Australia: A new book, The Sydney Sailors' Home (1859-2009) by Sydney journalist and author, Jan Bowen, has just been published by the Australian Mariners' Welfare Society (formerly the Sydney Sailors' Home).
The Sydney Sailors' Home is now a heritage-listed property managed by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority.
It is currently occupied by a commercial art gallery and a restaurant.
The story chronicles the history of the Sydney Sailors' Home, and writes about the people who drove its formation and the sometimes colourful characters who rested there. The book also records the many challenges the home faced and, importantly, how it responded to change over its lifetime.
Illustrated with historic and contemporary photographs, this book will be of interest to historians, librarians, seamen's charities, and anyone interested in shipping.
