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Boat from the Geographe
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
In June 1801 a chaloupe or longboat from the Geographe was stranded in the Wonnerup inlet. Post Captain Nicholas Baudin sent a rescue mission the following day which included the master carpenter to affect repairs to the chaloupe. Baudin was concerned abou ...
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Perseverant
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
The French whaler Perseverant was driven ashore during a gale on 16 March 1841. The crew were stranded on Dirk Hartog island for ten weeks and five men died of scurvy during that time. The remaining crew were becoming desperate and set off in four small bo ...
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