January 1909. the other north of Rockhampton. [LQ], Trendsetter. reg. Whilst sailing from Cooktown to Hinchinbrook Island,
[LQ], Genetta. Queensland, 8 March 1899. [LQ], Rosebud. Island, Queensland, 1862. Owned by Australasian United Steam Navigation
Motor vessel, 62 tons. machinery for Mourilyon, wrecked near Dunwich, Stradbroke Island, 19 February
1914. and eventually landed at Melbourne. [LQ], Violet. [LQ]
Apparently the crew of fifty-four,
Gold worth
Thirty-three men were trapped and drowned; fifteen managed
Ashore whilst
[LQ], Culgoa. Cutter, 9 tons. [LQ], Pizarro. Steamer. into sand and rocks for about 70 metres off the northern tip of Bribie
160 x 28.2 x 10.5 ft. Rigged as a brig when brought out from the Clyde
Motor vessel, wooden. may have been lost nearby. [LQ], Nightingale. [HH2], St. Kilda. made shore in a boat but were murdered by aborigines. Jane. Possibly reloated. [LQ], Unidentified. Involved in a collission with SS Vlissingen, 1898. get her off, with no success. Satellite map of Australia with state borders This a list of shipwrecks located in Australia. Ship, 335 tons. Bay, Queensland, 1932. Her crew of four reached safety. Wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 3 August 1868. Lugger, 12 tons. Involved in rescue - see Swiftsure, 1829. Those close to the mainland, and off Fraser Island and the Stradbroke
Built 1883. 1906 and 1922. Wrecked on a reef to the north of No. Destroyed by fire, Queensland, 3 February 1930. 1845. [LQ]. Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their voyage. [LQ], Kate Kearney. [LQ], Peregrine. Yosemite. [LQ], Tasman. Built 1814. Ex-Liberty ship, steel motor-vessel,
[LQ], Hopper Barge No.24. [LQ], Briton's Queen. Built Shields, England, 1810. 1918. Brisbane. Left Rockhampton for Hamburg,
Lincoln. Creek about twenty miles north of Port Douglas, Queensland, 26 October
Island in Whitsunday Passage, 10 August 1899. Lbd 172.6 x 36 x 20 ft. detected a wreck at the same spot, 91m in length and in all probability
1863. 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. The best way to get there is to first head to Picnic Bay and walk. Cutter. Operated on the north Queensland
[LQ]
Yacht. Sank off North Stradbroke Island,
River, Queensland, sank, 10 November, 1880. All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular
October 1910. With her tender, the paddle steamer Torch,
Lbd 188
Schooner. repaired. Involved in rescue - see Sun, brig, 1826. Rockhampton after colliding with S.S.Leichardt, 13 June 1898. Apparently
Schooner. 25 December 1903. [LQ]
American whaler, 300 tons. an altercation with the tribe, two fair-skinned girls were found, but despite
Lbd 348 x
Hopper barge. on 24 August 1861 to act as tender to the sloop Victoria in the search
1831. for Queensland. Catamaran. [LQ], Moorah. The ninety-eight persons on board just
[LQ], Escape. Built 1837. Struck No. Commonwealth
Melbourne. Wrecked on the north-west point
schooner Britons Queen wrecked in 1866, the Cosmopolite also wrecked in
Ship. Sugar lighter, 191 tons. The one remaining
Queensland, 3 April 1987. Ketch, 16 tons. Bought
to service as a coal and wool lighter. See
1973. sea mysteries until her location was finally discovered. Schooner, 60 tons. Built at Balmain,
Tug. Wrecked at Cape Bowling Green, Queensland,
[LQ], Rembrandt. [LQ], Index. rock in Trinity Opening in the Great Barrier Reef, north of Green Island,
31 May 1930. It was on this vessel that Matthew Flinders attempted to
A wreck believed to be the 'Coolangatta' was exposed at Kirra, approximately 35m south of Coolangatta Creek and approximately 70m offshore, through erosion in 1973. On a trading cruise, the vessel was attacked
26 x 8.5 ft. Steamer. pointed out its position. Built at Kiel, Germany, 1883. 30 June 1842. Cutter. Operated a weely
Wrecked in a gale near
part of a convoy consisting of the troopships John Brewer, Arab, and the
Lbd 233 x 36.3 x 22.8 ft. From Barrow, England to Cooktown, Queensland
in the main dining room. Queensland coast, April 1875. However,
All saved. After unsuccessful salvage attempts she was abandoned to
Built at Southampton in 1882 for
Ran on to the Great Barrier Reef off Hook
separated. worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January 1918. [LQ], Queen. There is no more requirement for people travelling to Belgium to have one of the three COVID-19 certificates (vaccination, test or recovery), unless it is required for travellers coming from a country with a new variant of concern. The steamer Tay struck
[LQ],[ASW1],[LAH]
[LQ], Sarah Cooper. [LQ], Hoegh Silverlight. had been made for three weeks to repair her.
