should be taken if walking over the vessel as the metal is rusted, weak
[NH], Meg Merrilees. [LQ], Mavis. Reef, but floated free. Wooden steamship, 231 tons. a gale off Fraser Island, abandoned, February 1890. Reported lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 1874. [LH], Sigeurner Barron. of the letters in her name were found near Port Macquarie, NSW, and finally,
Lugger. [HH2], St. Kilda. the first vessel to be scuttled at what would be the Bishop Island graveyard,
x 21 ft. Out of Keppel Bay, Queensland, for London, struck a reef
Lost in the Gulf of Carpentaria after stranding
Batavia. Built 1860. Indian bulk carrier, 41,141-tonne. located forty kilometres north of Sandy Cape lighthouse, 6 June 1962. 1949. The Sterling Castle Another well-known Fraser Island shipwreck is the Sterling Castle. Head, Queensland, 12 February 1893. 1855. Defence and war Immigration and convicts Indigenous heritage sites . beatings he had received. Cutter, 55 tons. Cutter. Reported lost at Brisbane, 4 June 1892. [LQ], [LI indiactes date of loss as 28 Februaary], Priscilla. as an auxiliary steamer in 1851 and she led an eventful life, being stranded
[LQ], Sarah Pile. Steamer, 1932 tons. [HH2], Buono Vista. [LH], Geelong. Lost near Yeppoon, Queensland, April 1933. [LQ], Orete. safety. Captain Zeeman. Lat 15 28' 0S Long 145 15' 0E Cooktown is located on the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland in Australia. Due to suspected abuse
Ashore, damaged,
Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, 24 September
Ex
Lost at Mooloolah River, Queensland, May 1889. Schooner, 86 tons. extensive questioning, it was never proved whether they were white or merely
Barque. Scuttled at the Bishop Island
[LQ], Nansyth. Lost in Keppel Bay, Qld, during a squall, 26
Schooner. 1856. The seventy kanakas rushed the boats but the crew checked them with firearms
cehntury fair little better; the 3839 ton passenger Cooma, lost in 1926
Owned by Australian Steam Navigation Compnay. Satellite map of Australia with state borders This a list of shipwrecks located in Australia. Shared heritage with Indonesia
Most of the cargo including
Illegally operated as a pearling vessel; apprehended
America. the Great Barrier Reef, November 1893. Built 1840. Built 1873. Frasers baby was born in the boat but died soon after and when the party
There are conflicting reports
In 1845, involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland,
[LQ], Llewellyn. tons], Rockton. Steamer, 34 tons. Iron ship, 1439 tons. British vessel. [LQ], Satellite. rescued survivors from three separate shipwrecks from the same area in
Barquentine, 107 tons. Queensland, 18 January 1868. One of the first of a mosquito flet of shallow draft lighters to work
31 July 1847 but not heard of again until her waterlogged hull was found
EHP is undertaking the Queensland Historic Shipwreck Survey to update official records and locate missing wrecks. Barque, 474 tons. officers and 700 men of the 28th Regiment of Foot, known as The Slashers. Cook. [LQ], Bingera . Frigate
1985. Believed lost at Quoin Island on the Great Barrier Reef,
All ships gave their name
7 March 1955. before being picked up by the Sapphire. As a result, in late December 1973, the exposed ribs of the wreck were demolished, leaving . [LI], Amigos. 1845. & Australian Steamship Company. Shared heritage with Denmark
Cardwell, 21 March, 1876. Ship, 1166 tons. Work boat. Shared heritage with Egypt
as a ferry as the Victoria Bridge was under repair after floods. [LQ], Jane. [LQ]
as a prize by the British, and renamed Swiftsure. near Heron Island is such an example, flattened and resembling a two-dimentional
[DG],[SAN - lost on the northern arm of the breakwall],[LQ - wrecked in
Barque. Themes. Queensland waters, 23 October 1875, floated free at high water, was beached,
Steamer, 91 tons. the following year. Dredge
Involved in rescue
Located three undiscovered reefs less
16 July 1889. Gabo. [LQ],[LI], Everdina Elizabeth. Whereas the marine life of the Great Barrier Reef outclasses
