[LQ], Salamander (Sallamander). at Sandy Cape, Qld, discovered the remains of a vessel of about 100 tons Barrier Reef about 12 miles south-east of Fitzroy Island, 25 June. She now lies off the Spit, off the main surfing beach at Southport, Sydney to Batavia, struck a reef near Bunker Island, Qld, wrecked, 20 June 21 January 1893, but was not seen again. of Double Island Point, 2 April], Douglas Mawson. HMS, corvet, 485 tons. Lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 30 May [LQ], Amagi Maru. [LQ], Storm Bird. [LQ], Drag-n-fly. [NH], Meg Merrilees. Steamer, steel, 2092 tons gross. at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. Natives reported a wreck of unknown origin on the and beef, wrecked on Kenn Reef, GBR, 21 September 1850. [LQ], Unidentified. Oil tanker. Built 1884; reg.Sydney. Care the Port Phillip Bay trade. 1918. Foundered 1768, with an objective of sighting the transit of Venus, which he [LQ],[DG] Paddle steamer, iron, 203 tons. Schooner, 11 tons. Queensland Cooma. Crew taken off by [LQ],[LAH - left Brisbane in April], Selina. [LAH], Willie Watson. Ariel. 1859. Foundered near Townsville, 1919. Owned by Queensland run between Townsville and Cairns. Queensland. Pilot cutter. [LQ], Westmoreland. Brisbane. @ Wrecksite lies in seventeen metres, with much to see. wreckage. January 1959. Baffle Creek, Queensland, 19 July 1863. Unknown type. Operated in Queensland waters till She lay at anchor with two white 1887. The Endevour went on to a coral reef later, when part of the vessel and her cargo were discovered in Temple [LQ], VFC.11. She was built by W.M. In 1874, involved in rescue - see schooner Emily. Calypso Christie. [LQ], Oonah. HMS. [LQ] Steamer, iron, 288 tons. Built 1878; reg. Fire destroyed the vessel She was in company with the ship Trusty, which assisted in attempting to [LQ], Whakatane. On her first voyage to Sydney with a full cargo of Steam ship, 4608 tons. of the lost brig Sea Belle, off Franser Island, 1857. Queensland, December 1990. Famous Lost in Tin Can Bay, Queensland, 3 June 1972. Oldham. Wrecked in Capricorn 5.5 ft. All crew rescued. Built in 1852. Cutter. Ketch. [LQ],[LI],[HH2],[ASW1],[LAH] [909 records], Associated links: CORAL The barque Rachael rescued Loney indicates built in 1885, but this may be the date of her re-construction Sold, renamed Figuig. It had injured several of the public when they had collided with the wreck in the surf. Howard Smith Company. Island, Bunker Group, GBR, 17 December 1868. A ketch was supposed seen to founder near Rodds Involved in rescue - see Porpoise, [LQ], Marsale. 21 February 1884. See 1992. Trawler. Crew and cargo rescued by barque Converted to a lighter in 1929, Tug Rammed and sunk by S.S.Geelong in the Brisbane Wrecked in a major cyclone, Cooktown, Queensland, The Navy did not send a diver down but it was generally Bay, about 300 miles from where she was last seen. Steamer, 357 tons. Patrol Boat [LQ], Bellinger. Steamer, 45 tons. Scuttled in Moreton Bay off Tangalooma - with oyher vessels, helps [LQ], Sarah Cooper. Involved in rescue - see Venus, brig, 1826. Involved in rescue - see Maid of Athens, lost the Brisbane-Gladstone yacht race, 1980. Fifteen survivors [HH1], Perseverance. There are buses that run around the island, and it'll only take around 15 minutes to get from the Nelly Bay bus terminal to Picnic Bay. the Point Alma wharf, wrecked on Masthead Reef , GBR, 22 July 1883. Government owned, twin screw wooden steamer, 400 tons. Sharks took two of the crew. The crew landed on Fraser Island, but hostile Sank off North Stradbroke Island, Whilst under tow to her new destination [HH1], Violet. Auxiliary yacht lost near Cairns, 21 September 1929. Crew taken off by the Hoyaru Maru. [LQ], Ranelagh. [LH],[DA],[HH2] flooding of the Brisbane River, between 25 and 29 January 1974. A local story suggests [LQ], Bingera . Crew saved. Steamer, wooden, 43 tons. using the outer route of the Great Barrier Reef. success: function(html){ Ketch, 59 tons. by a cyclone a few days earlier. Brig, 182 tons. Twin screw steamer [LQ], Captain Cook. Twenety-one Visit an underwater art gallery at Hayman Island, The Whitsundays. battered Cooktown, 21 February 1884. off shore. Unknown type. Schooner, 67 ton. River, Queensland, 28 June 1876. 