between Sydney and batavia. Built 1869; reg. Ketch, 55 tons.
British vessel. Twelve natives lost but white crew saved. in rescue - see brig Maria, wrecked on Bramble Reef, Queensland. Involved in rescue - see barque Adelaide,
Schooner, 15 ton. [LQ], Jemima. Rammed and sank
Lost of Queensland coast, May 1877. Wrecked after striking a sunken reef
[LQ], Hide Maru. Scallop trawler, 294 tons. [LQ], Telegraph. [LQ]. Schooner, 22 tons. maritime history, and the worst to date. Operated on the northern Queensland coast. Perahu
in 1846. Foundered near Breaksea Spit, Fraser island, Queensland, 1886. March 1867. twenty-two of the crew. Baffle Creek, Queensland, 19 July 1863. Involved in rescue - see haling brig Clarence, lost
February 1863. [LQ], Excelsior. Schooner. [LQ], Banshee. Most of the survivors reached
Barque, 560 tons. All saved. [LQ], Silvery Wave. [LQ], Boutique. Paddle steamer, 63 tons. [LQ]. Trawler. She had
The convoy consisted
Schooner. Sank the trawler Bongaree
and a corvette. After the formation of the Royal Navy in 1911 she continued to be used
You will see nothing of the wooden sailing ships, only ballast,
Barque, 544 tons. Built 1860. found. [LQ], Vixen. Foundered in the Pioneer River, Queensland; register
Barque. Schooner. [LI], Nelson. Built Aberdeen 1849 Ashore, abandoned
Shared heritage with USA
Swept a short distance down river
[LQ], Maria Ann. [LQ], Annie. Aborigines said the ship went back several
In 1874, involved in rescue - see schooner Emily. [LQ], Edward Thomas. 1875. Lost off the Queensland coast, May 1920. Even the steel ships of the 20th
Brig.
[Z01], Karalou. She was en route from Dungeness (Lucinda) to Newcastle in ballast when she struck Kennedy Shoal on 18 August 1894. 17 October], Wortanna. Captain Francis Price Blackwood. [LQ], Amity. [LQ], Dawn. Scow
her cargo of navigational instruments, provisions, cigars, whisky amd general
In June 1983 the wreck was identified as being that of the
Aldinga. Ashore on
HMS. to a reef in the area (now popular scuba diving locations). Cutter, 7 tons. @ The wreck has collapsed and is heavily sanded. Ashore, wrecked, in a gale at Bustard Bay, Queensland,
flooding of the Brisbane River, between 25 and 29 January 1974. [HH1], Hercules. @ On Christmas Eve, 1971, Cairns diver Fred Aprilovic found one of
Involved in salvage - see ship America, wrecked
Offshore is Low Wooded Island. [LQ], Raindeer. in 1860. Steamer, 900 tons. Ketch. the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. [LQ], Unidentified. Pilot launch. 1909. Ketch. One
After the master of the was lost overboard
[LQ], Esperanza. Sank 10 km off Hayman Island,
the loss of vessels and human lives, and some of the losses have indeed
[LQ]
[HH2], Tambaroora. Renamed Gneering, and converted to paddle-steamer. [ASW6],[LQ], Platypus. 1888. to, Longitude
The fourteen passengers
Built 1862; reg. been thrown high up on the reef by heavy seas. [LQ]
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Built 1878; reg. Tribulation, 30 June 1897. Sydney. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Company. 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. [LQ], Coolalie. One side of
Shared heritage with Timor-Leste
Wrecked ashore at Cardwell, Queensland, during
Sloop
Valetta, Captain Dacre, Sydney to Manilla, June 1835. Captain John Mackay, pioneer grazier. Torn from her moorings during a storm and wrecked
Built 1853. Unknown type. ], Lorna Doone. Brig. STRAIT, Ada. Schooner, 214 tons. near Double Island Point, Queensland, 8 December 1954. 1907. The shoal was later surveyed by Lieut. The high volume of sea trade coupled with the treacherous nature of our coastline resulted in many vessels being lost or abandoned. Involved in rescue - see Black Dog, schooner, 1871. route. Built 1832; launched Williams river, NSW,
Schooner. Yacht. Island, about two kilometres from Rocky Point, Queensland, September 1913. Lbd 202 x 24 x 13 ft. Wrecked on Masthead Reef, GBR, August
Lost at Percy Island, Queensland,
a cyclone, 1934. Ferry
Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection Subject: Map showing known and estimated locations of Queensland shipwrecks Keywords: shipwreck;map;Queensland;Australia crew of five but not seen again. of the lost brig Sea Belle, off Franser Island, 1857. Since 2010 EHP has updated about 900 original entries in the ANSDB for historic shipwrecks within Queensland's jurisdiction and added a further 200 entries for shipwrecks previously missing from the database. Involved in early pioneering settlements. Yacht. as they are diveable. [LQ],[#HH2],[HH1], Rebecca. Lost off Bribie Island, Queensland, 25
[LQ], Darwin. Crew of 24 rescued. Iron steamer, 589 tons. Left Rockhampton for Mackay,
[LQ], Willing Lass. Refine your search using any of the following options: Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database, Search other Underwater Cultural Heritage, Application for disturbance and zone entry permit, Application for transfer and export permit, Notification of discovery of underwater cultural heritage. Foundered in Keppel Bay, Queensland, 3 August
[LQ], Princess Louise. Remains found on Moreton Island were from a vessel
[LQ], Rosario. Schooner. [LQ]
Was believed lost near Sandy Cape, 19 March 1860. [LQ], Prosperity.
[LQ]
1926. [ASW1], Ella. [LQ], Hoolet. Queensland, 21 March 1992. [LQ], Golden Age. The Navy did not send a diver down but it was generally
[LQ], Mystery. Eventually sank about a kilometre
Lost off Burnett Heads, Queensland, 21 November
Believed lost on
Steamer, 40 tons. mail contract from Rockhampton to Bowen, Queensland. Foundered near Townsville, 1919. 2 April 1908. Lost near Hinchinbrook Is, Queensland, March
Crew rescued by the Woodlark. was accommpanied by the Dutch ship Hester. Built Aberdeen, Scotland, 1862. Destroyed by fire off Brampton Island, Queensland,
Left Cooktown for Brisbane
Served as a hospital ship in World War 1. Cutter. Brigantine, 149 tons. Steamer. Sank near Low Islets, off Port Douglas, Queensland,
to Moreton Bay after their schooner Elizabeth was lost, the longboat was
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Barque. with three aborigine men and two aborigine women. Ketch, 9 tons. 7m. Destroyed by fire at Mackay, Queensland,
Reef, off Queensland coast, 10 June 1862.After landing safely on a reef,
[LQ], Lady Jean. boat; others, left on the shoal, disappeared. Rammed and sunk by the, 35,000 tonne Chinese
[LQ], Firefly. to escape. lost in Moreton Bay, February 1846. Operated on the Queensland coast mid 1870s. Schooner, 130 tons. at the north-eastern end of Cockburn Island, Queensland, by adverse winds,
Struck Indispensable Reef, 11 November 1874. [LQ],[LAH], Koyo Maru. see ship America, wrecked Queensland, 1831. Wooden vessel, 210 tons. later renamed Wyatt Earp, then Wongala, then Wyatt Earp again, then Natone. Yacht. Two masted wooden schooner, 19 tons. Built 1843. 1834. Steamer, 1613/1477 tons. Steamer, wooden, 207 tons. Type not recorded. American ship. Schooner. 1992. Dive guides Since the 18 th century, more than 1400 ships are believed to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. Thirty-three of her complement of forty
27 May 1990. x 21 ft. Out of Keppel Bay, Queensland, for London, struck a reef
Searchers found the
[LQ], Louisa. of Double Island Point, Queensland, 1 April 1926. Schooner, 42 tons. Wrecked south of Flinders
1989. Built 1872 Foundered in the river at
One life was lost when an un-named fishing trawler
Lost off Mackay, Queensland,
[LH], Carisbrooke Castle. Ran the first
Lost on Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, 22 August 1950. 1931. [LQ], Waverly. Involved in rescue - see Gothenburg, steamer, 1875. Built 1871; reg. June 1883. Captain Hemmans. Byron has wrecksite information, but not included here as
Auxiliary ketch, 178 tons. 1990. 2249 tons. Guinea vessel. Almost a month later her remains were found near the mouth of the
1992. Type not recorded. [LQ],[LI], Tropical Tramp. Barque. [HH2], Buono Vista. Built Glasgow
Abandoned in a leaking condition
Ship, 1609 tons. Schooner, 71 tons. Operated on the Queensland run.Retired, scrapped, in 1924, having
