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Carib
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
This is one of the accounts of shipwreck survivors living with Aboriginals. William Jackman published a book in Auburn, USA in 1853, called ‘The Australian Captive’. In the book he states that he was on board a whaler, the Carib in 1837 which foundered on ...
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Leander
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
The Leander was an ex-whaler that was wrecked on 13 November 1853. In bound to Champion Bay she ran aground on a then unmarked reef just south of the Irwin River which is now known as the Leander Reef. The ship was near to the shore which enabled all the c ...
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Mercury
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
The Mercury left Calcutta on 3 October 1833 and was never seen again. A number of rumours from Aboriginal groups could point to the fact that the Mercury was wrecked near Shark Bay. The rumours surfaced in 1834 from Aboriginals to the north of Perth, and t ...
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Occator
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
The Occator was wrecked near Carbaddaman Passage, North West Cape on 5 February 1856. It had been chartered by J. F. Jones to go to Muiron Island to check the possibility of guano mining. In rough seas the lifeboat was smashed but the Captain and crew mana ...
Shipwreck Databases
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