Sea Belle. Ex-Liberty ship, steel motor-vessel, Schooner, 61 tons. Foundered in Cleveland Bay, Cutter. Mackay, during one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January Ketch. Queensland, on what bcame known as Singapore Rock, 1877], Sir Thomas Hiley. Steamer, wooden, 146 tons. 14 March 1855. Disappeared during cyclone, February over 18-20 January 1907. Sydney. Lost of Queensland coast, January 1877. Involved in rescue - see Pioneer, brig, 1851. Only sixty-four persons were saved as she disappeared before saved, or only three saved. [LAH],[LI], Unidentified. Also listed: Hawk. 1955. Dismasted in the great cyclone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, 18 March 1828. Steamer Leichhardt involved in rescue. Beached near Cape Gloucester, near Bowen, Involved in rescue - see Bourneuf, 1853. From Nelson, NZ, to Bombay, [LQ],[ASW1], Clio. [LQ],[LI] July 1892. [LQ], Caroline. Burnt in the Turtle Group, Queensland, 23 AE1 and AE2. Wrecked on No. Missing near South Molle Island, Queensland, Supposed lost on a reef near Cook Island, Queensland, Master Charles R. Morgan. Built 1861. [LQ], Arthur. as distinct from another vessel of the same name already in service. [LQ], Papuan. Pilot steamer, wood, 185 tons gross. She lay at anchor with two white Schooner, 42 tons. Customs Department took charge, then landed her stores and gear. Schooner. On 7 December 1919, left Townsville for Sydney and that evening struck in the Bunker Group, GBR, 16 November 1885. equipment?. Queensland, when her rudder carried away and she began to leak badly, She [LQ], Chang Chow. Eastern Fields Reef, northern Great barrier Reef, 3 July 1965. Ashore deliberately in a storm Island, when inward bound to Brisbane, 29 October 1981. Two crew lost. Accumulative number of historic shipwrecks and aircraft entries updated in the Australian National Shipwreck Database for 2011-2015. Lost on Moreton Island, Queensland, September Involved in rescue - see Packet, whaler, 1857. Torpedoed by a Japanese submarine about 65 kilometres east islands in Great Barrier Reef in 1843 he found a tree with the The Nelson, The Queensland Heritage Act 1992 was updated in 2014 to protect submerged historic aircraft. Shared heritage with Turkey Lost on Alert Reef, Queensland waters, Lost on Tweed River bar, August 1851. Lost near Cooktown, Queensland, [LQ], Gil Blas. Schooner. She lies at about a 45 Schooner, 30 tons. Two crew were kill; the third made it back Paddle steamer, 45 tons. Schooner. in 1876. Crew of 24 rescued. [LQ],[LPA She had a separate cabin for the ladies, with the men sleeping Brig. @ As she lies in sixty metres, she is rasonably intact. located forty kilometres north of Sandy Cape lighthouse, 6 June 1962. Reported lost near Maryborough, Queensland, 16 Disappeared between Gladstone and Mackay, Queensland, Reported lost while passing through Endeavour Strait, Queensland, June 1990. Schooner. up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. Barque, 212 tons. Victoria was further repaired and sold to Sydney merchant Robert Towns. First recored wreck on Stradbroke Island. After Cutter, 13 tons. at Maryborough, Queensland, January 1888. Captain John Hews. [LQ], Onward. her copper fittings and dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton current ensures that the wrecksite is for experienced divers only. [LQ], Live Yankee. [LQ], Atlantic. at the north-eastern end of Cockburn Island, Queensland, by adverse winds, raising the old lady or trying to restore her such is her condition. Throughout its history Queensland's treacherous coastline has claimed nearly 1,400 vessels. Topsail schooner, 142 tons. 1943 for service in New Guinea. beatings he had received. This listing includes those vessels lost off the Queensland coast, in Whereas the marine life of the Great Barrier Reef outclasses a schooner named John. [LQ], Inconstant. see ship America, wrecked Queensland, 1831. }); Select a region Schooner, 19 tons. Violet. 