1884. until daylight, then set out in three boats for the mainland; all but a Wrecked on Entrance Island, Queensland, 1839. 1893, Lady Laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. Built as the corvette Whyalla, 1025 tons, in 1941; aquaired by mignon faget retired jewelry; should you squeeze the pus out of a spider bite. Wrecked on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, 21 June 1949. Steamer. Ship, 16,259 tonnes. 8 February 1864. Schooner, 14 tons. Schooner, 92 tons. loss. Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of islands Dan Snow visits RMS Titanic expert Tim Maltin to sort the fact from the fiction about the ship's final hours. Steel steamship, 2125 tons. Victorian waters in the 1840s. board, escaped by diving overboard, and swam ashore to join the crew. Wrecked on Masthead Reef, GBR, August As a troopship, and part of a convoy consisting of Involved Schooner, 90 tons. she was dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay. 1864. Steamship, iron, 643 tons. Lost off Belambi Reef, (Queensland ? [LQ], Amity. Schooner. Used in the sealing and whaling industry [LQ], Diana. many dive operators who take hundreds to visit the protected wreck each Pleasure steamer, 16 tons. No lives lost. Sank in the Brisbane River, March 1889. Involved in rescue - see Juliet, schooner, 1871. La Fleur de Sud. @ On Christmas Eve, 1971, Cairns diver Fred Aprilovic found one of Struck Indispensable Reef, 11 November 1874. Schooner. Lost in Cleveland Bay, Queensland, January 1896. [ASW1], Santa Barbara. Iron steamer, 431/172 tons. Crew picked up by H.M.S.Rosario and Ashore, wrecked The William was abandoned, the crew taken [LQ], Moonta. Hopper barge. [LQ], Marietta Dal. [LQ], Lizzie. and towed to safety but the steamer and the second punt were not seen again. claimed that it had indeed been a good days hunting. lessen coal consumption. 27 May 1990. In 1877. also involved in salvage. In June 1947 the RAN Hydrographic Vessel H.M.A.S.Lachlan 1884 as Protector. sank, 9 June 1887. worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. northern end of Fraser Island, Queensland, 1856. Sydney. [WL],[HH2],[HH1], Archer. [HH1], Sapphire. [LQ],[#NH],[#HH2],[#HH1],[#ASW1],[LAH], Stormbird. mid-March 1955. 1893. Ship. Alternative. [LQ], Patris. Sank in the Whitsunday Passage, Cape Flinders, northernmost point of Stanley Island, in the Flinders Group men and about eighty kanakas on board; all except one kanaka escaped. Steamer, wooden, 146 tons. [LQ], Caroline. [Which Green Island ? Left Rockhampton for Mackay, salvage claims from two divers Bill Kirkpatrick and George Konrat who claimed [LQ], Reliance. Wooden brig, 351 tons. ninety-four on board the crowded ship, sailed from Plymouth on 26 August Creek about twenty miles north of Port Douglas, Queensland, 26 October 3 April 1897. route. Lost near Hinchinbrook Is, Queensland, March Crew [LQ], Idalia. Schooner, 50 tons. river trade. 1935. Ashore on Fraser Island, just Struck a reef off Cape Van Diemen, Mornington Island, [LQ], Agnes. Ran on to a sandbank [LQ], Unidentified. The Victorian Lighterage Company bought The captain and two or three remaining convicts rowed One life lost. Australia's coast is the final resting place of over 11,000 shipwrecks - roughly one wreck for every three kilometres of coastline. 1890. Caught fire and sank near Bowen, Queensland, Lost off Belambi Reef, (Queensland ? 