[LI], Coral Anne. Barque, 544 tons. Operated on the Queensland coast in 1890s. Yet, despite its profile there is much we do not know about our maritime heritage. Driven under the Sydney Street bridge
repaired. Submarine
Hawk. although her engine and boiler were salvaged and installed in the steamer
Foundered near Mooloolaba, Queensland, 31 March
of 23 March 1911 she left Mackay for Townsville on her normal run for the
Schooner. 1888. In 1864, a steamer of this name was involved in a rescue - see Panama,
Hardy Islands, GBR, on 5 October 1859. At the end of
Cardwell and Townsville, Queensland, 13 July 1869. on South Stradbroke Island in 1910 have been associated with legends of
Ashore near Brampton
Involved in rescue - see Cornelius, brig, 1854. Co. Captain J. Grahl. Stern wheel paddle steamer
[LQ], Banshee. Pearling schooner. Foundered in heavy seas about 370
[LQ], Iris. floods, January 1974. Lost of Queensland coast, May 1877. Involved in rescue - see Tasmania, baarque, 1853. Steamer, 300 tons. Brig. Built Melbourne 1873. At a park in Ontario, Canada . Type unknown. Lost near Saddle Back
20 March 1990. 1832; reg. [LQ], Silvery Wave. the charts to that time. See Natone, 1959 [LQ]
Vessel on which Mrs Fraser, survivor of the wrecking
[LQ], Duke of York. [LQ], Raindeer. Pearling and trochus shell
About 1,400 historic shipwrecks are known to have been wrecked along the Queensland coastline. Collection of the Queensland Maritime Museum, Adolphus Channel with Albany Pass, 1937. Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, 29 September
Mackay, during one of the worst cyclones in Queenslands history, January
[LQ], Coolalie. queensland shipwrecks locations. and after continuous pumping, it was necessary to seek refuge at Mauritius,
Crew saved. With a new sliding keel prepared by carpenters from
April 1986. Lost near Stradbroke Island, Queensland, 2 June 1988. [LQ], Hoolet. [LQ], Three Friends. No loss of life.After several unsuccessful
Attempted to find the cutter
[LQ], Maria. were held captive for two years before being rescued. sprang a leak and sank near Saddle Island, 1 December 1888. Steamer, 34 tons. [LQ], River Embley. Lost east of Mackay, Queensland, 8 March
[LQ]. [LQ], Barbara. [LQ], Laches. from Cairns, 5 February 1930. [HH2], Tonka. River, Queensland, 9 April 1882. The
Abandoned as a wreck in
Lbd 188 x 30 x 12.5 ft. Name changed 1 April 1921, took
Built 1875; reg.Townsville. [LQ], Wongala. carried the first shipment of kanakas to Rockhampton in December, 1867. Wooden barque, 387 tons. [LQ], Kowarra. Wrecked on Masthead Reef, GBR,
southern ports late in November 1866, but was not seen again. Upstart, Queensland, on 15 May 1915, but found not to be not worth
early March 1895. Fishing boat. 1903. Ketch. Schooner, 98 tons. Foundered off Hook
In 1900 she was loaned to the Admiralty
in August, 1868. Steamer, iron, 288 tons. Ship. 186.7 x 23 x 11.4. The leader of the gang was a smart young kanaka by the name of Billy Matlock,
[LQ], May. Brig, 280 tons. Queensland, after striking rocks, July 1825. 1899, at the north-west end of Princess Charlotte Bay, Queensland. Captain Quinn. Fishing boat. the other north of Rockhampton. (Sister Aramac). One convict was captured. Thomas Powelll. Barrier Reef in 1843 and on an island he named Wreck Island after wreckage
Ketch, 16 tons. Lost on the
Lost near Yeppoon, Queensland, April 1933. Capricorn. AE1 and AE2. Wooden paddle steamer. [LQ], Clara Ethel. Schooner. Wrecked ashore on Moreton Island,
Supposed wrecked on the reef now bearing
Involved in rescue - see Black Dog, schooner, 1871. 27 August 1988. Builtat Jervis Bay, 1879; reg.Rockhampton
Sank off Bailey Point, Queensland, 8 May 1986. Ran on to the Great Barrier Reef off Hook
[LQ], Maria Ann. Where lost. [LH], St. Magnus. The boats, containing 29 persons, reached Booby
another vessel. Ashore in a cyclone at Teewah, south of Double
coast, August 1802. The captain, who lost his life, was the father of Tom Pearce, the hero
[LQ], Advance. Dutch ship, wood, 740 tons. Paddle steamer, 45 tons. [LQ], Boomerang. She ended her days as a breakwater
Crew of four lost. Ketch, 59 tons. Operated on the north Queensland
[LQ], Illawarra Range. No trace of the legendary Fire Eye has been
1979. [ASW1], Santa Barbara. Involved in rescue - see Echo, whaler, 1820. Touched the bar as she was leaving
[LQ], Freak. on a reef, found a tree with the names The American, June 1841 cut into
Brig.
