Captain’S Thesis

Captain Brett Hilder, ex Burns Philp ships, recently completed his thesis on “The Voyage of Torres Along the Southern Coast of New Guinea in 1606” for the M.A. degree of Macquarie University, Sydney. This will be converted into a book to be published by the University of Queensland Press. In addition to writing, Captain Hilder spends an occasional month or two at sea as a relieving Master with the Dilmun Line, in their small tankers trading around the Pacific Islands. He and wife Jane now spend most of their time on the Queensland Gold Coast, where they have a house above Cumimbin.