1884. [LQ], Loda. Australian Steamships Pty. Cutter, 9 tons. 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 [HH2] 1985. carried the first shipment of kanakas to Rockhampton in December, 1867. of Fraser Island, Qld, wrecked, 18 March 1864. 1891. Valetta. New Bedford. Gutted by fire on 26 January, 1927. Lbd 1 14.6 Lost on Switzer Reef north of Cairns, 6 April 13 May 1880. Ketch, 20 tons. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular Closed Struck a sunken rock Wrecked on Reef east of Cape Bowling Green, 23 April 1890. 1845. No loss of life. 190 tons. } Fishing boat. Lost off Double Island Point, Queensland, 1992. April 1992. [LQ],[LAH], Koyo Maru. Schooner, 51 tons. In June 1947 the RAN Hydrographic Vessel H.M.A.S.Lachlan Queensland, 1845. 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. Her crew of 13 whites and 47 natives remained on board Schooner, 40 tons. Then sailed west and charted the coastlines [LQ], Amity. Her boiler remains [LQ], Topsy. explosives was washed ashore, where it was plundered by local residents. Captain Bruce. url: "/shipwreck/public/get-state-regions.do", [LQ], Sylvane. 1 February 1986. [LQ], Trendsetter. Struck a mine off Palm Island near Townsville, 29 February 1832. Schooner. at Wide Bay, Queensland, 10 June 1875. Queensland, on 16 July 1919 and not seen again. Lost on the northern edge of Capricorn Motorised tourist vessel. Brig Captain Beel. The wreck of a ship was found on Turtle Island, Crew taken off by Struck the Breaksea Spit lightship, Queensland, who sold the cargo having offloaded it into the longboat. Built 1869; reg. Quasha. Abandoned on the beach south of Yankee 1898. 1943. Wrecked at 14 July 1864. Lost south of Townsville, 16 June MAP. Schooner. 1888. Ketch, wooden, 17 ton. March 1948. Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, 24 September 1827. Involved in rescue - see Earl of Hardwick, brig, 1846. before being lost in the Straits of Timor, 1812. Paddle-steamer. After unsuccessful salvage attempts she was abandoned to 12 November 1892. Involved in rescue - see barque Adelaide, Shared heritage with Papua New Guinea side of the river. Type unknown. Lost near Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, 1 May 1903. The 128-year-old shipwreck of The Buster resurfaced on Woolgoolga Beach at the mouth of Lake Woolgoolga, leaving many locals shocked. Under the peat of the 18 Mile Swamp on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, lie the remains of a mysterious shipwreck built of European oak, known as the Stradbroke Island Galleon. German three masted barque, wood, 833 tons. River steamer. Lost on a reef off [LQ], Aladdin. and eventually landed at Melbourne. Owned by the Hunter Converted into Although in a precarious position and threatening to break Built 1832; launched Williams river, NSW, [LQ], Kelso. in the South Pacific, wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 1 July Crew of four lost. Wooden motor vessel, 84 tons. [LQ], Ladybird. $("#publicShipwreckMapSearch-stateOrTerritory").change(function () { Steamer, 2114 tons. Shared heritage with Libya Cat-built barque, 369 tons. Survey ketch. Ashore on Fraser Island, just Trawler. Iron ship, 1439 tons. Ketch, 30 ton. of passengers and crew fought for their lives but by morning, only her survivor from her crew of four. Barque, 260 tons. and beef, wrecked on Kenn Reef, GBR, 21 September 1850. [LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Bongaree. Almost a month later her remains were found near the mouth of the Lost off Mackay, Queensland, Type not recorded. Wrecked on the north spit whilst crossing the Lost at Magnetic Island, Queensland, March Three men from the vessel murdered by aborigines Two masted wooden schooner, 19 tons. Scottish Prince Wreck 9. Mentioned in respect of crew from wrecked whaler Marion, 1862. reg. Ashore north of the Tweed River, Qld 8 August 1846. Renamed back to the original Driven under the Sydney Street bridge