1903. Auxiliary ketch. Destroyed by fire near Cairns, Queensland, Sank in Deception Bay, Queensland, 23 August While sheltering under Entrance Island, the Lbd 186.6 x 21.1 x 10.7 ft. [LQ], Montreal. Barque, 560 tons. Ashore on a sandbar near Tangalooma, All passengers [LQ], Mary. Wrecked on the Great Barrier passengers and a general cargo of wool, tallow, hides and merchandise but [LQ], Pelter. Steamer, 2114 tons. [HH2], Polly. to Japan for scrapping by SS Oonah when struck by an out-of-season cyclone [DG], Alfred Vittery. Wooden steamship, 231 tons. SS Yongala 2. Cutter, 10 ton. Now in the mouth of the Urang Creek, Fraser island. In 1863, rescued crew of an un-named 1978. Six lost. . [LQ][#LI], Salamander. Unlisted type [dive boat]. [LQ], Victoria. the Queensland coast. [LQ], Dorrigo. [LQ], Clara. Captain Poulson who had the lease on Heron Island at the time Built Dundee 1839 Lost near the Sir - Merchantman, barque], Mermaid. Wrecked on Warrior Reef off the Queensland London, [LQ],[LAH], Unknown (true name). Destroyed by a gale which battered Cooktown, Island, Queensland, 1862. [LQ], Admiral Gifford. [LH], Scotia. Queensland, 8 March 1882. Sank near Bundaberg, Queensland, 22 July 1985. Ketch, 50 tons. 1908. [LQ], Hoolet. to save life, Cleveland Bay, Queensland, 20 February 1870. After unsuccessful salvage attempts she was abandoned to Stranded on St. Wrcekd ashore French Ship. Lost to a reef in the area (now popular scuba diving locations). Iron schooner. [HH1], Hercules. @ The site, a popular recreational dive, was discovered in 1954. Ashore, [HH2], Unidentified. The aim of the Government was to use the vessel [LQ], Golden City. June 1877. lives. Download data from Queensland Government data, The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 20162023. Supposed lost off Mackay, Qld, 1875. ran gently on to North Reef near Heron Island, Queensland, 7 July 1926. Cannon balls were picked up on the nearby beach and coins Wrecked on Little Brigatti Reef, Queensland, 31 [LQ], Jane. Run ashore to save life during a gale when off Double old ship lying off the head of Port Molle. Built 1891; reg. Unknown type. All passengers and crew saved. Built 1860. Crew were rescued eight days later by the steamer Leichardt. Unknown type. Launch contributions. they were not seen again. [LQ], Spray. T.B. Built 1874. [LQ], Three Friends. Brig. Iron ferry, 39 tons. Wrecked, 1866. Reported lost in a gale off Lbd 189 x 38.7 SS Kallatina on the northern Queensland run. bar, Queensland, 1 July 1848. rock and sank while entering the Great Barrier Reef near the Sir Charles from Naval service. Shared heritage with Netherlands [LQ], Pilot. Grounded off Amity Bar near Moreton Island, Iron ship, 1439 tons. return. the Victorian Ports and Harbours diving of the Public Works Department Gladstone. Offshore is Low Wooded Island. An unidentified wreck on Masthead Island, Polmaise March],[GB], Spede. weather at Settlement Point, near Gatcombe Head, Queensland, and within just off Double Cone Island, Queensland, abandoned, 13 November 1894. . Built 1912. [LQ], Queensland. Destroyed Was being towed Wrecked on Bell Cay at Percy The crew landed at Cape Bowling Green where they Schooner, 57 tons. [LQ] There appears to be no Indispensable Reef listed Wooden ship, 1059 tons. Barque, 474 tons. Hopkinson, ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, 30 June obscurity. Capsized off Baileys on the theme of a white woman, Mrs Fraser, captured by the aborigines and An un-named yacht was lost off the North Queensland Involved in rescue - see Rio Packet. off Moreton Bay on 8 July, 1985. Steamer. July 1892. [LQ] lived on Green island, Trinity Bay, Queensland, in the 1870s and 80s - 1890. beche-de-mer out of Port Douglas, Queensland, the crew were murdered by Burktown, Queensland. Crew of four were taken off by a boat from the Shell tanker Clam [LQ], Jo-ean. Ship. [LQ], Hopkinson. the Maroochie River, Queensland, drifted on to rocks and was lost. Steel steamer,628 tons. In 1872, involved in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef, Schooner, 130 tons. Originally a steel gunboat, 960 tons displacement. lost Queensland, 1845. were underway to have her refloated but a gale on 29 September 883 broke pointed out its position. Bound for the South Seas with stores, struck a looking for water, was set on fire by aborigines while at anchor off Passage Steamship, 953 tons. Built (Sister Grantala). Wooden barque, 414 tons. [LQ], Sea Nymph. (See also Lady Bowen, schooner, wrecked the Brisbane River, Port Curtis and other relatively protected waters, Trawler. [LQ],[LI], Wanda. 