incidents south of Adelaide to the Victorian border, including Kangaroo Island. It is presented without deviation from fact and may one day provide the basis for a comprehensive account of the disaster, mystery, treachery, endurance, heroism and cowardice, all found in the maritime history of the State. I would appreciate corrections, information and illustrations from interested readers. J. Loney. March, 1975
From the Foreward (the first pragraph) : Over the past century and a half, scores of fine ships have found their last resting places along the shores of South Australia's south east coast. The stories   of  their loss are  closely linked with the settlement and development of the land from Portland to the Murray River. In December 1800, Grant on board the sixty ton brig Lady Nelson nanned Capes Banks and Northumberland, Mount Gam-bier and Mount Schanck, during a voyage out from England, the first.land in this area to be seen by an Englishman while Flinders and Baudin passed by in 1802. However, the close proximity of Kangaroo Island, home of sealers, whalers and scum of 'the colony, living outside the law, would suggiest that white men landed on mainland shores many years earlier. Squatters moved into the district in the 1830s and were soon looking for a suitable port. They favoured Rivoli Bay, but in 1846, Robe, a small settlement on the bay named by Baudin in honour of Admiral de Guicben was chosen as the port for immigration and overseas trade-Robe's prosperity increased rapidly in the 1850s when thousands of immigrant Chinese landed there on their way to the Victorian goldfields, thus avoiding the ?10 poll tax imposed by the Victorian Government. In 1857, more than 20,000 landed at Robe, and when this trade declined wool took over, 8,100 bales being loaded in 1866 alone.
However, immigrant and wool ships were lost in the bay, forcing ship masters to favour Port MacDonnell, Beachjport and Kingston, while in later years the larger ships avoided the shallows of Robe's harbour.
Port MacDonnell was officially proclaimed as a port in 1860 although the harbour was little more than an open roadsttead ?nd vulnerable in gales from the South! East, South and South West, reflected in the high toll of ships.
Most of the South Eastern district shipped wool from here, moorings were laid for large vessels and a jetty was also constructed. Railways, and improvement in roads reduced the commercial value of Port MacDonnell but it retains its popularity as a holiday resort. Along this hostile coast authorities were soon considering likely sites for lighthouses and the establishment of lifeboat and rocket crews.

SEA ADVENTURES AND WRECKS ON THE N.S.W. SOUTH COAST
J K Loney
Published Portarlington, Victoria. 
Ruins of Bittangabee Bay - Ben Boyd and Twofold Bay - mutiny on the whaling ship Junior in 1857 - shipwrecks. Jack Loney takes his readers along the New South Wales south coast to highlight the many locations where maritime history and early settlement took place.

First edition - see above, as Wrecks on the NSW South Coast.ISBN 0 909244 08 1 
Second edition published J.K. Loney, Portarlington, Vic. 1977. ISBN 0 909244 20 0 (corrected).
3rd edition, published by Marine History Publications, Geelong, Vic.1981?  [NLA]
Also - Third edition, 1980: Marine History Publication. Pictorial soft cover; . 80 PP, plus 24 pages with 1 map ? 44 b/w illust. 20.4 x 14 cm. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall  Eighty pages, nearly fifty mono photographs, prints, map. (Third edition cover identical to second edition). 

TC notes: I think that “Sea Adventures and Wrecks on the N.S.W. South Coast” is the second edition of Wrecks on the N.S.W. South Coast. In his “Preface to second edition” on the verso of the title-page, Loney writes “The tremendous response to the First Edition of this book has encouraged me to broaden the scope of the Second Edition to include a selection of true stories of adventure along the South Coast”. This was written September 1977, so the date of publication of “Sea Adventures---“ was 1977 or 1978. Another telling point is that the copy we have (in the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum has the same ISBN as “Wrecks” and has “Second Edition” and “Published by J.K. Loney Portarlington” on the title page. It has 80 p, and 22 p of plates with about thirt-nine black and white pictures and a map.  [tc]

Volume 2, 1987 [ps]

