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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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Bass Strait, between Cape Schanck and Port Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S17SS Alert is historically significant as one of the worst maritime wrecks in Victorian history, with the deaths of 15 of the 16 people on board the vessel. It is archaeologically significant…
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Ant Spit, Thirteenth Beach, Barwon Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S33The remains of the wreck of the SS Ant have not been inspected, and therefore an assessment of its archaeological significance cannot be made. The Ant is historically significant as an early…
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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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Beware Reef, near Cape Conran
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S47The vessel is archaeologically significant due to the construction of the steamers engine. The engine represents the first attempt in Australia to manufacture compound steam machinery and was…
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Outer Corsair Reef, Point Nepean
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S49The vessel is of historical significance due to the events that took place soon after the wrecking. It is of limited archaeological significance as a result of the heavy salvaging that took…
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Bass Strait, off Gabo Island
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S66The vessel is historically significant for international trade and transportation during the 1870s when the Balclutha made several trips to San Francisco. As the location of the vessel has…
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Cape Bridgewater
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S69On 3 April 1871, while steaming between Adelaide and Sydney with 28 passengers, the S.S. BARWON struck a reef in foggy conditions off Cape Bridgewater and commenced to sink. The passengers…
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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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Corio Bay, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S73This vessel was significant in its involvement with dredging various channels throughout Melbourne and in the deepening of various channels. Archaeologically is will be of limited…
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Clonmel Island, Port Albert
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S75The SS Blackbird is archaeologically and recreationally significant as a representative example of auxillary steamer involved in the Australian colonial coastal trade, with well preserved…
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Mushroom Rock, Lonsdale Reef, Port Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S76Had been chartered at 20 pounds per day to take cargo from wreck of the ship George Roper (sank 4 July 1883). Bad weather had hampered salvage operations. In heavy seas, alongside George…
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Ships Graveyard, Commonwealth Area No.3, Bass Strait
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S91The vessel is historically and socially significant is that it has been employed in the dredging operations around Port Phillip Bay for almost 50 years before being scuttled.
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Ships Graveyard, Commonwealth Area No.3, Bass Strait
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S92The vessel is significant for the type of vessel, representative of an iron steamer constructed in Scotland. Historically it is significant for its involvement with the Victorian Lighterage…
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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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Off Cape Howe
Victorian Heritage Register
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Apollo Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S108The SS Casino is historically significant for its vital role in the Western District coastal and passenger trade. This significance is enhanced by the longevity of the Casino's service to…
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Bass Strait, off Cape Otway
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S110The wreck of the SS Champion is significant historically as one of Victoria's worst shipwrecks. As an early steamship it played an important part in the development of and communications…
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Half Moon Bay, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S117The former flagship of the Victorian Colonial Navy, HMVS Cerberus is internationally significant as a surviving example of a turret ship, or breastwork monitor class of warship. It was the…
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60 miles NE of Wilsons Promontory
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S123The City of Hobart was an iron steamer built for the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company for use in the inter-colonial passenger and cargo trade. Towards the end of its working life, it was…
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north of West Channel, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S124The City of Launceston is one of Victoria's most significant shipwrecks. The discovery and reporting of the wreck and subsequent lobbying of the State Government led to the proclamation of…
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Bass Strait
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S139The Commissioner was built for the Melbourne Harbour Trust as an armed launch and was capable of firing Whitehead torpedoes. It had been sold by the Melbourne Harbour Trust and was being…