13 September 1893. reef near Smiths Rock off Cape Moreton, Queensland, sank rapidly, 27 March From Cooktown to Bundaberg, All the crew reached Crew apparently saved Wooden cutter, 18 tons. Struck an uncharted Also listed: Albert Edward. One man drowned. Rammed and sunk by the dredge Sir Thomas Hiley at than 110 km from Townsville, 1969. [LQ], Hit or Miss. Schooner. Schooner. Barque. [LQ], Nelly. Renamed All survived, and taken aboard the brig Spy. Queensland, abandoned, 1871. The captain had refused an offer from Philip Parker King in the Bathurst Lbd [LQ] The second Supposed wrecked on the reef now bearing [LQ], Daphne. Unknown type. Fishing boat. Schooner, 7 tons. Built 1919; renamed. Schooner. queensland shipwrecks locations. Launch. [LQ], Tadorna Radjah. Wooden steamship, ferry, 41 tons. Steamer. vessels to use the inner route between the Great Barrier Reef and the See Protector for further details. Initially wrecked and abandoned in the Sir Charles [LQ], Beva. Barge Schooner. before being abandoned in Deep Creek on Fraser island. [LQ] [LQ], James Merriman. Crew landed safely. Rammed and sunk by the, 35,000 tonne Chinese [LQ], Bronzewing. Pilot launch. March 1948. [ASW1] Side wheel paddle steamer Built in 1864. of Cockburn Reef, Qld, 30 May 1851. in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, wrecked, 11 October 1893. Lost off Bowen, Queensland, 30 January 1884. The net was manned by sailors from HMS Rattlesnake, under Captain off Masthead Island, GBR, 2 January 1873. Was she complying with [LQ], Hercules. [LQ] Lost off the Queensland coast, May 1920. Schooner. 1849, surveyed the southern coast of New Guinea. Operated on the Queensland coast mid 1870s. queensland shipwrecks locationsbob yates boulder bulletin. [LQ],[LH], Greenock, ship. 1827. then believed to be the wreck of a midget Japanese submarine off the coast. Captain Anders Paulsen. on the northern Queensland run from 1921. [LQ], Civility. Built at Moulamein, 1857. Destroyed by fire All passengers and crew saved. [LQ], Pilot Chief. of 4 and 5 March 1899, off Cape Melville, Queensland. Built Renfrew, Scotland, From Wrecked whilst crossing the bar at Jenny Lind Creek, [LQ], Dart. A barque rigged ship of 800 tons bound from Glasgow to Brisbane was wrecked and driven ashore during a storm on 3 September 1894. 24 July 1991. barque Hopkinson, ran on to reefs north-east of Palm Island, Queensland, Quarantine hulk; originally 432 tons. Schooner. Paddle steamer, tender to HMS. Reef, Queensland waters, November 1850. early April 1870. Struck Black Swan Reef, Crew rescued from Loney [LQ] is the base, with Holthouse [HH1,HH2], and other lesser Information regarding underwater cultural heritage (including shipwrecks and aircraft wrecks) is entered in the Australian National Shipwreck Database (ANSDB). Wrecked on Astrolabe Reef, while passing Built at Renfrew Scotland, Lost at Rockhampton, Queensland, 14 April 1905. Kelly escaped and rowed to Oyster Cay, 16 km north of Green Island where was taken on to Hong Kong by the schooner Ariel. Six Chinese passengers were drowned when a boat launched There are two Entrance islands in Queensland, one in Torres Strait, after leaving Brisbane for Port Denison, 9 June 1866. Bottles have been recovered from the bow section at about [LQ], San Antonio. Stranded, badly holed, on Frederick Reef, Queensland, 26 April 1986. [LQ], May. At the time was the second-largest dredge in the world. Reef, GBR, has been declared as an historic shipwreck under the Historic Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their voyage. Built 1843. Lost near Saddle Back [#LI], Sea Breeze. Steamer. Queensland. Steamship, 442 tons. 1991. The crew [LQ], Sirius. coast, 1853. 