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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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Port Phillip Heads, Point Nepean back beach
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S350Iquique was a French-built and owned barque of 500 tons travelling from Bordeaux to Melbourne with a cargo of 307 hogsheads, 1100 quarter casks and 5000 cases of brandy consigned to Melbourne…
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Cape Bridgewater, east end of Discovery Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S358The barque JANE under the command of Captain Lakie came ashore in blustery conditions on 6 June 1863 just below the farmhouse of a well known Portland Settler, Mr Joshua Black. The alarm was…
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Entrance to Gippsland Lakes
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S359The entrance to the Gippsland Lakes VIC claimed another victim on 8 August when the schooner Jane was lost. After arriving from Melbourne with a cargo of spirits and flour she was towed…
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East Bank, Symonds Channel, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S363On its way out to Newcastle, the Janet missed stays, and grounded on the East bank. Because of strong gales at the time, the ship went into Simmonds Channel & became wedged in the sand…
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Near Schnapper Point, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S369The John Nicholson was a Bay trader, regularly docking in Yarra. Owned by George Stevens, it was wrecked in 1862 near Schnapper Point
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Portland Bay, west of the Fitzroy River
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S375The vessel left Port Adelaide bound for Hobartown with sheep onboard and some valuable fowl purchased in Adelaide for Governor Brown. After leaving Adelaide the Julia encountered heavy swells…
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Discovery Bay, 30 miles west of Portland
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S377Vessel left Port Adelaide for Sydney in October 1861. On the evening 21st October ship encountered a heavy gale off Cape Northumberland. Vessel heeled over onto beams end and began to take in…
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Portarlington, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S379Wooden fishing smack. No death notices published in press at this time to give any information on casualties.
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Clonmel Sands, Port Albert
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S431The brigantine Macclesfield left Newcastle for melbourne with a cargo of coal, but was twice compelled to put into Twofold Bay for shelter. On rounding Cape Howe, the vessel encountered…
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Eastern Entrance to Western Port
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S440Loaded with coal, the barque Maori began to sink in a gale in Bass Strait. The captain sought shelter off the eastern entrance to Western Port, but just after the crew left in the lifeboats,…
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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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Lorne, Louttit Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S510The Otway is historically and archaeologically significant as evidence of the early development of the Otway timber trade and development of Lorne. It is also archaeologically significant for…
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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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Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S541Ran ashore about 10.30 pm, while beating in through Heads. Crew and passengers landed safely at 4.30 am in two boats. Customs and health officer's boats, with pilot schooners Prosperpine and…
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Bass Strait off Ninety Mile Beach
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S564The barque Rembrandt encountered a gale off the Ninety Mile Beach that carried away most of the sails and caused the vessel to leak badly. As the crew prepared to abandon ship, the vessel…
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Portland Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S567The Regia has historical, archaeological, technical, social and interpretive significance for its construction, location and role in Portland's history. The Regia represents the boom period…
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Cape Liptrap
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S568According to A.S.R. the brigantine REINDEER along with the schooner CAROLINE departed Geelong for Hobart in mid September 1862. Both vessels encountered heavy seas with the schooner seeking…
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West of Kate Kearney Channel, Port Albert.
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S606The schooner Saracen ran ashore in a storm near the Port Albert bar. When the sea abated, rescuers found that the vessel had broken up and there were no survivors from the crew of six, except…
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200 miles W.S.W of Cape Otway
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S655At 6pm on Sunday the 24th September 1862 the Constance collided with the Tubal Cain. Both vessels were taking, Constance port Tuabl Cain starboard, when the Constance collided with the Tubal…
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Portland Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S664In November 1860 severe gales struck the south west coast of Victoria. In Portland a number of vessels including the barque TAMORA, schooner EVA and the brig REGIA were driven ashore. The…
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Port Albert Bar
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S696When the barque Victoria ran onto the bar at Port Albert, it broke up rapidly drowning most of the cargo of livestock. The timber in the hull was later found to be rotten although the vessel…
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Corinella, Western Port
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S719The Western Port trader Wasp dragged its anchors during a gale, and was driven onto rocks near Corinella, Western Port . The cargo was very much damaged. The Mate A . Ellis broke his arm.…
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St Leonards, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S722According to Loney, anchored alongside hulk of Boujah Maiden, citing Geelong Advertiser, but that report merely states 'hulk'. Wrecked in dreadful gales in which several small vessels were swamped.
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St Leonards, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S724Mortgagee - John Joyce, mariner, of Williamstown had Lee's 32 shares. Register closed 31 May 1860 Traded betweenMelbourne and Geelong, in Bay and to Circular Head.