WRECKS ON THE QUEENSLAND COAST
VOLUME 2.  1901 - 1986
Includes Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Torres Strait, Gulf of Carpentria.
Jack Loney.
Marine History Publications. Ken Jenkin printer. 1987.  ISBN 0 909244 30 8
Card wrappers, side stapled, 44 pages, mono photographs of poor quality.
First Edition 1987.
Commences in 1901 with the loss of the wooden ketch Esme, ands concludes the chronological liting in 1986 with the loss of an un-named fishing trawler off Southport. Also includes 'chapters': Reefs of DiasterThe Search for the Yongala; It Might Have been a Great Deal Worse; Hints for Maritime Researchers; Histpoic Shipwrecks (legislation). Also includes bibliography, and index. 

These volumes formed the basis of the more subtantial book Wrecks on the Queensland Coast published by Lonestone Press in 1993.(see below)

From the Foreword to Volume 2: Wrecks on the Queensland Coast, Volume 2, continues to provide factual leading material on wrecks in Queensland and nearby waters for those divers and general readers seeking to broaden their investigations into maritime incidents around the Australian coastline. The essential facts are again presented in a condensed summary style to provide maximum information with the emphasis on brevity. Those requiring more details on the loss of particular vessels should consult some of the sources listed in "Hints for Maritime Researchers". I am aware that there will be errors of both commission and omission, unavoidable in a work of this nature, and I again welcome correspondence drawing attention to errors and sources of information I may have overlooked.

 The authors.

1991, 2nd edition. [ps]

Second endition (bwlow) appears identical to the first, with just the woprds 'SECOND EDITION' on the bottom right of the cover. If the contents are identical, then this constitutes a reprint, not a second edition. The quality of the cover printing is less on the second-edition, induicating the use of the same printing plates.
tc,ps]

Red text - no date. Edition?  [tc]

. 1988. 4th edition                       1993. 5th edition

2nd edition: ? 3rd edition Neptune Press, Belmont, Vic. :  1984. 4th edition. Neptune Press. 1988  5th ed. updated. Marine History Publications, 1993. Pictorial wrappers, perfect bound, 104 pages, mono photograph, print, maps. Note: All editions  ISBN 0 909131 xx x, indicated registered as Neptune Press.

From the preface to the fifth edition:
While the saga of one of the world's most dangerous stretches of water continues, new investigations have uncovered possible answers to some of the most baffling mysteries, only to raise more queries surrounding the doomed, lost hopes and the supernatural.What are the parameters for a book of this scope? For example the near disaster to the Nairana in 1936 was not an isolated incident, and more recently in 1945, HMAS Napier suffered a similar mishap. On 7 March when S.S.E. of Cape Otway and in sight of King Island, at the western entrance to the strait, she rolled steeply to port, shipped a huge sea, and lost two seamen. Her jolly boat was smashed beyond repair, the splinter proof shield from the "X" gun deck guard was torn off, leaving officers and crew wondering how she had managed to survive. A lengthy search failed to locate the two seamen. Do you believe in ghosts? There are only a few around the Australian coast, but Bass Strait has at least two of them. Claims that a female ghost sighted by a few nocturnal visitors to the lonely beach near the old lime kilns at Waratah Bay was the wife of the master of a ship lost nearby seem unfounded as there is no record of any shipwreck involving loss of life in the vicinity. To the south, the Goose Island lighthouse in the Furneaux Group is now automatic, but from 1846 to 1931 it was manned, and for a time hosted a ghost. One night in the 1920's the keeper taking the middle watch heard the outside door of the tower open and close, followed by the inner door. Footsteps were heard on the iron stairs, but after reaching about half way up they retreated, and he heard the doors open and close once again. No one in the station knew who had entered the tower, and from time to time others on duty in the middle watch experienced the spine chilling visit. The ghost was never identified but some believed it to be the spirit of a past light keeper. True stories compiled from authentic sources always attract the attention of those interested in some of the lesser known highlights and events in Australian history that can never happen again, thereby preventing their escape into our forgotten past.

