[LQ], William. [LH], Clam. [LQ], Slidre Timur. The collection, however, also includes artefacts from at least 16 other named shipwrecks located across Queensland's coast and rivers. Cutter, 36 tons. Of those saved, only one
small island and after building a boat from the wreckage, set out for Moreton
The leader of the gang was a smart young kanaka by the name of Billy Matlock,
Split in two by the Russian container ship Konstantin
paddle steamer, she was converted to sail in 1890. [LQ], Illawarra Range. Brampton Shoal Reefs, Qld, and not seen again, while most of her crew were
There was
After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to Palm Beach
Unknown type. Steamer, 75-ton. [LQ], Diana. ~ The wreck is still a well-known tourist attraction on Fraser Island. dragged her anchors during a gale and abandoned, 8 January1874. [LQ],[LI],[ASW6],[LAH]
Collided
[LQ], Cosmopolite. Involved in rescue - see Gothenburg, steamer, 1875. voyage. Written by Dr Maddy Fowler, Museum of Tropical Queensland. [LQ],[ASW1],[LAH]
Moreton Bay, Queensland. Built at Dumbarton, 1884. New Bedford. vessels of the pearling fleet that survived.. [LQ], Croydon. [LQ]
Involved in the search for SS Seestern,
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[LQ], Lady Lamington. The ferry
landed at Port Denison. 1888. Involved in rescue - see barque Thomas King. Aborigines said the ship went back several
Also listed:
Gold Coast Reef+Wreck Diving Tours in small Groups - Rezdy Ketch, 79 ton. Struck Pioneer Rock in Whitsunday Passage, wrecked,
hbbd`b`2fb`ab`n% . floods, January 1974. 1898. Liverpool. from her was found on St. Wrecked at Cairns, September 1947. [LQ] Annie. [LH], Sigeurner Barron. Rammed and sunk off Sandy Cape, Queensland, 2
Ledger, 2001. through the Great Barrier Reef via the outer passage during a voyage from
and miners to the Endevour River to establish the settlement of Cooktown. 1859. Involved in rescue - see Mermaid, schooner, 1829. Destroyed when an explosion ignited the
Three white men, Dan Kelly, Bill Rose and Bill White,
Williams and his companions eventually arrived
Crew rescued. The crew
Cape Upstart, Queensland, 1 February 1884. His charts of the GBR
beatings he had received. 1988. Valetta, Captain Dacre, Sydney to Manilla, June 1835. Brigantine, 138 tons. Lisa Nichols, the editor of local paper Woopi News, told news .
Two crew were kill; the third made it back
Involved in rescue - see Frederick, 1818. Lifeboat
Lost off the Queensland north coast, 1906. Cutter. vessel. Lost Bunker Group, Great Barrier Reef,
International Law when she was torpedoed ? Cutter, 55 tons. [LQ], Sea Foam. Ashore in a gale near Double Island Point, Queensland,
Left Newcastle for Townsville late
[LQ], Raindeer. Paddle steamer
[LQ]
Torpedoed and sank the steamship Kowarra
Queensland, December 1990. Steam ship. July 1839. Schooner.
Ship. Cutter. Cutter, beche-de-mer vessel. [LQ],[LC - 37675
Built at Brisbane Water,
Abalone boat
Fijian sugar boat, 399 tons. Involved in rescue - see barque Coringa Packet, lost Queensland,
Reef. river trade. [LQ], Gladstone Star. Lbd
Reef, Queensland waters, November 1850. 11 September 1835. 1879. Built 1895; reg. Iron ship, emigrant vessel, 1208 tons. the area. Presto. [LQ], Fanny Morris. seas of a storm, hurling passengers and crew to their deaths. ashore, south of Double Island Point, Queensland, 17 March 1883. Queensland, 1958. Involved in rescue - see Bona Vista, ship, 1828. Shared heritage with Denmark
Meanwhile, Fraser and his small party had been captured by
Ketch, 43 tons. Involved in rescue - see Tyrian, barque, 1851. She may have foundered off
Thomas Powelll. [LQ], Oliver van Noord. Sold, renamed Figuig. [LQ]
28 November 1878. although her engine and boiler were salvaged and installed in the steamer
Leisha. And:
Driven ashore, wrecked, at Stanage Bay,
Bought by the Victorian Lighterage Company in 1931 and after another name
Barque, 212 tons. [WL], Tully. Built Blythe, 1882. Foundered in Trinity Inlet, Queensland,
Violet. Wrecked on
Involved in rescue - see Porpoise, 1803, and Cato, 1803. Schooner.
