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I have laid the bones of this site but have neither the time nor knowledge to fill in all the sections I had hoped. It has taken years, one subject has led to another and it is far bigger than I intended. If you can help to complete or add to it, photographs or text, please contact me and I will acknowledge your work. Extra information and help on any subject is always welcome. I have left the sides of all pages and subjects with room for links to relevant information. This site is not political, and will not be used as a platform for political opinions, it is purely for the love and beauty of the islands. It is intended to provide information and awareness of the Falklands and South Atlantic as it was and is, who we are, who we were and who we will be. I hope that it will build and expand as others join, it will be ongoing and probably never finished. Corrections and constructive criticism will help with accuracy of information! falklands.southatlantic@gmail.com

Disclaimer: Links are provided for information only. These links do not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of any institution, manufacturer, supplier or product by this site.

A huge thank you to all who have lent or taken photographs , particularly Robert Maddocks, Marlane and Ali Marsh, Jean Sinclair, Sam France, Tracy Evans, Russ Evans, David Pole- Evans, Derek Lee, Alan and Dilys Waton, Biffo Tuson and Terry Spruce. This would not have been possible without their contributions. Thanks too for the information and articles written by Joan Spruce on wild cattle, corrals and gauchos, and Emma Brook for the Geology.

Background sea photograph credit Jared Cohn/Shutterstock.com

Sources and references include:

Falkland Islands History- G Moir, The Falkland Islands- Mary Cawkell, Falkland Islands Journal, FIG website, Wikipedia, FI Department of Agriculture website, Pelajes Criollos- Emilio Solanet, Vocabulario Y Refranero Criollo- Tito Saubidet, Horse Color Explained- Jeanette Gower, A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife - Hadoram Shirihai, Seabirds - Peter Harrison, Guide to Birds of the Falkland Islands- Robin W. Woods, A Guide to the Birds and Mammals of Coastal Patagonia - Graham Harris. The Vascular Flora of the Falkland Islands- D. M. Moore, B.Sc., Ph.D, 1968, A Field Guide Wildlife of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia - Ian J Strange , Wild Flowers of the Falkland Islands- T.H Davis and J. H. McAdam , The Flowering Plants of the Falkland Islands- E. F. Vallentin, Plants of the Falkland Islands - Ali Liddle 2007, Flowering Plants of the Falkland Islands - Robin W. Woods The Ilustrated London News- various dates and articles, The Naturalist's Library- Dogs Part 1st - Lieut.- Col Charles Hamilton Smith 1839, Darwin's Beagle Diary (1831-1836) Charles Darwin, Early Nineteenth-Century Sealing on the Falkland Islands: Attempts to Develop a Regulated Industy, 1820- 1834 - Anthony B. Dickinson, The Dictionary of Falklands Biography (including South Georgia) - Edited by David Tatham, Notebook and Diary 1866- 1867, James Lovegrove Waldron ( The Falkland Islands Journal  2001, by Felicity Coulthard, Emma Jane McAdam and Jim McAdam)  Darwin Correspondence Project, University of Cambridge Darwin's Desolate Islands, Patrick Armstrong Unspoint Beauty of the Falkland Islands, Algernon Asprey, text by Phyllis Rendell Condemned at Stanley -John Smith Despatch from Lieutenant Governor Moody to Lord Stanley- FI Journal 1969, Marooned- Captain Charles H Barnard, Edited with an Introduction by Bertha S Dodge, BBC World Weather site, www.boatregister.net, Falklands Conservation website, State of the Falkland Islands Economy- Policy Unit, Falkland Islands Government, Statistical Year Book- Falkland Islands Government, Blue Book Colonial Reports- 1888-1918, www.fiagriculture.doa.gov.fk, Dillwyn, Falkland Fisheries Department website, Falkland Islands State of the Environment Report 2008 Otley H, Munro G, Clausen A, Ingham B. Environmental Impact Assessment for the eradication of rodents from the island of South Georgia-Joint Nature Conservation Committee and South Georgia HeritageTrust, iucnredlist.org, The Falkland Islands- Ian J Strange, Jane Cameron National Archives/fig.gov.fk, Falkland Rural Heritage- Joan Spruce with Natalie Smith, Keppel The South American Missionary Society Settlement 1855-1911- Robert A. Philpott

Horse and gear information- mostly learned from Chris Perry. A special thanks to Marj Sackett for dragging me around Fox Bay as a small child and teaching me about all the birds.

I wish I had listened harder to my grandfather, Arthur Porter (b. 1895), my uncles George and Charlie Porter, my grandmother, aunts and parents, Chris and Granny Perry and all the people I grew up with and their stories of hardship and how it was. Of shepherds, whalers, sealers and schooners, rouges and heros and how the Falklands was really made.

Una Hurst

Photographic credits: Jean Sinclair

Photographs and Images Copyright: The images on this site have been bought under licence or have been used with the permission of their owners. They may not be copied or downloaded in any form without their owner's consent.