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Port Phillip Bay, Point Gellibrand
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S15Hugh and Anne Bennett had been living on the empty wool-lighter for a few months and lost all their possessions. With their dog they spent a gruelling 28 hours on board after stranding,…
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Bay of Islands, 22 miles east of Warrnambool
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S34The Antares is significant as a sail trader carrying an international inbound cargo. It is part of the Great Ocean Road Historic Shipwreck Trail.
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Ships Graveyard, Outside Port Phillip Heads Area, Bass Strait
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S44The vessel is historically significant for its role in the Australia-New Zealand trade and for its employment by the Melbourne Harbour Trust. It is impossible to assess the archaeological…
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Bass Strait
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S70The Bat has not been located and therefore its archaeological significance has not been assessed. It's historical significance lies in the fact that it was a typical type of vessel involved…
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Ships Graveyard, Commonwealth Area No.3, Bass Strait
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S98Built in 1868, the barque Casablanca was converted into a coal hulk in 1912. After serving in this capacity for Melbourne Steamships until 1950, the vessel was scuttled in the Ships Graveyard.
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Ships Graveyard, Outside Port Phillip Heads Area, Bass Strait
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S100Built in 1875 as a sailing ship, the Campana was purchased by the Melbourne-based shipping company McIlwraith, McEacharn Ltd, for use as a coal hulk. After outliving this use, the vessel was…
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Hobsons Bay, Off Williamstown, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S103Historically significant for participation in international trade.
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Rye Back Beach, Point Nepean
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S148The wreck of the Craigburn is archaeologically significant for its remains of a typical 19th century iron sailing barque. As a dive site set amongst typically spectacular Mornington Peninsula…
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Ships Graveyard, Commonwealth Area No.3, Bass Strait
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S185On its last voyage under sail, the full-rigged ship Dunloe sailed from Sydney Heads to Port Phillip Heads in just 40 hours. It was then converted into a coal hulk and served in this capacity…
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Lady Bay, Warrnambool
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S208A mistake by the pilot resulted in the barque Edinburgh Castle going ashore in calm weather at Warrnambool. The vessel was loaded with cement for the new breakwater, and hopes were high that…
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South Channel, Port Phillip
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S220The Eliza Ramsden, with its intact clipper bow, is one of Victoria's most aethestically spectacular shipwreck sites, and thus has both recreational and educational significance. It is…
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Massacre Bay, Peterborough
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S255Iron ship building revolutionised the shipbuilding industry and dramatically altered the structure, organisation and traditional distribution of shipbuilding yards. Iron as a material was…
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Wreck Beach, Moonlight Head
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S259The Fiji is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th century international sailing ship with cargo. It is educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's…
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Lonsdale Reef, Prt Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S282The Gange is historically and socially significant for the interest its wreck caused in the Victorian community, and the impact the event had on Victorian Pilots Service.
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Lonsdale Reef, Port Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S286The George Roper is archaeologically and historically significant as an example of a large fast international trader built especially for the Australian run. The wreck lies in 4-5 metres of…
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west of Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S290The Glaneuse is significant historically as the wreck of a large European built iron hulled sailing barque. The wreck resulted in intense scrutiny on the pilot service and a Public Enquiry…
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Lonsdale Reef, Port Phillip heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S326The Holyhead is historically and archaeologically significant as an example of an A1 classified ship from a renowned Liverpool shipyards on its maiden voyage.
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Capel Sound, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S328The remains of the Hurricane are of archaeological and historical significance as a potential source of information relating to shipbuilding practice and trade between England and Australia.…
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Mutton Bird Island, Loch Ard Gorge, east of Port Campbell
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S417The Loch Ard is historically significant as one of Victoria and Australia's worst shipwreck tragedies. It is archaeologically significant for its remains of a large international passenger…
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Tarwin beach, north west of Cape Liptrap
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S436Very flat bottomed, German owned & registered vessel 4Single deck, 2 tiers of beams, 1 cemented bulkhead, anchors and chains proofed and tested. Captain Ostermann believed strong currents…
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Newfield, one mile east of Curdies River
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S488Mistook Cape Otway Light for one on King Island The Newfield had left on 28th May from Sharpness. Exceptionally rough weather had been encountered and hurricanes and storms after the Cape of…
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Portsea Back Beach, near London Bridge
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S491Went ashore at London Bridge, just west of Sierra Nevada. Hulked 1895
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No. 6 Victoria Dock, Yarra River
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S513The former barque was rammed and sunk by SS Clan MacArthur, also damaging berth at No. 6 Victoria Dock. Costs of 2255 pounds borne by Clan MacArthur 's agents, William Houghton & Co.…
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Bass Strait
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S553She left Geelong VIC for the United Kingdomon 16 September 1893 but failed to arrive. On 16 February 1894, thirty guineas per cent was asked for re-insurance, then early in April the…
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Ram Head
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S581The iron barque Romeo, on a voyage from Hamburg to Sydney with a general cargo, ran ashore in fog near Ram Head. No lives were lost and some of the cargo was salvaged after it washed ashore.…