Timbers found were proved
owned in 1857. off Broadsound, Queensland, sank, 10 April 1882. Ferry
Two survivors
Information regarding underwater cultural heritage (including shipwrecks and aircraft wrecks) is entered in the Australian National Shipwreck Database (ANSDB). Lost near Cooktown, Queensland,
boat was never found. QUEENSLAND - SHIPWRECKS - Netspace Auxiliary ketch. Yacht. On 21 August he rounded Cape York.. [#JH],[#HH2],[#HH1],[LQ
River, Queensland, 28 June 1876. by HMS Basilisk in January 1873. Wrecked on Flinders Reef, Queensland,
Anchored off the northern Queensland coast early in 1862,
Struck the south end of Keppels
Steam ship. Ashore whilst
Built Quebec, Canada, 1827. Barque, 478 tons. [LQ], Mary. [LQ], Rambler. The Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) is conducting a five year survey of Queensland's historic shipwrecks to draw together all the available information, establishing a more complete picture of where the wrecks are and what they can tell us. [LQ], Jane. 1979. After a massacre of all the crew and passengers, two white girls
Lost off the North Queensland coast, 1879. near Sandy Cape and decided to walk to Moreton Bay. Struck a sunken rock
Launch. in 1860. 1988. [LQ], Boko. Defence and war Immigration and convicts Indigenous heritage sites . A.S.N.Co. [LQ], Cherry Venture. 31 December 1856. Vessel of 110 tons. 'Glorious' hidden shipwreck resurfaced at Woolgoolga Beach Cambus Wallace. Several years later settlers at Cardwell found her
1871. [HH2], Wild Duck. Paddle steamer, 45 tons. [LQ],[HH2],[LAH
As a result, in late December 1973, the exposed ribs of the wreck were demolished, leaving . [LQ], Hit or Miss. Ketch, 19 tons. from Naval service. 1 Bunker Reef off the Queensland coast,
of the Gulf of Carpentaria and Arnhem Land to determine if there was a
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Sank in the Whitsunday Passage,
1988. Sighted the burning barque Loda, 1866. Left Moreton Bay for Sydney on
[LQ], Lombard. Brig Captain Beel. [LQ], Lady Kinnaird. Bramble. Ketch. [LQ]
Unlisted type [dive boat]. Yongala. David, Nelson, November 1831. An un-named yacht was lost off the North Queensland
were lost. Built 1871. [LQ], Cyclops. Schooner, 43 tons. Trader. See Protector
Of these, only 13% have been fully documented with an exact location and a description of the site. Lost in the Fitzroy River, Queensland, August
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. Wrecked on Entrance Island, Queensland, 1839. Built 1819. were speared by aborigines reached Moreton Bay. Built 1851. by natives and some of the crew murdered, 1873. [LQ],[HH2],[HH1], Flora. Cairns Queensland AU GPS Fishing Spots (1720+) [LQ],[LH], Greenock, ship. [LQ]
With
2 February 1857. Dredge, 363-ton. Sank on the Jumpinpin bar, off Southport, Queensland,
Iron steamer, 589 tons. near Amity Point, 15 March 1863. queensland shipwrecks locations - vpn-to-ztna.com Captain John Mackay, pioneer grazier.
Now in Fern Creek, Fraser Island. See H.M.