Confusion over editions. 
 

	First edition ? From Don Love: Just bought this copy of Loney's that I believe was printed in 1973-5 era. (According to his other titles listed.) Printing is pretty crude and is done by Ken Jenkin. At the back a new title is the Wrecks on the Gippsland Coast (4th Ed) is mentioned. Do you think it is a first edition? Wrecks on Gippsland Copast 4th edition was printed in 1973. so this 'pink' edition of Tall Ships and Sailormen is printed after that. [dl]
	2nd edition ?  ISBN 0909244022, Marine History Publication, no date, 22 cm, 101 p, 55 b x w illustrations (listed) and 3 maps, general and ship indexes, a better buy than the third which has far fewer illustrations and no indexes.  [tc] Note: Initialy thoiught to be First edition, circa 1975  [ps] From the title page: Compiled from newspapers, offical records, registers, books and unpublished diaries of several marine historian last century (ie 19th century). The detailed notes appended to some chapters should prove of interest to the statistically-minded and thoe keenly interested in marine history. Marine History Publication.Geelong. [ps]
	Third edition indicated on title page.  [ps]. ISBN O 909244 02 2Size 275 x 210mm. Perfect bound, sixty pages. heavy stock about 160 gsm buff colour, text in brown. Four pages of mono photographs on gloss paper.
	Also thought to be second edition, no date. 197?  [NLA]. ISBN 0 909244 02 2  Published by J.K.Loney,Dimboola, Victoria.  Pictorial soft cover (wreck of a windjammer); 100 pp with 2 head pieces, 3 maps, plus 40 pages with 54 b/w illustrations. Size 21.8 x 17.8 cm. [I think this came from trove - ps]
	Third edition. ISBN 0 909244 02 2 Marine History Publication, no date, slightly smaller than A4 at 28 cm, 60 p, far fewer illustrations.  [tc] Third edition, no date (198?). Marine Histoy Publication. ISBN 0 909244 02 2 Illustrated card wrappers, perfect bound then hidden side stapled, 60 pages, plus eight additional photographic pages on semi-gloss stock. Cover image is same as on left, 1980. Super size 275 x 215 mm. [ps]

From the Foreword: Considering the thousands of ships lost around the Australian coastline over the past 200 or so years, relatively few remain visible, with time and tide moving swiftly to obliterate most of their wreckage.The last hours of many of these wrecked ships probably provided the news sensation for a day or two, but memories are inclined to be short, and the fact that hazard and hardship were the ever present companions of the early seamen were too often overlooked or forgotten. They battled strong currents, tides, fogs, perils multiplied by out thrusting headlands, submerged rocks, and sandbars, with few reliable navigational aids. A few decades ago, hulks of once proud ships were in every port of Australia, their chief use being the storage of coal, but once oil supplanted it most were broken up or towed out to sea and sunk, this being the easiest way to avoid wharfage, maintenance charges and caretaker's pay. Like old soldiers, iron never died, and so some of the old iron hulls were still in demand. IJnlike steel which rusts away fairly rapidly, it just kept on keeping on, encouraging their use as breakwaters around islands and at entrances to ports where we still see them today. We hope this book will encourage readers to visit some of these decaying links with our maritime past, but claim no pretension that every wreck, hulk or significant piece of visible wreckage has been included. [ps]

Seventh edition shown, 1975. 
Card wrappers, saddle stiched, 12 pages, no photograph, map of King Island; size 205 x 130mm.

Anything to do with King Island is of interest to anyone concerned with the Victorian shipwrecks. Not sure when th first dition came out, but was of immense importance to the histoy of King Island and indeed to the settlement of Australia in general. The island lies at th western end of Bass Strait, and most of the mjor vessels lost were immigration ship in transit UK to Victoria which arrived close to their estination, Melbourne, but did not quite make it through the treacherou 'ey of the needles' entrance to Bass Styrait between Cape Otway and cape Wickham. No doubt Jack ould have usede this small booklet as an important basis for research.
[ps]
 

LONEY PUBLICATIONS BY DATE with ISBN
Using both the date of publication (where known on some books) and the ISBN number (where allocated) it is possible to determine the approximate date of publication where one of these two indicators are not present, given that ISBN numbers are allocated in numerical order within each publisher's block. Where an ISBN is allocated, but no date indicated on the publication, the National Library of Australia's Trove records can, and have, assisted. 