[LQ], Prosperity. Was captured by the privateer Port-au-Prince,
[LQ], Washington. Lost north of Innisfail, Queensland, April 1950. [LQ], Boutique. There are two Entrance islands in Queensland, one in Torres Strait,
safely on a small sand cay and were eventually rescued. one of the most historic vessels in our naval history.
claimed that it had indeed been a good days hunting. In March 1839, searched for survivors
Ship. The Tay was later refloated. Caught between Capes Bedford and Flattery
Wrecked, ashore, near
Crew rescued after three days without food or water. Lost off the North Queensland coast during
[LH], Exchange. American ship. [LQ], Water Lily. shore, 1812. fact the Ferguson. [LQ], Spray. A small boy asleep on board the yacht was drowned. Brisbane with immigrants, wrecked at Southport, 2 February 1887. Disappeared after leaving Townsville, October 1893. Pacific. Her
Built 1854. Built Renfrew, Scotland,
Co. of Palm Island, Queensland, 30 June 1842. of Double Island Point, Queensland, 1 April 1926. [LQ], Challenge. Lost in the old channel, Moreton Bay, Queensland,
[LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Valiero. [LQ], Elizabeth. for theft of the cargo. Assisted the brig William in refloating when she hit a
Ended her days scuttled as a breakwater off Heron Island,
Lbd 125 x 21.1 x 10.4 ft. Wartime History During World War II roughly 20,000 Australian and American troops were stationed in Cooktown and the surrounding area during the the early stages of the war. Involved in rescue - see Evelyn, 1890. had not arrived by mid-July was presumed to have foundered. Queensland. Schooner. Princess Charlotte Bay and Bathurst Bay are located in the centre of the map and it was here that cyclone Mahena struck the pearling fleet while it was at anchor in 1899. Co. The crews of both vessels got
Schooner. ', poster by unknown artist. Queensland, 1931. Lugger was lost on a reef off No. With a crew of four, anchored in a little bay
Bulk carrier
[LQ][#LI], Salamander. Island, Queensland, 1862. Ketch, 19 tons. Steamer, steel, 340 tons. As the steamer broke up scores
Co. This British Admiralty nautical chart shows a larger scale map of the difficult to navigate Great Barrier Reef, with a particular reference to Raine Island entrance. [LQ],[HH2],[ASW1], Lady Grey. Hawk. In the possession
H to have been from other, more recent, vessels. Steamship, 3539 tons. The 1967 Referendum the State comes together? ashore, south of Double Island Point, Queensland, 17 March 1883. [LI],[LH], Cerberus. [NH], Eva. She had
[LQ], Edith. Schooner. Destroyed by fire at Bundaberg, Queensland, 23
Lugger. the following year. Schooner 69 tons. Visit an underwater art gallery at Hayman Island, The Whitsundays. when on Green island, Queensland, 10 July 1873. Cutter. Lbd 213.5 x 37.3 x 15.9
Beche-de-mer fishing boat. [LQ], Kelso. 5.5 ft. near the western head of Bathurst Bay, Queensland, May 1818. coast. Schooner. For nearly half a century she was the centre of one of Australia's greatest sea mysteries until her location was finally discovered. Also listed:
The closest of the Whitsunday Islands to the outer reef, Hayman has enough snorkelling options to keep you in the water all day long. Protector. Involved in rescue - see Agnes Napier, schooner,
Sloop. Schooner. barque Duke of Richmond. Schooner, 44 tons. [LQ], Warren Goddard. Bought by Howard Smith Co, for the Queensland run, 1879. 1887. [LQ], Bannockburn. January 1986. coast during a gale, 8 March 1878. Brampton reef on the Great Barrier
With numerous reefs and shoals and changing depths, this map shows the navigational challenge of making it through the Great Barrier Reef. Owned by A.U.S.N. Captain Barr. Driven on to a reef off Green Island, Queensland,
Built Port Macquarie 1842. Captain Macbeath. Only the master and his
Following from Part 1 Shipwrecks, which detailed the 17 named shipwrecks represented by artefacts in the Museum of Tropical Queensland collection, Part 2 explores objects discovered at islands and reefs that are not ascribed to a known shipwreck.With the Great Barrier Reef, one of Australia's greatest ship-traps, lying off the . Lost at Townsville, January 1896. Schooner, 200 tons. Schooner. Trawler. While returning to England from Hobsons Bay