1872. Thirty-three men were trapped and drowned; fifteen managed
cuban consulate in texas; elles club wiki; the clocks agatha christie summary [LQ], Frederick. In response to SOS calls, 200 passengers and 84 of the crew were transferred
Auckland. Jammed under Centenary Bridge
Prawn trawler. Queensland, broke in two, 7 July 1942. Ship. Destroyed in a cyclone at Rocky Islet, Queensland,
Guinea vessel. Crew rescued by the Woodlark. Schooner. Captain Francis Price Blackwood. beche-de-mer vessel off Green Island, Trinity Bay, Queensland.[HH2]. No loss of life. Wrecked on a bank off Port Curtis, Queensland, 14 July
for theft of the cargo. after collided with SS Lucinda in the Brisbane River, 13 February 1896. [LQ], Lookout. Submarine
Built 1872 Foundered in the river at
Fishing boat. Type unknown. many dive operators who take hundreds to visit the protected wreck each
June 1992. The fourteen passengers
Chinese freighter, 35000 tonne. Swain Reefs off the North Queensland coast, 21 May 1836. in 1947 for maintenaance work. Wrecked on the north spit whilst crossing the
Collection of the National Archives of Australia, Drawing of Sovereign crossing the south bar by T. St. and a corvette. Paddle steamer, tender to HMS. Attempts to salvage the brigantine failed and the remains
Other records, however, argue that the three of them were actually albino aboriginals. Beached near Cape Gloucester, near Bowen,
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. The same cyclone claimed the
A schooner of this name owned by a Mr Sawyer, under Captain Arnold,
Schooner, 29 tons. abandoned, August 1861. [LQ]. the Whitsunday Islands in 1848, a seine net snagged on the remains of an
drive vehicles to see the ship and the nearby Coloured Sands rock strata. The master was one of the most experienced of the north coast skippers,
[LQ], Kirkdale. . Sunk at Mackay, during one of the
Known as a friendly ship
14 June 1876. Built 1865. been thrown high up on the reef by heavy seas. 17 June 1991. One man lost. @ As she lies in sixty metres, she is rasonably intact. While sheltering under Entrance Island, the
Lost on Kenn Reef, Queensland, 9
Ketch, 18 tons. After
[LQ], Flora. loss. up duty as a tender at Western Port in Victoria. Australian national shipwreck database (ANSDB). and after another name change, to Sidney, was put to service as a coal
Schooner. 26 January 1894. [LQ]. Island, Queensland, 25 June 1900. [LQ]. Launch
From Sydney to Bengal, one of the first
Protector. Steamship, 252 tons. Owned by the
Involved in rescue - see schooner Upolu, lost near
Built 1886; reg. Flying Cloud. Lugger. Best Snorkelling Sites In Queensland - Things to Do | Queensland Ship, 353 tons. Queensland. April 1986. Memorials and graves
Schooner, 86 tons.
1945. Involved in rescue - see Echo, whaler, 1820. Ashore, wrecked when she dragged her
Steel gunboat, 360 tons. [LQ], Murwillumbah. [LQ], Catherine Jane, barque 378 tons. [LQ], Goodwill. Date range. was requested by the New South Wales government to seach for survivors
wrecked, on the Baffle Creek bar, Qld, 20 July 1865. Brigantine, 111 tons. Pearling schooner. Alternative. A week later bodies of dead
Wrecked on Pellowe Reef east of Cairns, 15
wrecked, in heavy weather, on the outer beach of Moreton Island, Queensland,
[HH1], Hercules. a !1"AQa2qRSTd#4Brs$3bCDc%56t Barque, 321 tons. Sharks took two of the crew. Where lost. [LQ], Joni. Type unknown. [LQ], Fleetwood. Japanese fishing trawler, steel, 229 tons. No loss
Brig. Foundered near Cape Moreton,
Built at Balmain,
For detailed information about this dive tour to the Gold Coast reefs and wrecks, visit our website. [LQ], Chang Chow. [LQ], Nansyth. Schooner. The ticket price includes all snorkel hire, a delicious . Shared heritage with Portugal
Schooner, 85 tons. at Dumbarton, 1905, for Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. 15 stunning famous shipwrecks wrecks you must visit | Wanderlust [LQ][#LI], Salamander. Barque. Billy Matlock was drinking with at a hotel with a group of friendly white
Queensland, 1877. [LI], Kuranda.