See also below - Tony Cavanagh lists.

Considering the ISBN (International Standard Book Number).

The number is controlled by the National Library of Australia in Canberra but has in recent times been administered by a private company. Initially, the ten-digit numbers were issued in such a manner that after the first ‘0', the next four digits indicated the publisher. The numbers after that represented a title within the publishers ‘block’. It appears that some time in the late seventies, the next (after ‘0') six numbers represented the publisher. 

An analysis of the ISBN numbers of publications authored by Jack Loney show that apart from his own self-published, Jack wrote for five other publishers. His own publications were covered by just his name as J.K.Loney, and through a number of imprints that he owned or was associated with: Lonestone Press (partnership with Peter Stone), Neptune Press, possibly List Publications in partnership, and the main one used in later years, Marine History Publications. 

As mentioned previously, not all books indicated a year of publications, nor an edition, nor an ISBN. This was a failing of many early publications, so Jack is not alone in making such an omission. In some instances, one or two of these three ‘identity’ indicators are listed, and thus it is sometimes possible to determine a year of publication from the ISBN - but not vice-versa although a range of numbers could be considered.

Of course, the ISBN is the primary identification of a publication, but the general reader is more interested in the edition and the date of publication. Thus the ‘sorted by date;’ list is of relevance, as it also shows the chronology of Jack’ writings. Those books that do not have a date of publishing, but do have an ISBN number can be slotted back into the list using the ISBN number. 

No date: 
 No date: ADVENTURES WITH SHIPWRECKS 
 No date: APOLLO BAY  Tourist Guide 
 No date: SHIPWRECKS ON KANGAROO ISLAND 
 No date: STRANDING OF R.M.S. AUSTRALIA 
 No date: WRECKS IN THE FURNEAUX GROUP 
 No date: WRECKS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS 0 868950 72 6 Australian Sports Publications
 No date: JACK LONEY'S MARITIME AUSTRALIA 0 868951 04 8 Quadricolor,
 

