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Swan
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
The Swan went missing in 1883 when on a journey to the Lacepede Islands and King Sound from Beagle Bay. Aboard were Isaac Doust and two Aboriginal crew. The surviving crew later told their story. The Swan struck a reef at Stewart’s Island and after Doust r ...
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Three Whale Boats from the Russell
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
The Russell was an American whaler. In 1839 this ship took the explorer George Grey and his party to the North West of Western Australia. Three whale boats carrying the explorers were set on Bernier Island, just north of Shark Bay, and the Russell continue ...
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Twilight and Bunyip
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
These two cutters were both wrecked at the eastern end of Culver Cliffs on 24 May 1877. They had been involved in unloading stores for workers on the construction of the telegraph line from Eucla. All hands survived and the groups walked to Israelite Bay f ...
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Unidentified at Eyre
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
This unknown ship was discovered by Edward John Eyre at the time he was making his famous transcontinental journey. In his journal he noted the position where he found a number of pieces of a wrecked ship. Some of the oars and spars had been arranged above ...
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Unnamed
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
This wreck possibly occurred sometime during 17th century. There are no contemporary accounts of this particular wreck and it has not been found. It is not certain if there was a wreck at all. An Aboriginal legend exists of a ship wrecked many years ago ei ...
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Vergulde Draeck
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
The Vergulde Draeck was wrecked on the 28 April 1656, near the mouth of the Moore River. Of the 193 on board, only 75 managed to reach the shore in two of the ship’s boats and only a small of amount of provisions were saved. Seven men including the underst ...
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Vianen
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
This incident was not a wreck, the vessel went aground and managed to get free by releasing some cargo. It was one of the early sightings of the “Southland” and was unusual because the ship was on its way from and not to Java. There is an interesting menti ...
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Voladora
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
The Voladora was grounded near the mouth of the Berkeley River. Artefacts of worked bottle glass were found during the Wreck Inspection North Coast of 1978. ...
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Wanderer
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
This vessel, the Wanderer , was believed to be wrecked at Rogers Strait and Captain Maguire and his mate murdered by Aboriginals. Newspaper reports at the time were extremely prejudicial to the Aboriginal community. The West Australian of 24 July 1913 stat ...
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Whaleboat Pt D’Entrecasteaux
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
On 20 April 1831 a group led by Lieutenant William Preston were exploring the South West Coast in a whale boat from HMS Sulphur. The boat began taking water and they ended up stranded and decided to march back to Augusta. They encountered an Aboriginal as ...
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