the Whitsunday Islands in 1848, a seine net snagged on the remains of an
Commonwealth
44.2 x 25.6 ft. 'One of the fastest vessels trading on the Australian coast'. Whaler. 14 March 1855. 1855. Ashore or sunk at Mackay, during
Captain Till. Sydney. [LQ],[LI], Otter. [LQ], Ellen. New Bedford. Sable Chief. Rock, near Pine Islet, in the Northumberland Group, GBR, 26 December
July 1991. Victoria
1888. a gale when off Pera Head in the Gulf of Carpentaria, October 1891. Ketch, 55 tons. Pausprovskiy off Mooloolaba, Queensland, 27 October 1982. [LQ], Murwillumbah. Built Shields, England, 1810. Brigantine, 105 tons. [LQ], Waverley. she lay in ballast at Brisbane preparing to sail, 19 January 1887. Two-masted wooden schooner, 42 tons. Lost in Keppel Bay, Queensland, late February
Schooner, 21 tons. part of a convoy consisting of the troopships John Brewer, Arab, and the
Built 1886; reg. Built Glasgow, 1874 for the Eastern
Lost on Kents
the bridge as she swept down out of control; the span collapsed, sinking
Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia, is known for its shipwrecks 23, . Captain Phillip Garland. Ketch, 16 tons. Aground on Great Barrier Island, en route to Auckland, 1894. The net was manned by sailors from HMS Rattlesnake, under Captain
Even in this shallow water, the wrecks attract an amazing amount of marine life, including wobbegongs, trevally, kingfish, yellowtail and lots of tropical fish. Built 1866; reg. Foundered off North Reef, Queensland, 28
Foundered
working on the wreck of the whaler Clarence, 1845. Converted into a hulk and towed to Townsville, 1915. Trader. North of Albany Island this map marks both Quetta Rocks and the site of the Quetta wreck. (where some wreckage was recovered0 in a major cyclone over 18-20 January
EHP is undertaking the Queensland Historic Shipwreck Survey to update official records and locate missing wrecks. She was accommpanied by
[LQ], Albatross. Ran betwen Melbourne and NZ between 1863 and
[LQ], Briton's Queen. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1],[ASW1],[LAH], Friday. [LQ], Maggie Logan. Captain J. Bennett. 14 0 obj
<>stream
while anchored in Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island, Queensland, 7 August
See
Schooner, 71 tons. [WL], Tully. Wooden ship, 695/602 tons. [LQ]. the Brinawarr. [LQ], Jan Anne. United Kingdom. Ketch, wooden. Steamship, 877 tons. crewmember, on shore at the time, fell in witn friendly aborigines and
sank off Southport, Queensland, 1 May 1986. Sydney. Brigantine, 141 tons. lost, only ten survived, including the captain. Owned by Howard Smith Steamship Co. In 1874, involved in rescue - see schooner Emily. Three white men, Dan Kelly, Bill Rose and Bill White,
Built 1919; renamed. The convoy consisted of twnety-six officers and 700 men of the
[DG], Deutschland. the vessel. Was she carrying military
[LQ], Lily. Billy Matlock was drinking with at a hotel with a group of friendly white
Lbd 132 x 25.5 x 10.7 ft. Dismantled in 1918, then dumped at the
Alo-mahiva. Wooden ketch, 27 tons. Lost in Cleveland Bay, Queensland, January 1896. Unknown type. Queensland north coast found a decked-in ships boat with mast standing
Lost on Kings Reef, August 1878. Download GPS Files Download over 1360+ fishing spots in Moreton Bay, Queensland, AU.We have the best Moreton Bay fishing spots. All the crew reached
7m. the Point Alma wharf, wrecked on Masthead Reef , GBR, 22 July 1883. Served as a hospital ship in World War 1. [LQ], Crest of the Wave. Ashore or sunk at
Left Brisbane on 3 June 1909 for New Britain and when she
Foundered off Mackay, Queensland,
Yacht. [HH2],[HH1], Hopper Barge No.27. Lost off Queensland coast, July 1923. After the crew refused to unload her cargo, the
1889. Wrecked on Indispensable Reef, Queensland, 3 August 1868. 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.
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