1960s WRECKS AROUND CAPE OTWAY   Possibly 1967
1967 SHIPWRECKS ALONG GREAT OCEAN RD 
 c1967  SHIPWRECKS AROUND CAPE OTWAY 
1968 WARRNAMBOOL THE GRAVEYARD OF SHIPS 
1968 WRECKS ON THE GIPPSLAND COAST   Second edition 
1968 WRECKS ALONG THE GIPPSLAND COAST 
c1969 THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD TOURIST 0 949583 43 X 
1969 EARLY SHIPPING IN ... GEELONG. 0 909244 25 1 
c1969  THE SOUTH COAST STORY  First Edition 
1969 WRECKS ON VICTORIA'S SOUTH WEST COAST. 
1970 WRECKS AT APOLLO BAY 0 959985 30 1 
1970s THE SCHOMBERG INCIDENT  #3 in Famous Wrecks
1970 TWELVE DECADES 
c1970 THE LOCH ARD DISASTER First edition. 
c1970 PETERBOROUGH, PORT CAMPBELL, PRINCETOWN  0 959985 34 4 
1971 VICTORIAN SHIPWRECKS   Hawthorn Press
1971 OTWAY MEMORIES 
1971 WRECKS ON SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S SOUTH EAST COAST  First edition.
1972 WRECKS ON SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S SOUTHERN COASTLINE   2nd Ed. 0 959985 35 2 
1972 THE SOUTH COAST STORY 0 959985 39 5 
1973 AN ERA AT PORT PHILLIP HEADS 0 959985 36 0 
1973 WRECKS ON THE SOUTH COAST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA 0 909244 00 6 
1974 PIONEERING DAYS 0 909244 07 3 
1974 WRECKS ALONG THE MURRAY 0 909244 01 4 
c1975 TALL SHIPS AND SAILORMEN.  . ISBN 0 909244 02 2 
?  THE MAHOGANY SHIP  Seventh edition      0 909244 03 0 
?  SEA ADVENTURES AND WRECKS ON THE N.S.W. SOUTH COAST 1st Ed. 0 909244 08 1   See following:.
1975 WRECKS ON THE N.S.W. SOUTH COAST 0 909244 08 1 
1975 WRECKS ON PHILLIP ISLAND 0 909244 13 8 
1975   ADMELLA 0 909244 09 X
1975 WRECKS IN PORT PHILLIP BAY 0 959985 37 9 
1975 WRECK OF THE S.S.CASINO        ISBN 0 909244 14 6 
1975 WRECK OF THE FIJI 0 909244 15 4  # 6 in Famous Wreck series. 
1975 VICTORIA'S WEST COAST STEAMERS    0 909244 16 2 
1977 VICTIMS OF THE CORSAIR ROCK 0 909244 19 7 
1977 SEA ADVENTURES AND WRECKS ON THE N.S.W. SOUTH COAST 2nd E. 0 909244 20 0 
1977 SHIPS ? SHIPWRECKS PORTARLINGTON 0 909191 02 6 
? WRECKS ON KING ISLAND 0 909191 03 4 
? WRECKS IN THE RIP     0 909191 04 2 
1978 WRECKS ON THE N.S.W. NORTH COAST 0 909244 17 0 
1979 QUEENSCLIFF, POINT LONSDALE guide. 0 909191 07 7 
1979 OTWAY MEMORIES  Second Edition. . ISBN  0 909191 15 8 
1979 OTWAY 1919-1969 
1979 ? WRECK OF THE LY-EE-MOON     ISBN 0 909244 23 5 
1979 THE OTWAY.  ISBN  0 909244 21 9 
1979 WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD, 7th Edition   ISBN: 0 959985 38 7 
1979 WRECKS AT ROBE 0 909191 10 7 
1980 SHIPS AND SEAMEN OFF THE SOUTH COAST   Softcover 0 909131 46 5  Neptune Press
1980 MYSTERIES OF THE BASS STRAIT TRIANGLE  1st Ed. Hard.. 0 909131 52 X  Neptune. 
1980 MYSTERIES OF THE BASS STRAIT TRIANGLE  1st Ed.  Soft.   0 909131 53 8 Neptune. 1980 AUSTRALIA'S ISLAND SHIPWRECKS.   Loney and Stone. Hard.. 0 909131 56 2 Neptune. 
1980 SHIPS AND SEAMEN OFF THE SOUTH COAST Hard, soft 0 909131 45 7  Neptune Press
1980 AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS.Vol 2.  0 589501 00 3  A.H. ? A.W. Reed 
1980 AUSTRALIA'S ISLAND SHIPWRECKS.  Loney and Stone.   0 909131 57 0 Neptune Press. 
c1980 THE PRICE OF ADMIRALTY. 0 909191 11 5 
1980 ? WRECKS IN THE RIP Fourth Edition 0 909191 04 2 
1981 AN ATLAS HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS   0 589503 00 6 A. H. ? A. W. Reed, Sydney. . 