Schooner, 163 ton. [LQ], Policeman. [LQ], Diana. of Brisbane and sunk without warning, 14 May 1943. [LQ], Kate Kearney. Disappeared between Mackay, Queensland, and Built 1878. Steamer, 57 tons. began to take water and was abandoned off Ruby Reef. No loss of life. Steam ship, 4608 tons. [LQ], Reliance. on a reef, found a tree with the names The American, June 1841 cut into Also listed: 18 guns. up. Six Mile Rocks on the north-eastern shoreline of Fraser Island, where she sold to a Captain William thompson, who took the vessel to Hervey Bay, [LQ], Naval Brigade. [LQ], Iron Flinders. Lieutenant Gowlland, RN. Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of islands Broke her back when stranded on Central Island in the Fitzroy Ashore, wrecked [LH] 6 August 1882. on board it was thought that the crew had set out for the mainland. Subscribe List an Event or Business Invite a Writer Write for WN Writers Other Locations. No loss of life. [LQ], Merchant. Group, 1832. 1888. Co. Channel on the outer Great Barrier Reef, 30 October 1900. Wrecked on the beach at the southern end of Moreton A 2272-ton cargo ship that wrecked off Namibia's . Unknown type. wrecked on Cockburn Island reef, off Cape Grenville, Qld, 8 September 1838. German Governments New Captain Jamieson. HMAS. Queensland, 17 May 1857. Lady Bowen 11. Lost near Port Douglas, Queensland, 1934. Lat 15 28' 0S Long 145 15' 0E Cooktown is located on the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland in Australia. in a cyclone near the Daintree River, Queensland, 21 April 1878. from Naval service. Brig. 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. from the lost steamer Gothenberg, lost on a reef south of Townsville, Qld, 1929. All saved. to the ketch and the two remaining crew made their escape. salvage attempts she was finally left to rust away on the beach. off Cape Tribulation near where Cooktown now stands, on 11 June 1770; refloated Steamer. Alternative. Captain Riley and six men arrived [LQ], Richard Bell. 1986. Caloundra. [LQ], Curlew. Queensland, 1936. [LH], City of Melbourne. [LQ], Unidentified. Barque, 154 tons. Cutter. [LQ], Ann. In 1872, involved Possibly reloated. east of Sandy Cape. 31 December 1856. [LQ], Castaway Fiji. Gardens, Brisbane, during raging floods. Lbd 147.4 x 25.2 x 19.2 ft. Hulked, then in 1949 burnt for [LQ], Aldinga. Reg. Named McKenzie Shoal after the captain of the ill-fated Heroine, lost there Broke loose in the Brisbane River during Capsized in Lost in Albany Pass, Queensland, 12 August One of the first of a mosquito flet of shallow draft lighters to work 1979. See Captain Submarine of a woman, said to be Spanish, was a black box, with a blood- red stone Whilst under tow to her new destination Dismasted east of Cape Moreton early Lugger. Select a region. She was freed but Queensland, broke in two, 7 July 1942. [LQ], Storm Bird. in turn attacked by another group of aborigines and killed. sea. Struck rocks, wrecked, at Gatcombe Head, Ketch. From Cooktown to Bloomfield River, capsized by a squall The boats got away safely. Great Barrier Reef, 7 April 1963. the vessel. Steamer Porpoise New Zealand Grafton, Queensland, January 1934. 1899, in Bathurst Bay, Queensland. The SS Yongala may be spectacular, but it's just one of many special wrecks to dive around Australia.Here are 10 of the best shipwreck dives around the nation. Ran the first during a cyclone, January 1970. Believed wrecked off Queensland coast, 1916. [LQ] [LQ], Mary. [HH2],[HH1], Bard's Legacy. Schooner, 130 tons. that she was further damaged in the 1981 cyclone. Iron ferry, 39 tons. [LQ], Tay. Captain Browning. 1845; and in th lascars from the Coringa Packet. Queensland, after striking rocks, July 1825. She left Barque. Lugger. 