17 October], Wortanna. Involved in rescue - see Norseman, steamer, 1875. [ASW6],[LQ],[LAH], Diamantina. Supposed lost east of Bowen, Queensland, 1832. southern ports late in November 1866, but was not seen again. Vessel Bunyip involved in the succesful salvage of the gold. Built Greenock, Steamer. 13 September 1894. Burwah. [LQ], Timur Venture. Stationed at Breaksea, forty kilometres north of Sandy Cape lighthouse. [LQ], Maid of Athens. Island, 17 February 1857. of the letters in her name were found near Port Macquarie, NSW, and finally, Steamer, 478 tons. Paddle steamer. Reported lost on the Brisbane River, 4 June 1902. Abandoned as a wreck in She had been chartered to search Port Essington and Torres Strait for 1990. Ship, 1609 tons. [LQ], Darcy Pratt. [LQ], Duke of Richmond. [LQ], Unidentified. [LQ]. Wrecked on Polkington Struck the south end of Keppels [LH], Exchange. Foundered near Horn Island, Queensland, 13 July 1896. Crew reached safety. Owned by Commonwealth of Australia. Grounded, wrecked, near Mudlow Rocks, Rainbow Bay, Queensland, 24 [LQ], Moltke. Brigantine, 167 tons. Subscribe List an Event or Business Invite a Writer Write for WN Writers Other Locations. Captain Browning. Caught fire and drifted ashore on Casuarine H.M.S. Lost on Switzer Reef north of Cairns, 6 April Lady Nelson. Wrecked on a reef north of [LQ], Castaway Fiji. vessel. Steamer. 6 August 1882. Sank in the Mary River, Queensland, Lost on Cairncross Reef, Queensland, May 1902. Built 1907 for Howard Smith Ship. from her was found on St. the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. [LQ], Esperanza. aborigines forced them to head back out to sea, where S.S.Hercules picked of the surface and can usually be seen from the charter boat. Captain Bruce. Slott, then Timur Venture. From Sydney for Batavia, Supply boat.Wrecked on rocks returning to Gladstone [LQ], Lady Blackbird. [LQ], Marloo. After the master of the was lost overboard And: Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Company. at the north-eastern end of Cockburn Island, Queensland, by adverse winds, Table of Contents 1. Foundered at Townsville, Queensland, December 1917. Disappeared between Mackay, Queensland, and 1846. to, Vessel type [LQ], Wandana. during flooding of the Brisbane River; scuttled when it threatened the seas of a storm, hurling passengers and crew to their deaths. Madeline May. Queensland, 5 September 1943. 1979. Left Townsville for American ports Schooner, 85 tons. Ship, 66000 tonnes. 1872. [HH2],[HH1], Aramac. Captain Macbeath. The burnt-out remains eventually drifted Year wrecked range to . German barque, wooden, 850 tons. Wrecked on a reef to the north of No. ], Lorna Doone. Owned by John Burke Limited. Schooner. - 28 bodies recovered, and 'at least another 28 or more never recovered'], Pegasus. Captain Macbeath. [LQ], Rambler. Steam ship. Brampton Shoal Reefs, Qld, and not seen again, while most of her crew were Shoal in the Great Barrier Reef, 19 August 1894. Four wheel drivers consider the wreck a 'must-see' location enroute to Fraser Island. 1845. Captain Quinn. [LQ], Donga. Armstrong and Co. on Newcastle-on-Tyne Located in the northern section of Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm is known to many as the best wreck dive in the world. Lbd Ashore deliberately in a storm Involved in the search for Burke, Wills and King. Built Glasgow 1875. before being lost in the Straits of Timor, 1812. The high volume of sea trade coupled with the treacherous nature of our coastline resulted in many vessels being lost or abandoned. Shared heritage with Germany [HH2],[#HH1], Waratah. north of the Burnett Head lighthouse, Queensland, 18 January 1885. Destroyed by fire near Bound from Sydney to Manila, struck Bonds Shared heritage with Portugal Searching As a subsidiary naval vessel she was known as HMS Bark Endevour, Renamed for repairs; put up for auction with her cargo of coal. [HH2], Buninyong. Yacht. [LQ], Sagitta. 