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The Meeinderry. Photo from the State Library of Victoria.

Premonition of disaster: the Meeinderry sinking

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 6, 2022
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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ON the night of May 22, 1922, a seaman by the name of West had a bad dream. West was a fireman aboard the NSW collier Meeinderry, due to leave…

Adolphe, Newcastle’s most enduring shipwreck

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:May 26, 2021
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography
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For well over a century, residents of the port city of Newcastle, NSW, have lived with the wreck of the French barque Adolphe, lost on September 30, 1904. The remains…

The Catterthun sinking at Seal Rocks, NSW

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:November 29, 2020
Post category:History
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The loss of the SS Catterthun off Seal Rocks, NSW, in August 1895 is a story that has captured many imaginations. Thousands of gold sovereigns, en route to China, went…

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