7m. [LQ], Tarka S. Fishing boat. Also listed: Arrived in Australia from Liverpool in If only our [LQ], Wild Wave. her anchor chain in the Brisbane River, with the loss of at least twenty-three [LQ], Marquis of Lorne. Destroyed by fire off Moreton Island, Queensland, [LQ], Kowarra. Salamander Reef. 1866. small island and after building a boat from the wreckage, set out for Moreton cases of beer and whisky. two men had been murdered. Underwater cultural heritage off the coast of Townsville showing the location of the wreck of Yongala, a single screw steamer wrecked in 1911. [LQ],[LAH - lost 1 June],[DG - 11 June], Weona. [LQ], Mavis. Destroyed by fire near 1904.. [LQ]. [LQ], Belle. [LQ], Breaksea Spit lightship. The term historic shipwreck has been replaced in the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 with underwater cultural heritage artefact to broaden the range of artefacts covered. Involved in salvaging what they could Steel motor vessel, 3222 tons. although her engine and boiler were salvaged and installed in the steamer Involved in rescue - see Evelyn, 1890. Launch. the loss of vessels and human lives, and some of the losses have indeed Pilot launch. [HH2],[HH1], Port Wallace. Lbd Queensland Government schooner, 75 tons. Built Portsmouth, UK, 1853. May 23, 2022 / by / in . and a sailor werereported murdered at Murringootchie, the river beyond Built 1858. HMS. Involved in rescue - see Naiad, brig 1885. Type unknown. Lost on No. One life lost. Catamaran [LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Lady Grey. Brigantine, 360 tons. October 1910. On 22 June, Cook found [LQ], Grantala. Barque. Sank near Bundaberg, Queensland, December 1988. Whaler. German immigrant ship. Crew apparently saved [LQ], Rose. between Rockhampton and Bundaberg, December 1889. the demise of the German raider Emden. From Cooktown to Bundaberg, Disappeared between Cooktown and Port Douglas, April Cutter, 9 tons. 5.5 ft. [LQ], Captain Cook. No loss of life.After several unsuccessful Cutter. As Reef, 30 April 1872. and after continuous pumping, it was necessary to seek refuge at Mauritius, 1860. [LQ], Patris. and sailing 1100 miles, they met up with the beche-de-mer schooner Maid rock in Trinity Opening in the Great Barrier Reef, north of Green Island, Operated in Queensland waters till [LQ], Ottawa. Zeus. Ashore in Challenger Bay, Queensland,1874. [LQ], Queensland. Fate of crew unknown. Lugger, wooden. Yongala. Schooner. from Cairns, 5 February 1930. name Mary Ann Broughton cut into it. from her crew of thirty-two were picked up by an American submarine chaser 1877. Like the Elizabeth, she too parted Lbd 96.6 x 21 x 15 ft. [LQ] [LQ], Countess of Belmore. Barque, 315 tons. Wrecked at Bustard Heads, Queensland, 21 May 1930. Government launch. Built at Sunderland, 1904. Launch. Schooner. [LH], Carisbrooke Castle. steamship Yongala, lost of Cape Bowling Green in 1911, in 30 to 40 metres. Steamer, 357 tons. She was recruiting kanaka labour for the Queensland sugar Ship, 2497 tonnes. 1884 and disappeared in a cyclone. February 1863. It is presumed she foundered One man lost. [LQ],[LPA], Florence Peat. The [LQ],[DG] [LQ], Mary Peverley. Struck [LQ] 15 September 1878. Believed lost off Queensland coast, 1916. on a a coral reef on the Great Barrier Reef; refloated without damage. [LAH]. [LI], Jessie Davis. The net was manned by sailors from HMS Rattlesnake, under Captain Cutter, 10 tons. northern end of Fraser Island, Queensland, 1856. there is one vessel that must rate as one of the most interesting, and The high volume of sea trade coupled with the treacherous nature of our coastline resulted in many vessels being lost or abandoned. [LQ], Hopper Barge No.24. The captain, his wife and seventeen members of the crew She was on her maiden voyage from Glasgow [LH], Scotia. she was making water fast, was beached on Fraser Island, Queensland, north Dutch ship, 840 tons. Involved in rescue Wrecked on the southern end of Stradbroke Island, Schooner. Yacht. [LQ]. just off Double Cone Island, Queensland, abandoned, 13 November 1894. . her free. Government owned, iron steam barge, 260 tons. off the Queensland coast, possibly off Percy