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West Coast, Apollo Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S2It is impossible to assess the archaeological significance of the wreck of the Apollo as the wreck site has not been located. However as it had been involved in the early development of…
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Bass Strait, off Port Phillip Heads, Point Nepean
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S24This vessel is significant historically as an early 19th century international coastal trader that was employed in the development of southern Australian colonies.
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Haley's Reef, Apollo Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S31It appears the Anne was stranded and refloated at least twice at Apollo Bay, if the following accounts are of the same vessel. The following report shows the difficulties faced routinely by…
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Point Lonsdale beach, Port Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S32it is impossible to assess the archaeological significance of the Anonyma as the site has not been located. However it is historically significant for its design and use as a pilot vessel,…
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Indented Head, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S81This vessel is significant in the fact that it represents a unique type of vessel, Australian built coast trader constructed in the very early stages of Australian settlement. It is for this…
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Port Albert Bar
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S132On 2 February 1857 the schooner Coila bound from Sydney to Melbourne and Geelong, was driven ashore on the East Spit, Corner Inlet VIC near where the steamer Clonmel had been lost in 1840.…
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Port Phillip Bay, approximately 18 miles from Williamstown
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S215The Eliza left Hobsons Bay at 4am. While reaching on the port tack, a squall struck. The jib sheets gave way, the fore spencer gaff broke and mainsail split. Anchor let go in about 14…
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Tarwin Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
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West Channel, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S367Joanna is archaeologically significant as a rare, well-preserved example of an Australian-built wooden sailing vessel. There are 46 Australian-built vessels wrecked in Victorian waters, only…
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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…
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Point Nepean, Port Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S386There is some confusion about this ship - the press called her Anne and Jane, and Anne and Elizabeth in contemporary reports. Other secondary source reports only blur the issue of identity…
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Gabo Island
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S444Laden with coal from Newcastle, the schooner Margaret Nicol was damaged in a severe gale. The vessel was leaking and unmanageable, so the master sought shelter at Gabo Island. The Margaret…
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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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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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Rosebud, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S583Town of Rosebud derived its name from the wreck location of this well-known coastal trader (just west of Durham Place). Wind blows and sand shifts buried remains. In 1976 sewerage excavations…
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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
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S639Weather: NNE force 4. Clear night. Estimated loss 1200 pounds. Crew landed safely.
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Bass Strait
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S656This vessel was last seen leaving Melbourne on a voyage to New Zealand in December 1855 but was not seen again. Uncertain as to if the vessel wrecked in Victorian waters.
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West bank of Port Albert entrance
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S670Thistle was a mid 19th century iron paddle steamer and has historical significance for being at the forefront of the Hunter River Steam Navigation Company's establishment and push further…
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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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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.