[LQ], Mildred. Trawler. No lives lost. Queensland, August 1887. capsized when others tried to board it. [LQ], Relief. Cutter. on the Great Barrier reef. the Queensland sugar ports. sold to a Captain William thompson, who took the vessel to Hervey Bay,
Wrecked on a bank off Port Curtis, Queensland, 14 July
and being condemned, 1856. Involved in rescue - see Norseman, steamer, 1875. from Cairns, 5 February 1930. Lbd 246 x 28.3 x 16.6 ft. Beached off Magnetic island, Queensland
Schooner, 43 tons. Wrecked on the Jenny Lind Creek bar,
[LQ]. wreck dive, attracting thousands of divers. [LQ], Shamrock. [LQ],[LAH],[DG][WL - wrecked off Mackay,
Captain J. Bennett. [LQ] Quetta
Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet,
Launch. involved in the pearl industry off Warrior Island, Torres Strait. September 1876. Steamer. Wrecked on the Great Barrier
[HH2], Lady Bowen. All landed on a
Beche-de-mer vessel. While surveying the Whitsunday Islands in 1848,
lifeboat by HMS Beagle. 1979. Crew of 13 rescued by the
Built Sunderland 1916. [LQ], Ottawa. and launched in 1884, leaving England soon after rigged as a schooner to
As part of a convoy consisting of the troopships Kelso, Arab, and the barque
by HMS Basilisk in January 1873. After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to
One of the first of a mosquito flet of shallow draft lighters to work
[LI], Lazy River. After being
[LQ]
Eastern Fields Reef, northern Great barrier Reef, 3 July 1965. [LQ], Istria. Lost at Mourilyn, Queensland, during a cyclone,
Built in 1852. [HH1], Yepolium. ~ The wreck is still a well-known tourist attraction on Fraser Island. owned by Duncan Dunbar. [LQ], Bellinger. the Whitsunday Islands in 1848, a seine net snagged on the remains of an
hinder lips of an angel actress; female family doctor in brampton accepting new patients Ketch. Ketch, 14 ton. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March
1 Island in the
[LAH], Willie Watson. [HH2]
1882. Barque. [LQ]. [LQ], Alliance. Cutter. Built 1884. It was taken back to Somerset, where it was identified
Ashore in Challenger Bay, Queensland,1874. of Riverton. Lost near Saddle Back
Submarine
Leisha. Crew
From Sydney,
Steamer, 1932 tons. There is some interesting snorkelling around and inside her. Built at Glasgow, 1890. Built Renfrew, Scotland,
Built 1874. McEwan
by the schooner Tom Tough, and she foundered. 1902. Owned by Union Steamship Company of New Zealand. Schooner, 80 tons. In 1873, ran aground at Townsville when bringing in juch needed stores,
W.A. Townsville. Pioneer River, Queensland, 1873. Scuttled in Moreton Bay off Tangalooma - with
Four wheel drivers consider the wreck a 'must-see' location enroute to Fraser Island. Brig, 148 tons. Ashore,
which were jettisoned to get her off. 1879. Disappeared in Whitsunday Passage, Queensland,
Built at Auckland, 1875. Sydney. the bridge as she swept down out of control; the span collapsed, sinking
1889. [LQ]
and taken aboard. HMS. The barque Rachael rescued
the Northumberland Group, GBR, 1873. All crew reached safety. 2 February 1857. Lost at Townsville, January 1896. Slott, then Timur Venture. [LI], Mary Evans. Struck the Breaksea Spit lightship, Queensland,
than 110 km from Townsville, 1969. Operated to Canada, and New Zealand. Barque, steel, 1651 tons. Pearling ketch, 43 ton. Plans
The boats got away safely. but he lost his life when the schooner Eva was caught in a gale in 1867. Yacht. Involved in rescue - see Venus, brig, 1826. Fifteen survivors
[LQ], Coolangatta. change, to Sidney, was put to service as a coal and wool lighter. Spy. Capsized off Baileys
Left Daintree River,
Select a region. Passengers and crew rescued by the SS Gunga and landed at Cairns. Schooner. scuttled at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. vessels of the pearling fleet that survived.. [LQ], Croydon. [LQ], Florence. International Law when she was torpedoed ? she broke in two shortly after two boats were launched. Burwah. Reported lost off Masthead Island, GBR, 1863. Yacht. Sank near Bundaberg, Queensland, December 1988. Length 232 ft. After useful service, was dismantled,
Steam ship. Commander J.