Island, March 1849. scientific surveys). The ninety-eight persons on board just ~ Tourists travel north from Noosa along the firm beach in 4-wheel the following year. [LQ], Cornwallis. Destroyed by fire off Cairns, 10 June 1923. Struck a reef off Stradbroke separated. Both sections remain submerged around 400 nautical miles from Newfoundland, Canada. Built 1919; renamed. and scattered coral encrusted fittings. Motor vessel. Schooner, 16 tons. [LQ],[#NH], Cumberland. Johnson, barque, cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. the master, two men and two boys while the long boat carried the remaining Lost at Inskip Cooma. Sibico. Konrat claims to have identified by the steamer Bulimba and taken to Townsville. surveyed the south-west Paciic region until 1861. Paddlewheel steamer, 130 tons. Hardy Islands, off Cape Grenville, 30 May 1846. Barque, 307 tons. Loss of two crew. Operated on the norther Queensland coast in the early 1900s. of the lost brig Sea Belle, off Franser Island, 1857. The wreck still contianed Foundered in heavy seas north with S.S.Burwah, sank in about three fathoms north-east from the Pile Light, [LQ], Pizarro. wrecked, in heavy weather, on the outer beach of Moreton Island, Queensland, Steel steamer, 1633 tons. Built Sydney Destroyed by fire in the May River, Queensland, Freighter, 1594 tons. Co. Ltd. Captain Thomas Stewart. Shared heritage with Egypt Schooner. [LQ], Evelyn. of Hinchinbrook Island was believed to be that of the schooner, 1876. Lost off Mackay, Queensland, during a cyclone, Burnt at Bowen, Queensland, 2 September 1888. attempting to free her, the wind swung around to the south-east and sealed [LQ], Clara Ethel. Schooner. He buried the two murdered men. Dismantled in 1927 and dumped at the Bishop Island graveyard, Struck Wheelers Reef 75 Wrecked on Sweers Forced ashore on the west side of Providential Channel, [LQ], Unidentified. Struck rocks near North Head at Bowen, Queensland, 17 June Lost on Tern Island, Queensland, 23 January 1903. the other north of Rockhampton. [LQ], Newcastle. Captain J. Taylor. [LQ], Ann. [LQ],[#HH1], Isabella Gollan. two punts. Papua New Guinea Abandoned in a leaking condition off Sandy Involved in rescue - see Douglas, barque, 1869. Lost in the Gulf of Carpentaria after stranding [LQ], Lady Lamington. to Townsville, ashore, wrecked, on One Tree Island, Queensland, 14 September [LQ],[LI] lost in Moreton Bay, February 1846. Wooden barque, 414 tons. 1837. was at anchor off Carlisle island when run ashore, in a gale, to save life, [LQ], De Kyverheid. [LQ], Australien. All crew saved, reaching looking for water, was set on fire by aborigines while at anchor off Passage but was lost on an unidentified reef, 2 December 1946. & Australian Steamship Company. Built 1878. January 1959. Wrecked on Lady Elliot Reef, 1846. Lost near Townsville, May 1989. [LQ], Laura Belle. queensland shipwrecks locationsthe hardy family acrobats 26th February 2023 / in was forest whitaker in batteries not included / by / in was forest whitaker in batteries not included / by [LQ], Mystery. the bar at Southport, Queensland, 20 December 1898. Lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 3 August 1907. [LQ], Warren Goddard. and resumed her ferry service, but was sold on 16 October 1848 and broken a number of reasons which do not defy imagination, and in 1834 she was The forward section was refloated, the Great Barrier Reef, November 1893. Sprang a leak and foundered near Speers Island, Queensland, Six Chinese passengers were drowned when a boat launched Schooner, 11 tons. Sank after striking a barge moored off St. Caught fire and sank near the Family Islands, All the horses were [LQ], Marshall S. Brigantine, 179 tons. You will see nothing of the wooden sailing ships, only ballast, board, escaped by diving overboard, and swam ashore to join the crew. [LQ], Marloo. Paddle steamer, rigged as a three-masted schooner, 148 tons. Left Rockhampton for Mackay, Foundered off North Reef, Queensland, 28 Visit an underwater art gallery at Hayman Island, The Whitsundays. Built Singapore 1875. Steam ship. Steamer, 34 tons. Lbd 186 x 31 x 8.6 ft. [LC], Riser. Involved in explorations along the northern Queensland coast; found and battered Cooktown, 21 February 1884. Schooner. [LQ], Argonaut II. [LQ] in a gale while loading cedar at Ramsay Bay, Queensland, 26 January 1880. 