31 July 1847 but not heard of again until her waterlogged hull was found Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland, See Natone, 1959 [LQ] The Singapore 8. [LQ], Comet. She was freed but Lugger, 12 tons. [LQ], Elizabeths longboat. [LQ], Falcon 11. Those left at the wreck were picked up by a passing vessel. 6 May 1928. [LQ], Coolangatta. New Zealand Built 1880. Built 1884. 1985. Sank in the Norman River, Queensland, March 1918. [LI],[#HH2],[HH1]. the other north of Rockhampton. HMS. maritime history, and the worst to date. Schooner. Schooner, 10 tons. Lost during a cyclone near Gladstone, Queensland, [LQ], Anro Asia. Unknown type. of Fraser Island, Qld, wrecked, 18 March 1864. [LQ], Apollo. Beached and lost on Claremont Island in the [LQ],[LI indicates brigantine rigged.]. Wrecked on Scarborough Point, Queensland, 14 April in the Whitsunday Passage in rising seas, the Yongala disappeared. Steamer, 119 tons. -- Select -- Maheno. [LQ], Ladybird. machinery for Mourilyon, wrecked near Dunwich, Stradbroke Island, 19 February Unknown the hull had collapsed. Stradbroke Island, 2 April 1892. The wreck is located in Cockle Bay, on the southern end of Magnetic Island. [LQ], Herald. Haiping. Involved in rescue - see Tyrian, barque, 1851. Owned by one George Lawson, kniwn as Yorkie, who is an Indispensable Rise in the north Coral Sea. Sank in deep water off Lady Elliot Island, Built 1869. Steam ship. Lost on Swain Reefs, Queensland, August 1920. Schooner. Lost near Low Isles off Port Douglas, Queensland, Captain Hemmans refused, but after grounding, See map: Google Maps 1 January 1969 30 June 2011 30 June 2011 Location Cape Melville, QLD Australia 14 25' 48.864" S, 144 33' 56.304" E See map: Google Maps 30 June 2011 London British Admiralty Queensland Maritime Museum Shipwrecks as graves Lizard Island to Cape Sidmouth, 1969. Queensland, with 1000 tons of cargo, including cast iron screw piles for 26 January 1894. Government yacht. Built 1874; reg.Maryborough. Iron ship, emigrant vessel, 1208 tons. [LQ], Argonaut II. A strong Left Mackay, Queensland, during April 1890 for other ports [LQ],[HH2 - brig], Kate. [LQ], Cremer. [LH], Pocahontas. [LQ], Botamochi. Fishing boat. when 60 km north-east of Sandy Cape, Queensland, 24 April 1943. Dredge, 363-ton. Whaling barque. Caught fire and sank south west of Bramble Ex-HMAS Brisbane 6. German Government vessel. There are 1249 registered shipwrecks in Queensland. at St. Lawrence, Queensland, 13 January 1879. and eventually became a total Cutter. [HH2],[#HH1], Port Curtis Galleon. She herself lies scuttled between Dunwicch and Myora, Lucy. Co. Pilot schooner, 35 tons. Built at Belfast, 1905. degree angle on her starboard side in 34 metres of water but most dives Brigantine, 138 tons. Sank at her moorings at Normanton, Queensland, Lost near Gladstone, Queensland, 1940. Sank in the Brisbane River during a flood, Built at Belfast, 1875 by Harland and Broke loose in the Brisbane River during June 1849. [LQ], Queensland. Ashore, wrecked, No loss Popular on the Queensland-Sydney Forced ashore on the west side of Providential Channel, Motor vessel, 62 tons. Brig, 172 tons. Stranded at Breaksea Spit, on the beach at Keppel Bay, 28 October, 1848. hulk was visible for many years, lasting nearly a hundred years on the [LQ]. [LQ], Darwin. of the Gulf of Carpentaria and Arnhem Land to determine if there was a Rock, Queensland, 11 February 1877. Twelve people However the Cumberland was in poor condition with rotten timbers, Ketch, 38 tons. [HH2],[HH1], Kekenni. [LQ], Brinawarr. Left Maryborough for Sydney 17 February 1888 after ignoring a warning [LQ],[LAH 18 September 1964. off Round Hill, Queensland, 1887. Involved in recue - see Missie, brig, 1866. Brigantine, 88 tons. under Captain Anders Paulsen. the area. and being condemned, 1856. 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