The 'Mermaid' is famous for its role in the survey of the Australian coastline by Lieutenant Philip Parker King. The 'Mermaid' was used in three of the four voyages made by Parker King from 1817 to ...

After a career spanning more than 40 years, the interstate steamer Buninyong was withdrawn from service, stripped of fittings and scuttled in the Ships' Graveyard. The vessel was originally built for ...

In 1954, the Cathkit, previously named Arrah Na Poque, was purchased in Sydney for carrying limestone mined near Southport to the Australian Commonwealth Carbide Co. Ltd.'s works at Electrona on North ...

The 'Pearl Queen' was one of the pearling fleet wrecked during the cyclone which struck Cape Melville on the 4th and 5th of March 1899. The pearling fleet were anchored near Cape Melville at the time ...

Please note that the permits for protected zone access will take a minimum of 10 business days to process. Assessment time for permits proposing any impact to a protected site will take longer ...

The Merope sailed from our port on Thursday afternoon for Adelaide and was seen from the shore in the evening rounding the south-east point of the bay. It appears that at about 10 o'clock that night ...

The Wollomai had a long career as a regular Bass Strait trader, and was one of hundreds of brigantines, ketches and schooners known as the 'Mosquito Fleet'. It was built at Yarra Bank, Melbourne in ...

The gunboat 'Gayundah' was built in Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1884. The vessel was constructed for the Admiralty for service as a river gunboat. The 'Gayundah' arrived in Brisbane in March 1885 (Paterson ...

Shipwreck Id number: 5027 Vessel name: Unidentified Wreckage Type of vessel: Unknown Sailing rig type: Unknown Gross tonnage (imperial tons): Year wrecked: 1883 Jurisdiction: Western Australia Region: ...

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Shipwreck Id number: 4640 Vessel name: Pericles Type of vessel: Single screw steamer Sailing rig type: Unknown Gross tonnage (imperial tons): 10925.0 Year wrecked: 1910 Jurisdiction: Western Australia ...

The 'Coolangatta' was trying to enter the Tweed River during a gale when it was driven ashore northward of the River. The captain and several of the crew were ashore at the time attempting to locate a ...