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Port Phillip Bay, off Ann Street Pier, Williamstown
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S368The John Bull was an old Tasmanian built ship that was Originally rigged as a schooner and owned by J. Bellion, pilot, of Launceston. Came to Melbourne in 1850, carrying palings. In 1850s…
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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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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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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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Cape Bridgewater
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S447Wreckage came ashore between Cape Otway and Apollo Bay. The German barque carried 25 passengers and crew, including the Belgian Consul and his staff. Almost a month had passed before reports…
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Ninety Mile Beach, west of Lakes Entrance
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S145The County Antrim is significant as an example of an inbound international shipwreck. It was one of the last international ships to be lost on the Gippsland coast.
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Cape Otway, disappeared at sea
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S730The W. Gordon is significant as an international vessel bound from Scotland for Australia. As the site has not been located its archaeological significance is not known.
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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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Ships Graveyard, Bass Strait
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S843The hull of the Mosquito has technical significance as an early iron brig.
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Port Phillip Bay, Railway Pier, Hobsons Bay.
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S539After catching fire, efforts made to tow vessel clear but bowsprit jammed against ship Alfred - with danger of a further fire. Masts went over side, ship became a mass of flames, burned to…
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Santa Barbara Bay, Gabo Island
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S459The brig Mary Wilson, under Captain Richardson, sailed from Oporto, Portugal on 17 April 1852 bound for Sydney with a full cargo of wine. The vessel anchored in Gabo Harbour in 31 August to…
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Bass Strait
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S311The barquentine Handa Isle left Sydney for Melbourne with a cargo of benzine, but was not seen again. There was a SW gale in Bass strait at the time and mines laid by German surface raider…
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Cliffy Island, east of Wilsons Promontory
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S421The wooden barque Lune was carrying 750 tons of coal from Newcastle, NSW to Batavia, Dutch East Indies via Melbourne, Vic. Off Cape Howe the barque struck West to SW gale force winds and a…
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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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Railway Pier, Sandridge, Port Phillip
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S37It is impossible to assess the archaeological significance of the site since the structural remains have not been inspected and would have largely been damaged in the fire. It is of some…
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Brighton Beach, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S445The Margaret Russel is historically significant as an example of a Canadian built ship trading in Victorian waters.
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Ninety Mile Beach, east of Seaspray
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S680The barque Trinculo was proceeding to Newcastle for coal after delivering a cargo to King George Sound. After encountering a south easterly gale in Bass Strait, it was driven ashore on the…
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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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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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Port Fairy Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S883Almost intact wooden ship, iron water tank in bow and windlass, uncovered in February 2005 storm and recorded for first time.
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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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Lady Bay, Warrnambool
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S19The vessel is historically significant for its participation in the inter-colonial trades around Australia during the 19th century.
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Bass Strait, 33 miles off Cape Schanck
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S42The vessel ARIEL was on a voyage from Melbourne to Nelson in New Zealand with a general cargo and spirits. It caught fire two days out from Port Phillip Heads. Despite the efforts of the…
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Clinton Rocks, 8km west of Point Hicks
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S327The Welsh brigantine Hugh Roberts was seized by the water police in Melbourne in 1859 and then auctioned to recover the unpaid wages of the crew. Re-registered in Melbourne, the vessel was…
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Griffiths Point, Western Port
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S370Hurricane force wiIds caused the destruction of the brigantine JOHN NUSSEY at Westernport on August 14th. A vessel of 150 tons, in charge of Captain Brodie, she left the River Mersey on…