Martha was a schooner of 30 tons and a crew of four which was wrecked at Little Manly Cove in Australia in August 1800.
The Martha was constructed in Sydney in 1799 and travelled to Norfolk Island. Its master was William Reid. It was wrecked with a load of coal on its way from Reids Mistake to Sydney.
Famous quotes containing the word martha:
“Youve strung your breasts
with a rattling rope of pearls,
tied a jangling belt
around those deadly hips
and clinking jewelled anklets
on both your feet.
So, stupid,
if you run off to your lover like this,
banging all these drums,
then why
do you shudder with all this fear
and look up, down;
in every direction?”
—Amaru (c. seventh century A.D.?, Kashmirian king, compiler, author of some of the poems in the anthology which bears his name. translated from the Amaruataka by Martha Ann Selby, vs. 31, Motilal Banarsidass (1983)