Captain Robert Laurie and the Maritime Development of Fremantle
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Author: Robert Nicholson
A Scottish born sailor at fifteen Robert Laurie migrated to Australia to join the Adelaide Steamship Company
which, in 1880, sent him to Fremantle where he fought to achieve proper marine standards to ensure the port attracted the patronage of international shipping. The author is the great grandson of Captain Laurie.