1981 SHIPS IN CORIO BAY, GEELONG Soft  0 909131 77 5  Neptune Press
1981 SHIPS IN CORIO BAY, GEELONG Hard 0 909131 76 7  Neptune Press
1982 LADY BAY WARRNAMBOOL - A GRAVEYARD OF SHIPS 0 909244 10 3 
1982 BAY STEAMERS AND COASTAL FERRIES  0 589503 83 9  A.W. Reed
1982 SHIPWRECKS AND SEA ADVENTURES AROUND WILSONS PROMONTORY  0 909131 95 3  Neptune Press
1982 AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS.  Volume 3 0 949589 00 4  List Publishing
1982 WRECKS ON KING ISLAND 0 909191 03 4 
1982 WRECKS AT HELLS' GATES 0 909191 21 3 
1982  WRECKS ON THE QUEENSLAND COAST    VOLUME 1. 1791-1900.   0 909191 22 0 
1983 HIGH AND DRY: VISIBLE WRECKS AND WRECKAGE 0 949583 18 9 
1983 FAMOUS WRECKS 0 909191 30 1 
1983 THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD  Tourist  After 1983
1984 AUSTRALIAN SEA MYSTERIES 0 909191 28 x 
1985 WRECKS ALONG THE GIPPSLAND COAST    7th edition. 0 909244 27 8 
1985 SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS PORT ALBERT 0 909191 32 8 
1985 BEN BOYD'S SHIPS.   ISBN  0 909244 31 6 
c1985 THE SEAHORSE INN 0 909191 35 2 
c1985  PORT FAIRY - Tourist, Historical 0 909244 26 X 
1985 AUSTRALIAN SEA STORIES  ..   List Publishing
1986 AUSTRALIA'S SHIPWRECK COAST AND OTHER STORIES  0 909244 29 4 
1987  NOTES ON THE OTWAY   0 909191 36 0 
1987 YAMBULLA GOLD 0 909191 37 9
1987 AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS. Volume 4 (1901-1986) 0 909244 31 6  Marine History Publications
1987 THE CLIPPER LIGHTNING IN GEELONG 0 909244 32 4 
1987 WRECKS ON THE QUEENSLAND COAST   VOLUME 2.  1901 - 1986  0 909244 30 8 
1988 THE HISTORIC BARWON 0 909191 37 9 
1989 OTWAY AND ITS COAST IN RETROSPECT  0 909244 34 0 
1989 WRECKERS SMUGGLERS AND PIRATES IN SOUTH EASTERN AUSTRALIAN 
1989  NOT ENOUGH GRASS TO FEED A SINGLE BULLOCK ISBN 0 731653 75 0 Pub. By R.Charles
1989 WRECK AND RESCUE AT PORT PHILLIP HEADS 0 731658 98 1 Queenscliff Lifeboat
c1989 THE HISTORIC BARWON corrected. 0 731671 42 2  MHP ?
1990 SHIPS AT PORT WELSHPOOL 0 909191 41 7 
1990 KING ISLAND : TOURIST/HISTORICAL 0 909191 25 
1991 WRECK OF THE SHIP ERIC THE RED 0 909191 43 3 
1991 SOME OVERSEAS SHIPPING ARRIVALS - IN MELBOURNE AND GEELONG 0 909191 47 6 
1991 AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS. Volume 5 (1622-1990 Update). 0 909191 40 9  Marine History Publications
1992 OLD DAYS AND WAYS 0 909191 48 4 
1992 WRECK 1891 AND OTHER MARITIME MEMORIES 0 909191 49 2 
? SHIPWRECK STRAIT : AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF MAJOR SHIPWRECKS 0 909191 50 6 
1993 THE LOCH ARD DISASTER   Tenth edition. 0 959985 31 X 
1993 WRECKS ON THE S.A. COAST  0 646147 44 7  Lonestone Press
1993 WRECKS ON THE QUEENSLAND COAST  0 646128 79 5  Lonestone Press
1993 THE SEA WAR IN BASS STRAIT 0 909191 51 4 
1993 WRECKS ON THE N.S.W.  COAST   0 646110 81 0  Lonestone Press
1994 TALES FROM THE SURF COAST, SHIPWRECK COAST, HINTERLAND 0 909191 52 2 
1994 WRECKS ON THE W.A. 0 646160 19 2  Lonestone Press 
2000 AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS Volume Six - THE AUSTRALIA RUN,   Loney and Stone.. 0 909191 53 0 Marine History Publications 
2009 WRECK OF THE LY-EE-MOON 9 780957790 16 2  Eden Museum

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