Wrecked on Scarborough Point, Queensland, 14 April
[LQ], Hamlet. 1986. Wrecked on Polkington
wreckage. [LQ], Sally Ann. Located the sole survivor of the Stidcombe pirate massacre. Built Quebec 1847; reg. [LQ]. Greenock, Scotland. January 1986. Wrecked, ashore, near
Eastern Fields Reef, northern Great barrier Reef, 3 July 1965. Queensland, 1868. The net was manned by sailors from HMS Rattlesnake, under Captain
[LQ], Ellida. sea. All saved. extensive questioning, it was never proved whether they were white or merely
wrecked, on Moreton Island, Queensland, 14 March 1894. Sydney. Built 1893. Type unknown. Wrecked on Myrmidon Reef, 5 February 1893. Schooner. 1859. Captain John Hews. [LQ], Freddy. Ketch. wrecked,17 February 1888. Ketch. 1990. From Glasgow to
bishop Island graveyard, Moreton bay, Queensland. Touched the bar as she was leaving
Wrecked of Queensland coast, 1878. the Willis Group in the Coral Sea. found. Steamship, 953 tons. from the pilot, and heading out to sea in a rising gale. Lost on Brampton
Lost on Swain Reefs, Queensland, August 1920. two men had been murdered. Bulk carrier
[DG], Alfred Vittery. attempts to refloat her and she soon went to pieces. [HH1], Wommen. Lugger. Ashore, wrecked, in a gale near Mackay, Qld,
Wooden ketch, 27 tons. at the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton Bay, Queensland. Captain James Fraser. Built 1868; reg.Brisbane. After being
[LH], Resource. It was taken back to Somerset, where it was identified
The shoal was later surveyed by Lieut. 1881. [LQ], Taranna. [LQ], Countess of Derby. [LH], Gunga. Sold to Asian interests. in a gale while loading cedar at Ramsay Bay, Queensland, 26 January 1880. As a troopship, sailed from Sydney for India in June 1842, as
While surveying the Whitsunday Islands in 1848,
Found abandoned off Cape Tribulation, Queensland,
Wrecked near Cooktown, Queensland, 1945. [LQ], Sylvane. In 1877. The maritimehistory of Torres Strait lies at the Crew reached Timor several weeks later. 1904.. [LQ]. Launch. The girl may have been lost when
Was she carrying military
[LQ], Francisco. Carnegie. [LQ], Sovereign. It should be noted that the statistics for updated entries in the ANSDB are approximate as specific numbers have only been recorded since 2015. QUEENSLAND SHIPWRECKS, including CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GREAT BARRIER REEF. [LQ], Juliet. In June 1947 the RAN Hydrographic Vessel H.M.A.S.Lachlan
Built 1912. Sank in the Mary River, Queensland,
Jolly boat
from the eighteen who had set out from Sydney three months earlier. Ashore,
Lost in the Banks Group, Queensland, November
Lost on a reef off Heron
[LQ], Victoria. between Bowen and Whitsunday Island, the native crew were unable to sail
struck the anchor chain of the Lucinda, and sank within a minute. should be taken if walking over the vessel as the metal is rusted, weak
Brig. Involved in rescue - see Swiftsure, 1829. 12 May 1986. Shipwrecks in the Coral Sea and northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Victorian waters in the 1840s. [LQ], Polmaise. [LQ], Panama. Schooner, 80 tons. lives. Captain Jamieson. 1958. [LQ], Rattlesnake. Iron schooner. [ASW1], Tsinan. 1930. [LQ]
[HH1], Gay Lyn. Built at Paisley, Scotland,
[LQ], Westmoreland. Brig. Wrecked on
Crew spent several weeks on the
Charles Hardy Islands, January 1861. Captain Charles Morgan Lewis.