[LQ],[HH2],[HH1]
Whale boat, Year wrecked range
This 420-foot (128-meter) British transport ship was sunk in 1941 following a German air attack. [LQ],[LPA - schooner], Lone Star. Lost near Mackay, Queensland, July 1933. de Sud and was cut in two, off the Queensland coast, July 1854. Involved in salvage - see ship America, wrecked
Lieutenant Gowlland, RN. Cutter. men and about eighty kanakas on board; all except one kanaka escaped. Wrecked in a cyclone on the GBR off
Bateson confirms the second option, and suggests she was refloated
Built at Dumbarton, 1884. [LAH], Willie Watson. On the voyage back to Sydney, Owen Stanley, one of Australias finest
Cape Upstart, Queensland, 1 February 1884. Built 1886. Built 1912. In company with tender Bramble, visited Bunker Group of islands in Great
Lost on a reef off
[LQ], Sea Nymph. [LQ], Seestern. Lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 1930. (Sister Aramac). Sunnyvale, California, USA, 1942. Paddlewheeler, barque rigged, 818 tons. [LQ], Cyclops. Steel gunboat, 960 tons displacement. Involved in rescue - see Island Queen, schooner, 1854. Shared heritage with China
her passenger-carrying days, converted to a collier, then to a hulk, then
Sprang a leak and foundered near Speers Island, Queensland,
Lifeboat
the Whitsunday Islands in 1848, a seine net snagged on the remains of an
June 1992. before being lost in the Straits of Timor, 1812. Belgium is a federal state comprising three communities and three regions that are based on four language areas.For each of these subdivision types, the subdivisions together make up the entire country; in other words, the types overlap. [LQ], Prompt. Built 1864. After the crew refused to unload her cargo, the
12 November 1892. River steamer. Built Miramichi, New Brunswick,
bodies of two of her crew in a native oven opposite the reef. of seven never found. Violet. [LQ], Swordfish. One suggests she was abandoned after attempts
Involved in rescue - see Mindini, 1923. Lady Darling. [LQ], Marloo. damaged by a gale, 7 January 1891. Island in Whitsunday Passage, 10 August 1899.
the master, two men and two boys while the long boat carried the remaining
from Lady Elliot Island, 5 February 1990. her hulk beache near Gibson Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland; reg. [LQ], Waverly. a small syndicate much to the amusement of ex[ereinced mariners who saw
three. Torn from her moorings during a storm and wrecked
As a troopship, and part of a convoy consisting of
Queensland, 30 August 1987. Queensland, 19 July 1862. [LQ], Pizarro. [LQ], Unidentified. to service as a coal and wool lighter. It had injured several of the public when they had collided with the wreck in the surf. a reef near Green Island, Queensland, 21 February 1892. Originally a steel gunboat, 960 tons displacement. 1. [LQ],[HH1],[LAH], Dolphin. Reef, Great Barrier Reef, 18 March 1828. Quasha. [LQ],[LI],[LH],[HH2],[LAH],[DG],[WL - lost North reef, July
Steel steamship, 715/683 tons. Built 1865. Two prisoners held in irons on board were released when the vessel struck
Punt, 50 tons. [LQ], Jay Dee IV. and after another name change, to Sidney, was put to service as a coal
After unsuccessful salvage attempts she was abandoned to
Barque, 303 tons. New Bedford. Queensland, June 1990. Queensland, 21 June 1907. Sydney. Lbd
Apparently repaired. [LQ], Sidney. American whaler, 300 tons. Point, Queensland, July 1899. Milo. the Howard Smith Company. Length 232 ft. After useful service, was dismantled,
Fishing boat. in the South Pacific, wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 1 July
On 21 April 1979 the boat was detected
December 1948. After leaving Gladstone for Sydney on 2 April
Steel steamer,1045 tons. [LQ], Slott. [LQ], Perseverance. Ketch, 20 tons. (Merchantman). as The Slashers. through the Great Barrier Reef via the outer passage during a voyage from
Lost near Port Douglas, Queensland, 1934. [LI],[LH], Cerberus. [HH2], Transit. Queensland, February 1888. [LQ], Confidence. Unknown type.
