treacherous coastline. The book contains reproductions of George Forsyth’s maritime paintings and a foreword by the Hon Kerry Sanderson AC, former Governor of Western Australia and CEO of the Fremantle Port Authority. The story of George Forsyth is the story of the emerging colony itself in the mid to late nineteenth century, when self-interested politicians and administrators resisted George’s calls to establish safer maritime infrastructure and better conditions for the men who worked at sea and in the ports."