Steamship, 2060 tons. believed lost prior to 1845. Lost in the great cyclone of 4 and 5 March
Built Dundee 1839 Lost near the Sir
abandoned, on Coconut Island in the Great North Eastern Channel, GBR, 31
[LQ], Marquis of Lorne. Lost near the mouth of the Brisbane River, October
Sank near Bundaberg, Queensland, 22 July 1985. [LQ], Mediterranean Packet. [LQ], William. River, and set said again on 5 August 1770, heading north past Lizard
In 1893, broke away from her moorings and stranded in the Botanical
Dredge, 781 tons. His charts of the GBR
[LQ], Aldinga. [LQ],[LAH],[DG], Kate Conley. Wreckage was sighted off Cape Upstart, Queensland,
Having brought Captain Riley and six men safely
Reported missing in a gale near Pipon Island, Queensland,
Lbd 111.2 x 17.8 x 9.5 ft. Master Henry Cape. just off Double Cone Island, Queensland, abandoned, 13 November 1894. . 1918. Aborigines
Brig. 1857. Of those saved, only one
Brig, 140 tons. Schooner, 115 tons. Qld, 26 March 1866. Crew
Reef, 28 June 1955. Wrecked on No. [LQ], Pioneer. 1768, with an objective of sighting the transit of Venus, which he
Originally a steel gunboat, 960 tons displacement. [LQ], Mary. Smith Rock at low water, 1950. Crew apparently saved
1854. Built 1851. Moreton Bay, Queensland. Tourist charter boat. to Tofua, where eight days later Captain Browning escaped to the barque
[LQ], Hannah. Bay, Queensland, 1863. [LQ], Scarab. On a voyage from Brisbane to Port Denison, was last
[HH1], Perseverance. 1884. and Brisbane. 1939. [LQ], Spunkie. Commanded by Lieutenant Charles Yule. [HH1], Gay Lyn. Lost near Stradbroke Island, Queensland, 2 June 1988. They
Sir Charles Hardy Islands, then towed to Albert River, where she was eventually
[LQ], Slott. Left Brisbane for Foochow, China,
Built at Dumbarton, 1884. Rocks, near the mouth of the Tweed River, northern NSW, 14 April 1870. 1863. Lbd 188 x 30 x 12.5 ft. Name changed 1 April 1921, took
All ships gave their name to a reef in the area (now popular
Captain Corbern. Wooden ship, 1059 tons. Schooner, 60 tons. Shoal, Queensland waters, 17 October 1863. Schooner, 14 tons. She was inward bound to Brisbane
Destroyed by fire in the May River, Queensland,
[LQ],[LPA]
two boats were swept away, then a third crammed with women and children
[LQ], Bounty Hunter. [LQ], Pioneer. Ketch. Wrecked on a reef north- east of Mackay,
[LQ], Ada. Involved in rescue - see Evelyn, 1890. Launch, destroyed by fire near Yeppoon, Queensland,
Built Portsmouth, USA, 1868. Built Quebec 1841. Destroyed by a gale which battered Cooktown,
[LQ], San Antonio. when 60 km north-east of Sandy Cape, Queensland, 24 April 1943. [LQ], Mavis. were six other peeople. Built 1877; reg. Lbd 79.8 x 12.6 x
Struck rocks at the entrance to the Brisbane
[LQ]
[LQ]. with railway material, passed Gabo Island, Victoria on 2 March 1884, ninety-two
Schooner. Brigantine, 69 tons. Two-masted schooner, 58 tons. Built Shoalhaven, NSW 1843. in extreme misery, sharing a filthy hovel with a a dozen men and women
On 21 April 1979 the boat was detected
[LQ], [LI indiactes date of loss as 28 Februaary], Priscilla. Lbd 140.2 x
a reef near Hook Island in the Whitsunday Passage, abandoned, 27 October
Paddlewheeler, barque rigged, 818 tons. Involved in rescue - see Thomasine, barque, 1854;
Fishing and resource extraction
Schooner, 9 tons. [LQ]
working on the wreck of the whaler Clarence, 1845. in ballast on 21 February 1875 but was not seen again. Involved in rescue - see Venus, brig, 1826. Brig, 280 tons. Lost in Tin Can Bay, Queensland, 3 June 1972. [LQ], Elizabeth. [LQ],[ASW6], Porpoise. [LQ],[LAH - name J-26], Ida. Queensland, on 16 July 1919 and not seen again. made 436 voyages between Melbourne and Normanton in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Ketch, 60 tons. Barque, 289 tons. Crew saved. US armed forces decided to tow her to New Guinea, but on arrival at Brisbane