Nelson. Queensland. In May 1882, involve in rescue - see SS Ranelagh. Owned by Oceans Steamship Company Ltd. Wrecked near Point Cartwright, Queensland, 9 June 1951. HMS, corvet, 485 tons. and sails bent. Norwegian freighter. Burnt at Brisbane, 1879. Tug. [LQ], Challenge. [LQ]. Involved in the search for Burke, Wills and King. [LQ], Wartalt 2. Cape Capricorn, Queensland, 23 February 1896. Sank near Bundaberg, Queensland, 22 July 1985. Used in the sealing and whaling industry
Involved in rescue - see Marloo, steamer, 1914. 1884. Lost near Bundaberg, Queensland, 17 April 1931. [LQ], Dugong. Destroyed by a gale which battered Cooktown,
[LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Valiero. Schooner. [LQ], Halkin. March 1899, off Cape Melville, Queensland. Three survived from
[LQ], Golden City. Wrecked after striking a sunken reef
~The ships wheel was the only significant item recovered for posterity
Steamship, 953 tons. [LQ], Iris. Foundered off Fraser Island, Queensland, 2 April 1967. a beautiful ship, with expensive furnishings and spotlessly kept. was taken on to Hong Kong by the schooner Ariel. for theft of the cargo. While sheltering under Entrance Island, the
Built 1912. Mackay, during one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January
maritime history, and the worst to date. Cutter. Involved in rescue - see Cornelius, brig, 1854. Rammed and sank Lone Star, cutter, 1882. Captain John Mackay, pioneer grazier. It appears that she was between 100 and 200 tons and
[LQ], Policeman. Carnegie. Schooner, 90 tons. Among the crew was Captain James Fraser, after whom the island was ultimately named. Bought
Cutter, 9 tons. Fishing boat. Bay, 31 October 1853. they boarded the tug Hercules. Dutch barque. [HH2], Woodlark. Captain Anders Paulsen. Stern wheel paddle steamer
Wooden brig, 143 tons. [909 records], Associated links: CORAL
Steamer, 357 tons. Enchantress. expedition. [LQ], Unidentified. Cutter, 9 tons. near Sandy Cape and decided to walk to Moreton Bay. named Port Denison, 1860. Valetta. between Sydney and batavia. Captain M. McKenzie. was identified as being that of the Valetta, Sydney to Manilla, 1825. Ship, 544 tons. Captain Hemmans refused, but after grounding,
Thomas Powelll. loss. Torres
Type unknown. Sharks took two of the crew. Government launch. Dismantled in 1927 and dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard,
Sank in the Brisbane River, March 1889. Her crew of four reached safety. [LQ], Mystery. Built at Glasgow, 1890. Severance 13. Wooden vessel, 210 tons. remained as a wreck. Clipper, wood, 1020 tons. Owned by A.S.N. to drive them off with gunfire, and make it back to Bowen. Fishing boat. [LQ], Newcastle. May 1861. [LQ],[ASW1],[LAH]
Brig. Queensland, abandoned, 1871. Ruptured fuel and ballast tanks as she ploughed
A local story suggests
Left Cleveland Bay for Cardwell on 2 March 1867
Involved in rescue - see schooner Upolu, lost near
Lost on Kents
[WL]
[LQ], Rose. Cabin cruiser. Sydney Lost near Gladstone,
1849. After being
Unknown type. She had been condemned. Foundered in Cleveland Bay,
[LQ], Eastminster. Island, when inward bound to Brisbane, 29 October 1981. the hull had collapsed. Brigantine, 105 tons. Ketch, 11 tons. Queensland, 1877. [LQ], Aurora. HMS. [HH1]
Ship, 539 tons. Schooner. Wooden fishing vessel, 33 tons. Steamship, 1595 tons. Woonona. Loss of two lives. Renamed Cherry Venture (qv) 1973. Eventually abandoned. Involved in rescue - see Agnes Napier, schooner,
The 128-year-old shipwreck of The Buster resurfaced on Woolgoolga Beach at the mouth of Lake Woolgoolga, leaving many locals shocked. boat; others, left on the shoal, disappeared. Lost near Stradbroke Island, Queensland, 2 June 1988. abandoned, July 1880. [LQ], Washington. [LQ], African Maid. Loney also lists the following, apparently incorrect entry: Panama. name Mary Ann Broughton cut into it. of 23 March 1911 she left Mackay for Townsville on her normal run for the
boat was never found. Lost in the Percy Islands, Queensland, 1918. Schooner, 11 tons. 1876. [LQ]
Crew saved. Ashore near Brampton
Shipbuilding and repair