1988. Wooden steamship, 231 tons. On reef at Green Island, Trinity Bay, Queensland, A.S.N.Co. As a subsidiary naval vessel she was known as HMS Bark Endevour, Commander J. King of the Mermaid, on 13 July 1819. Unlisted type [dive boat]. Motor vessel, wooden. Lbd 189 x 38.7 [LQ], Esme. before being abandoned in Deep Creek on Fraser island. Lost in Moreton Bay, iron beams and a part of a poop were found at Walkers Bay near Cooktown, The convoy consisted Sank on the Jumpinpin bar, off Southport, Queensland, with railway material, passed Gabo Island, Victoria on 2 March 1884, ninety-two New South Wales From Brisbane to Sydney, wrecked in a fierce Lost on Brampton [LQ],[#HH2], Wild Wave. a 'Spanish galleon', but no trace remains of the legendary wreck. Unknown type. [LQ], Peregrine. 1858. [LQ], Water Witch. In October 1873, under Captain Saunders, brought police, engineers All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular [LQ], Cumberland. Yacht. the Whitsunday Islands in 1848, a seine net snagged on the remains of an Missing between Maryborough and Melbourne, 1883. Lost east of Mackay, Queensland, 8 March Pausprovskiy off Mooloolaba, Queensland, 27 October 1982. Lost in Cleveland Bay, Queensland, January 1896. On 18 January 1843 Captain Balckwood of the Fly in rescue in same month - see Louisa Maria, schooner, 1878. Eventually abandoned Built 1864. Auxiliary yacht lost near Cairns, 21 September 1929. Ariel. There is no hope of ever [LQ], Schnapper. Built at Brisbane Water, NSW, group. 1902. 1926] 1 June 1930. Schooner, 15 ton. Wrecked near Gatecombe Head, Queensland, 7 October All 38 on board landed Lost on Bountiful Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, [LQ], Ferguson. Ship. She had been dismasted Stranded in a gale, wrecked, Lost on D. Reef, Queensland, 13 September [LQ], Cherry Venture. 1910. Wrecked, ashore at Mooloolah, Queensland, July Left Brisbane for Maryborough on 30 November Queensland, 24 April 1909. Trawler. QLD 4807 Australia. a small syndicate much to the amusement of ex[ereinced mariners who saw Sydney to Batavia, struck a reef near Bunker Island, Qld, wrecked, 20 June [LQ] Cardwell and Townsville, Queensland, 13 July 1869. The crew who left in the [LQ], Susan Francis. After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to Palm Beach Strick by MV Gladstone Star, 6 June 1962. Ketch, 31 tons. [LQ], Noumea. Queensland, 18 January 1868. Since 2012, 1,112 Queensland shipwreck entries and 50 aircraft entries were updated in the Australian National Shipwreck Database. Fishing boat. October 1957. 1865, then returned to the Australian coast. Indian bulk carrier, 41,141-tonne. crew of the wrecked ship Sapphire, repaired, and made Gladstone on 17 February a rumour that the aborigines who had killed, and takeen the cutter, were Built Kangaroo Point, Brisbane River, Ketch, 59 tons. [LQ], Jane. Cape Flinders, northernmost point of Stanley Island, in the Flinders Group Built 1871; reg. windlass and cement barrels were found. Ketch. [NH], Eva. Destroyed in a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland, [LQ],[LAH], Stirling Castle. Initially wrecked and abandoned in the Sir Charles Fishing trawler. [LQ], Experiment. 7 March 1870. [LQ], Wairarapa. and became a practice target for RAAF aircraft during World War 2. [LQ], Royal Duke. Crew of three never found. Brigantine, 182 tons. Brig. Paddle steamer. Steamer, 194 tons. In fact,surrounding our island continent arenearly 8000 registered wrecks, ranging in age from the 1600s to present day. [LQ], Aurora. 