The 'Valiero' left Port Douglas for Melbourne on the 20th January with a cargo of cedar. The vessel was wrecked when it struck Pioneer Rock in the Whitsunday Passage on the 31st January. The captain ...
The 'Culgoa' was bound from Tewantin Wharf (Noosa) to Brisbane with a cargo of timber on the 13th of May 1891. On approaching the Bar the vessel grounded on the Flats. Every effort was made to refloat ...
Records state it arrived Fremantle 14/10/1888. sold to J. Lilly, Fremantle agent of Adelaide SS Co. 11/1888 for use as a coal hulk. Reported sunk on 26/09/1892 after receiving 2,300 tons of coal from ...
The 'Frederick', in company with the 'Duke of Wellington', left Hobart for Mauritius on the 27th of June 1818 under Captain Williams with a cargo of 48 cattle (Hobart Town Gazette and Southern ...
The Tasmanian Government schooner Beacon was at anchor under Swan Island, in Banks Strait, when, at about 3 am on 26 July 1857, the wind suddenly swung from north-westerly to south-easterly and ...
The wreck which lies in Pumicestone Passage, off Banksia Beach, has been identified as the 'Avon'. There are multiple references to a vessel called the 'Avon', however it is unclear whether it is the ...
The 'Flora' foundered in the Brisbane River during a flood in March 1889 (Stone 2006:327; Morning Bulletin 08/01/1929:10). The 'Flirt' and the 'Kangaroo' were also wrecked during the flood (Morning ...