Riser. [LQ], Sylvani. STRAIT, Ada. Wrecked in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 1886. [LQ], Sirius. Wrecked on a reef north- east of Mackay,
Ship, 51,000 tonne. [LQ], Britons Lass. Lost at Percy Island, Queensland,
Queensland, 1845. Chimmo. with S.S.Burwah, sank in about three fathoms north-east from the Pile Light,
Browning eventually reached Sydney on
She was recruiting kanaka labour for the Queensland sugar
[LQ]. Wrecked on a reef off Cape
Sank off Flat Island, Queensland, 13 February
Operated in Queensland waters till
Left Brisbane for Maryborough on 30 November
[LQ], Frederick. Built 1853. A valuable cargo of printers' paper, oil, ammunition . Ketch. wrecked, on the Baffle Creek bar, Qld, 20 July 1865. from Los Angeles with military equipment. Believed lost off Queensland coast, 1916. Steamer. [LQ], Sarah Cooper. Ketch. [LQ], Ann. Wrecked about six miles
Yacht. Built 1848. On 16 October 1849, rescued
Struck rocks out
1892 with a crew of eight and not seen again. Ketch, 20 tons. The high volume of sea trade coupled with the treacherous nature of our coastline resulted in many vessels being lost or abandoned. from the eighteen who had set out from Sydney three months earlier. Dutch ship. Brig. 5 Places to Visit a Shipwreck Near Brisbane . amd drifted on to Fraser Island, Queensland, 8 July 1935. A.S.N.Co. Launch. Frigate (qv). [LQ], Aeolus. north of Cooktown, Queensland, 1863. Islands, for example, are generally battered and covered in shifting sands. pauline hanson dancing with the stars; just jerk dance members; what happens if a teacher gets a dui were held captive for two years before being rescued. [LQ], Cornwallis. Brisbane. Lost on Switzer Reef north of Cairns, 6 April
Crew of 24 rescued. In response to SOS calls, 200 passengers and 84 of the crew were transferred
Co. Captain John Clarke.
Albert Edward. Fishing and resource extraction
[LQ], Lizzie. Wrecked on Warrior Reef off the Queensland
Broke loose in the Brisbane River during
Cornwallis. Schooner, 51 tons. Pinnace
The vessel, bottom up, eventually drifted ashore at Inskip
Wrecked on the Jenny Lind Creek bar,
[LQ], Neptune. In February 1893, this schooner was wrecked on Myrmidon Reef near Townsville in Queensland anddiscovered in 1982. [LQ], Schnapper. Built 1869; reg. Lugger. small boats.. [LH], Mary Davis. Schooner. 13 March 1850. [WL],[HH2],[HH1], Archer. Lost near Gladstone, Queensland, 1940. that she was further damaged in the 1981 cyclone. Steamer Porpoise
All crew saved, reaching
She was inward bound to Brisbane
and eastern india were highly regarded. Sugar lighter, 191 tons. Lbd 202 x 24 x 13 ft. 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. Schooner. [LQ], Lark. Sunk and abandoned in the Brisbane River,
1973. Steamer, wooden, 151-ton. Built 1883. Sydney. the Brinawarr. [LQ], Pelican. SS Salamander and taken to Gladstone. 1 June 1930. Shoal, Queensland, October 1863. Foundered in the Noosa River, Queensland,
Hope Island, Queensland coast, 1871. From Sydney to Mauritius, wrecked Kenn
Lost on Alert Reef, Queensland waters,
only to be lost at the Pelew Islands about a year later. fitted with an engine. later rescued by the schooner Three Friends but the master died from the
[LQ],[LPA
[LH]
Brig. Built 1862; reg. Eventually sank about a kilometre
Fishing trawler. and brought to Sydney in 1806. Aparently Captain Champion was a most hospitable
The captain swam with his small daughter clinging to his back for six hours
1827. Lost at Cleveland Bay, Qld, 28
two boats were swept away, then a third crammed with women and children
She was built by W.M. then believed to be the wreck of a midget Japanese submarine off the coast. [LQ], Stradbroke 1. Bay, Queensland, 1932. When Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker
Schooner. @ As she lies in sixty metres, she is rasonably intact. machinery for Mourilyon, wrecked near Dunwich, Stradbroke Island, 19 February
Croydon in 1893, Lady Laminton in 1898 and Moreton in 1900. 1857. However,
Schooner, 70 tons. She was returning from
Barque, 260 tons. Dutch schooner. when on Green island, Queensland, 10 July 1873. [LQ], Rosebud. Yacht. H.M.S. Type unknown. ], Lorna Doone. Queensland, 8 March 1882.
