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  • Alto

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1920/03/01 Protected Federal N N Between Bordine and Port Hedland N 91.00 NSW Port Macquarie 1883 Fremantle 83796 13 of 1900 27.80 6.70 2.50 Went missing after leaving Hong Kong Unknown Hong Kong Port Hedland (?) Magnus Nelson, Fremantle Edward Davies Report from Wharfinger Campbell 1910/10/11, but app. ...

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  • Hampton

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1908/05/18 Protected Federal N N Onslow near Mildura N 19.32 WA Perth 1866 Fremantle 52235 6 of 1866 13.80 4.00 1.50 Used to salvage Mildura, wrecked at same spot Wrecked and sunk Melson 440/71 1055, 330, 329 The Daily News, Thursday, June 11, 1908, p. 5c Parsons List Q387.2; 86/2, 188/1, 44/1 McKenna ...

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  • Nicol Bay

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1959/09/05 Protected Federal N N King Sound, near Cockatoo Island 1 x 4 cyl Bergius internal combustion engine, auxiliary screw, 6 knots 73.40 56.19 Australia Perth 1925 Fremantle 140154 No 1 of 1926 20.10 6.20 2.20 Wrecked and sunk H. Matheson W & S Lawrence 119/80 Position said to be 123°46’E ...

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  • Tiram

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    their fate, Report-Department of Maritime Archaeology, Westrn Austalian Museum-No.80. North-West 1646 ...

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  • Centurion

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    their fate, Report-Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Austalian Museum-No.80: 107. North-West ...

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  • Bandicoot Bay UNID

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    Protected State Y Y 18/07/2014 Bandicoot Bay, Barrow Island -20.8665166667 115.3588666667 Scattered remains of copper sheathing fragments and ship fastenings up to 80m inland from coast, on southern end of Barrow Island indicative of a small cutter or lugger wreck. Porbably associated with late 19th ...

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  • Emma

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    made out distinctly the ribs of a vessel lying on the beach. The place is situated about 100 miles to the south of the Cape, between Point Cloates and Cape Cuvier, where a reef of fifteen to twenty miles ...

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  • Ulidia

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    England, to Sydney had only taken 88½ days, the best day’s run being 280 miles (518 km). proceeded to ...

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  • Albatross

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    back towards Port Irwin. About a mile off shore and almost opposite the mouth of the Irwin River, the ...

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  • Alex T. Brown

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    _MA-215/80 1033, 334 Alex T. Brown was a 788-ton, wooden 4-masted wooden schooner built by the Globe ...

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