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Point Franklin, Cape Otway
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S453The Martha is one of a small resource of Asian-built vessels wrecked in Australia built in the South-East Asian geographic region, as opposed to in the Indian sub-continent. It is the only…
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Entrance to Corner Inlet
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S462The wooden brigantine Meg Merrilies was owned in Sydney for the first part of its career, and traded from that port to Melbourne with sundry cargoes. After being sold to Melbourne owners in…
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Port Phillip, between Coles and West Channels
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S474The Mountain Maid is archaeologically significant for its remains of a British built international trading vessel of the mid-nineteenth century.
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Cape Liptrap
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S485The schooner Nautilus was wrecked on the beach near Cape Liptrap. Strong winds blew the vessel off course and left it high and dry on the beach. Four of the crew walked overland to Port…
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Lonsdale Reef, Port Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S492Significant as an early coastal trader
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Gabo Island
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S525With his ship suffering storm damage to its bowsprit, and low on provisions, the master of the schooner Phoebe sought shelter in Gabo harbour. However, after anchoring, a strong northerly…
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Waterloo Bay, Wilsons Promontory
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S575The Richard and Anne was brought to Australia in 1853. Prior to that it had been a coasting vessel out of Plymouth. After lengthening and a refit in 1848, it traded to the Mediterranean. In…
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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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Port Phillip Bay, off Indented Head
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S598After striking reef, immediately filled. Third vessel owned by Levy to have sunk in 4 months. (No details known relating to insurance.)
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Peterborough, Curdies Inlet
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S612Schomberg was a large clipper ship built for James Baines' famous Black Ball Line. Schomberg has historical significance as one of the luxurious ships built to bring emigrants to Australia,…
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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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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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Port Fairy
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S639Weather: NNE force 4. Clear night. Estimated loss 1200 pounds. Crew landed safely.
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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…
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Eastern bank of Port Albert entrance
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S717The schooner Wave was chartered to carry stone to be used in improving the roads around Port Albert and Tarraville. The vessel approached the Port Albert bar with a load from Corner Inlet,…
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Indented Head, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S739Previously stranded Apollo Bay June 1850. Traded between Launceston, Portland, Melbourne, Port Adelaide,Port Albert, Geelong. Driven ashore in 1849 and 1850. Had carried passengers, spirits…
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Port Fairy
Victorian Heritage Register
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Port Albert, west bank of Sylvanus Channel
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S836The Lapwing is historically significant for its association with the early development of Wilsons Promontory and Port Albert.
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Port Phillip, between Melbourne and Werribee River
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S844The wreck of the Nil Desperandum is significant as an early Victorian coastal trader, with an unsalvaged cargo.