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05/07/2008: "JUANITA FENN ....... shipwreck story and connection"

Juanita Fenn and a very large stonefish at Amity Point, Queensland

Inset John Fenn, a Gold Coast former commercial diver (whose specialty was welding) very proud father of Juanita.

Juanita's 'Uncle Des' showed me a couple of letters written to him years ago by the infamous West Australian wreck hunter and some would say plunderer Allan Robinson of the Gilt Dragon Dutch shipwreck fame.

The letters were hilarious and would be a good read for everyone interested in shipwreck history. Not for their shipwreck content - more for describing life in the remote regions of the far north and the escapades of Alan's adolescent son chasing local girls.

The Allan Robinson story seems to have been overlooked by documentary film producers. The would be two versions of course - one being what happens when a cocky person gets on the wrong side of authorities and especially the West Australian police.

His now rare self-published book titled In Australia TREASURE is not for the finder (Allan Robinson 1980)

The book has a curious copyright notice "Commonwealth of Australia" instead of the author's name which would imply the commonwealth owns rights to the book.

Either a gross error or yet another example of Allan's cheeky attitude.