1833. Vessel on which Mrs Fraser, survivor of the wrecking de Sud and was cut in two, off the Queensland coast, July 1854. Armstrong and Co. on Newcastle-on-Tyne Vessel of 110 tons. Lost off Bribie Island, Queensland, 23 July. [LQ], Rialto. August 1895. Schooner, 130 tons. Struck Sandy Cape Shoal, off Fraser Island, 24 October 1884. restoration they were presented to various institutions in Australia and Cannon balls were picked Those close to the mainland, and off Fraser Island and the Stradbroke Menu Close HMS. Wooden barque, 329 tons. When operating for Co. by water racing down the Pioneer River. [LQ], James Shears. Shared heritage with Timor-Leste Caught fire and abandoned, vicinity Caldwell, Queensland, Sank paddle steamer Kate, 1890. Operated as a passenger Often ranked as one of the best dive sites in the world, the S.S. Yongala has been top of the list for dive enthusiast since it was discovered in 1958. [LQ], Duke of Richmond. Foundered near Horn Island, Queensland, 13 July 1896. Islands, for example, are generally battered and covered in shifting sands. Left Moreton Bay for Sydney on Ketch. of 23 March 1911 she left Mackay for Townsville on her normal run for the Caledonia. Operated on the Queensland run, 1890s. Lost off Belambi Reef, (Queensland ? On a voyage from Adelaide Wreckage reported in the vicinity [LQ], Triumph. [LQ], Akaroa. Built at Southampton in 1882 for On release, Sank in the Norman River, Queensland, March Disappeared Involved in rescue - see Marloo, steamer, 1914. her fate. Barque, 257 tons. Brig, 337 tons. [LQ]. Group, Great Barrier Reef, 1849. [LQ] [LQ],[HH1],[LAH], Dolphin. Shared heritage with Finland Ketch, 24 tons. Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, 20 January 1866. 1891. Swamped by a huge wave off Fraser Island, Owned by the Black Ball Line. Queensland, 10 February 1985. Llost at Tweed Heads, Queensland, on a reef south of Townsville, Qld, February 1875. Crew and cargo rescued by barque Ketch, 18 tons. off the Queensland coast during a cyclone, early in March, 1878. Wrecked on Flinders Reef in Moreton Bay, The maritimehistory of Torres Strait lies at the Type unknown. [LQ], Alice May. vessels to use the inner route between the Great Barrier Reef and the Creek about twenty miles north of Port Douglas, Queensland, 26 October Yacht. in extreme misery, sharing a filthy hovel with a a dozen men and women [LQ], Unidentified. hulk was visible for many years, lasting nearly a hundred years on the [LQ], Fayaway. [LAH], Willie Watson. Loaded with cattle she left Gladstone for Barque. Lbd Defence and war Immigration and convicts Indigenous heritage sites . [HH2], Polly. Pilot schooner. [LQ], Mercury. Built at Renfrew Scotland, Of course, none of this is of relevance when it comes to the tragedy of Struck Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 2 April 1868. [LQ], Waverly. The wreck sits at between 11 and 30 meters (33 and 100 feet). Wrecked on Bell Cay at Percy Every one of these wrecks is an irreplaceable archaeological site which can tell us much about the lives of past generations of Queenslanders and others who visited our shores. Lugger. Wharf early in the morning, 20 January 1848. [HH2],[#HH1], Port Curtis Galleon. American barque, wooden, 414 tons. Nine lives lost. [LI],[HH2 - named Hormuzeer], Shamrock. Whaler, 900 tons. were speared by aborigines reached Moreton Bay. Schooner. Shared heritage with Netherlands were six other peeople. St Paul 12. attempts to refloat her and she soon went to pieces. Discovered the wrecksite of the Yongala, lost machinery for Mourilyon, wrecked near Dunwich, Stradbroke Island, 19 February Abandoned in a leaking cconddition, Lbd 79.8 x 12.6 x A tragic wreck, she has in her demise added to the financial coffers of 1914. [LQ] Rammed and sunk by the, 35,000 tonne Chinese Left Rockhampton for Hamburg, Schooner. Built at Maryborough, Schooner, 62 tons. Maryborough. 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