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Western Port
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S577While loading a cargo of timber in Westernport Bay, the Western Australian-built brig River Chief was blown onto a reef by a gale and wrecked. "While this brig was lying at anchor at Western…
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Point Nepean, Port Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S613The Sea was a 841-ton (new measurement), three-masted ship built in St Johns, Newfoundland, of wood and sheathed in felt and yellow metal. It was sold to Liverpool owners in 1847, was…
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South East Point, Wilsons Prom
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S624The schooner Sophia sailed from Melbourne to the Wilsons Promontory lighthouse with a cargo of building material and stores. The vessel was anchored in a bay near the lighthouse where it was…
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Port Fairy, 2.5 miles west of Port Fairy
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S631The Squatter was battered by heavy weather after leaving Melbourne for Portland and was forced to shelter in Westernport and over at Circular head TAS. On resuming her voyage the Captain…
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Bass Strait, off Gippsland Coast
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S633Loaded with coal, the brig Straun sprang a leak off the Gippsland coast. With six feet of water in the hold and the water gaining on the pumps, the crew abandoned ship and were rescued by the…
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Lonsdale Reef, Port Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S667The Thetis is the first vessel known to be wrecked on Lonsdale Reef. It was a 95-ton, two-masted wooden schooner built at Moruya River on the south coast of New South Wales (NSW) by…
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About 7 miles east of West Channel Lightship, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S692Loss probably caused by unusually heavy deck load. One report in Argus and later secondary sources state that the voyage was from Port Phillip Heads but the death notice states the voyage was…