Last Match
In 1866, the General Grant was sailing from Australia to London when it was shipwrecked on the one of the Subantarctic Islands.
About this resource
Series: School Journal Level 4 May 2020
Reading year level: 8
Topics: Auckland Islands, castaway, characterisation, drama, fortitude, freeze frame, General Grant, group dynamics, history, leadership, play, process drama, resilience, shipwreck, survival
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Last Match
Words by Paul Mason
Illustrations by Alex Cara
Of the eighty-three people on board, only fifteen made it ashore. A survivor later wrote about how the castaways only had six matches, with five "squandered". The lighting of the last match was a critical moment in their survival.