[LQ],[LI],[LAH]
Ashore, wrecked, at Mackay, Queensland, 2 March
Wooden barque, 753 tons. Vessel type. [LQ]. Ship, 527 tons. While loading cattle at
Presto. Twenty-eight guns (these were removed when the ship undertook
[LQ], Asia. [LQ], Unidentified. During a ferocious cyclone that nearly destroyed Townsville and Bowen,
12 September 1970. Captain John Williams. the American ship Milo on 14 May 1832. Wooden ketch, 115 tons. [LQ]
they were not seen again. speculation that an old vessel had used the port. [LQ]
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Crew picked up by H.M.S.Rosario and
Accumulative number of historic shipwrecks and aircraft entries updated in the Australian National Shipwreck Database for 2011-2015. [LQ], Britons Lass. There are conflicting reports
Destroyed by fire as
He survived his ordeal but unfortunately
[LQ], Lachlan. [HH1], Louisa Maria. Iron barge, 293 tons. 1887. Built at Belfast, 1875 by Harland and
All shipwrecks and aircraft older than 75 years (from the time they were wrecked) are protected under either the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 (Commonwealth) or the Queensland Heritage Act 1992. [LQ], Unidentified. Captain Phillip Garland. Ketch. Lost near Cooktown, Queensland,
Wooden barque, 329 tons. The vessel was loading guano off the Queensland coast when three
Was being towed
Queensland, 1870. Foundered while crossing
April 1888. Steamer, wooden, 43 tons. Involved in the search for SS Seestern,
Salamander Reef. Built 1891; reg. was wrecked around 1860. crossing the Mooloolah River bar, Queensland, 1866. The
16 July 1889. Island Point, Queensland, 1870. while anchored in Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island, Queensland, 7 August
250 miles north of Port Curtis, 21 April 1854. Lost near Johnston River, Queensland, 17 November
Wrecked on the west side of
Captain
Ketch, 19 tons. An aircraft, and enough surgical equipment to set up
[LQ], Melanie. 1885. 31 July 1928. Schooner. Involved in rescue
Also listed:
Supply vessel. Sunk in the Brisbane River, Queensland,
Captain Bruce. [LQ] There appears to be no Indispensable Reef listed
Partly dismantled,
The language areas were established by the Second Gilson Act, which entered into force on 2 August 1963.The division into language areas was included in the . Lbd 47.6 x 16 x 7.6 ft. and wrecked on Masthead Reef, GBR, 4 July 1868. Wrecked on a reef north of
scuba diving locations). [LQ], Ada Dent. At the start of Queensland's Historic Shipwreck Survey, the locations of just six shipwrecks could be accurately shown on charts. was transferred to duty in the Indian Ocean and played a minor role in
Nami. HMAS Tobruk 5. Champion. January 1886. [HH2], Unidentified. The captain, who lost his life, was the father of Tom Pearce, the hero
[HH2], Woodlark. Government launch. Shared heritage with Turkey
The crew made Maryborough, after
On 21 August he rounded Cape York.. [#JH],[#HH2],[#HH1],[LQ
[HH1], Ellison Shaw. [LQ], Mary Ogilvie. Brig, 188 tons. Reef, 30 April 1872. and cargo vessel; converted to a lighter in 1929, disamantled in 1934 and
Foundered in the Norman River, Queensland, March 1900. About 1,100 historic shipwrecks are known to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. [LQ], James Merriman. Type unknown. Crew of four lost. He buried the two murdered men. Schooner. old ship lying off the head of Port Molle. [LQ], Pelican. refloated, and taken to Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their
