LAMB Island author and historian Deborah Jordan has released a book Loving Word: Love Letters of Nettie and Vance Palmer 1909-1914.
Palmer was born and grew up in Queensland and for a while lived with his family at Cleveland and often sailed in the bay.
These are his letters to his wife to be and her sent to him from Melbourne and later Europe.
The pair went to become important Australian writers.
Ms Jordan, an award-winning author and historian, has been a Lamb Island resident for nearly a decade. This is her first book published with Brandl & Schlesinger.
LETTERS: Vance and Nettie Palmer pictured on the cover of the book Loving Words.