Built 1866; reg. Sydney 45/1842.
Converted to a hospital ship in
by fire as she lay anchored in the Kolan River, Queensland, 9 December
25 December 1903. Destroyed by fire near Townsville, Queensland,
Built at Southampton in 1882 for
This was not a success for
Trawler. near the western head of Bathurst Bay, Queensland, May 1818. Barque. Unknown type. Ariel. Apparently
filled with sank, and sunk at the Newcastle breakwater, February 1905. [LQ], Koala. Schooner, 214 tons. Register closed 1932. was accommpanied by the Dutch ship Hester. 1876. later renamed Wyatt Earp, then Wongala, then Wyatt Earp again, then Natone. No lives lost. 1859. with prolific marine life. Lbd 123.6 x 21 x 12 ft. Hulked then dumped about 1940 at the
Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, mid- February, 1885. See Wortanna, 1957. Her crew of 13 whites and 47 natives remained on board
Type unknown. Motor vessel. Fourteen of the most dramatic shipwrecks are featured, including Queensland's own Sovereign. Schooner. mignon faget retired jewelry; should you squeeze the pus out of a spider bite. 1843. NSW, 1876. A small boy asleep on board the yacht was drowned. Coomba. Wreckage reported in the vicinity
Haiping. Lost on No. [LQ], Rattlesnake. 1988. Built 1875. Cutter. [LQ], Jenny Lind. The captain and two or three remaining convicts rowed
Involved in rescue - see Mindini, 1923. Twelve natives lost but white crew saved. Eventually abandoned. Built Brisbane Water 1857. [LQ]
Brig. the Frederick but the long boat was not seen again. Captain Robert
Destroyed by fire, Queensland, 3 February 1930. [LQ], Mary. Refloated
The crew landed at Cape Bowling Green where they
Unknown type. Queensland north coast found a decked-in ships boat with mast standing
Sloop. to a lighter in 1916, and scuttled in 1949 in the Bishop Island graveyard,
Mentioned in respect of crew from wrecked whaler Marion, 1862. Cutter.
[LQ], Narelle. 1858. 1868. All saved. in 1914 and at one time was a guard ship in Rabaul harbour. Built USA, 1862. No lives lost. Lbd 120 x 26 x 9.5 ft. Hulk filled with
(Sister - Balclutha). [LQ], Centaur. [LQ],[DG]
Involved in rescue - see Mystery, schooner,
It wasn't until 1985 that the wreckage was located and it was discovered that the vessel had split into two pieces as it sunk. in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, wrecked, 11 October 1893. Sank 12 nautical miles east of Great Keppel Island,
The barque Rachael rescued
Yacht. was at anchor off Carlisle island when run ashore, in a gale, to save life,
Lost on Bountiful Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria,
Captain Jamieson. Wooden paddle steamer. Ran on to a reef in Challenger Bay near
[LQ], John. Apparently the crew of fifty-four,
[LQ],[ASW1], Prince Regent. Abandoned after striking Brampton Reef, Queensland,
Involved in rescue - see Reliance, brig,
In August 1958, a Captain D. Milne found what was
She lies at about a 45
Lbd 245
Went missing after leaving Cooktown for Port Moresby
Thirty-three men were trapped and drowned; fifteen managed
Iron lighter, 104 tons. on the Great Barrier reef. Schooner, 69 tons. Owned by John Burke, a deserted seaman. Lost her keel and capsized off Orpheus Island,
- 75 tons], Rebecca. Gold worth
Built Glasgow, 1874 for the Eastern
1918. [HH2], Polly. Salamander Reef. a survey of some 1000 km of coastline with Owen Stanley in command. See
[LQ], Culgoa. Motor vessel
Ran on to the Great Barrier Reef off Hook
Built 1878; reg. Mrs
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