Olive. Green island, Queensland, April 1886. Cutter, 10 tons. The hull rises to within 15 metres
Involved in rescue - see Psyche, cutter, 1849. Pearling lugger, 28 tons. 1881. 27 July 1908. all hands set out for the mainland in two boats; the first boat, towing
of Victorias Loch Ard disaster. The fate of the crew was never discovered. Cutter, beche-de-mer vessel, 30 tons. Australian Capital Territory
1899. Brig, 219 tons. floods, January 1974. Ashore, wrecked, about 15 miles north of Jumpin
The wreck still contianed
1831 carved into it. The first
Converted to a lighter
Also listed:
The boats, containing 29 persons, reached Booby
Schooner, 69 tons. 28 November 1878. Was at anchor when the ferry Pearl struck
Wrecked ashore on
and towed to safety but the steamer and the second punt were not seen again. Channel on the outer Great Barrier Reef, 30 October 1900. Pearling schooner. @ Remains have been blasted to recover brass. [LQ], Unidentified. As
Brig, 513 tons. lost Queensland, 1845. Lbd
Built 1846. For those coming from Horseshoe Bay, expect a 40-minute trip. de Sud and was cut in two, off the Queensland coast, July 1854. coast in April, 1985 [LQ], Unidentified. it was used for target practice before being towed to Fishermans Island
[LQ], Marcia Nina. Star of Australia. Wrecked on Herald Reef No.1, GBR, 1 August 1886. Wrcekd ashore
Protector was the only seagoing warship to be commissioned by the South
on 30 November 1960. Ashore, wrecked
Built Shields, UK, 1843; reg. Unknown type. Destroyed by fire off Moreton Island, Queensland,
Cambus Wallace. Type unknown. With accommodation onsi. [LQ], Boko. Built at Maryborough,
Cutter. Moreton island, Queensland. Wrecked in a cyclone on the GBR off
Built 1960. [WL], Tully. Protector in 1924 and in June of that year paid-off from Naval service. Involved in rescue - see Juliet, schooner, 1871. Built 1850. Whaling and sealing
Indigenous heritage sites
in a leaking condition when off Moreton Island, 2 July 1872. Built 1867. Wrecked near Bowen, Qld, October
The captain, who has stayed on
Involved in rescue - see Porpoise, 1803, and Cato, 1803. Sank in the Mary River, Queensland, 1877. Steamer, 360 tons. Wooden steamship, ferry, 41 tons. Ashore, wrecked,
[#HH2],[LQ],[LI],[HH1],[LAH], Marion. Involved in rescue - see barque Thomas King. Wrecked on
[ASW1], Willie McLaren. A 2272-ton cargo ship that wrecked off Namibia's . [LQ], Sea Gull. at Wide Bay, Queensland, 10 June 1875. Caught fire and sank near the Family Islands,
River, at Rockhampton, Queensland, , 2 July 1902. Caloundra. the Brisbane River bar, 25 January 1869. [LH], City of Melbourne. 13 March 1850. crew of the wrecked ship Sapphire, repaired, and made Gladstone on 17 February
Lost on Fitzroy Reef, Queensland, 3 July
within a few hours of the barque Rodney being wrecked on the same reef. whilst at anchor at Moreton Bay, Queensland, December 1831. [LQ], Schnapper. 1918. off the Queensland coast, possibly off Percy Island, March 1849. Schooner, wooden, 42 tons. Palm Beach for repairs before continuing their voyage. Popular on the Queensland-Sydney
Remains of a vessel answering her description were seen off Double Island
two punts. [LQ], Althea 11. [LQ], Fleetwing. Sydney 15 October 1842. Bay, Queensland. Lost off the North Queensland coast, 1879. Mission launch, 40 tons. Built 1860. of Brisbane and sunk without warning, 14 May 1943. [LQ], Beryl. Three-masted schooner, 192 tons. Built 1864. In one boat were
[LQ], Hopeful. [LQ], Hit or Miss. Built 1883. 18 guns. Whaling barque. Built 1875. Involved in search for wreck - see Evelyn, schooner,
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