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Surname: Adolphe shipwreck, Newcastle
First Name: -
Ship: LH
Date: 1904
Place: Newcastle Harbour
Source: Local Treasures ABC
Details: The French barque Adolphe is just one of many shipwrecks that litter the entrance to Newcastle Harbour Having sailed from Antwerp, the Adolphe was ultimately heading for Sydney to load wheat, however in large seas the ship came to grief on Newcastle s notorious Oyster Bank in 1904 after colliding with the wreck of another vessel, the Colonist, whilst being manoeuvred in to port by the tugs Hero and Victoria
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Surname: Ceylon Shipwreck
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1834 24 February
Place: Newcastle
Source: SH
Details: Letter to the editor from survivors of the Ceylon wreck
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Surname: Shipwreck
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1827 17 October
Place: Newcastle
Source: Australian
Details: Subscription raised for Bradburn who had lost everything when his vessel was wrecked
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Surname: Shipwreck ' Elizabeth'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1830 27 May
Place: On the passage from Sydney to Newcastle
Source: SG
Details: Wrecked on the passage from Sydney to Newcastle. Mail damaged
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Active'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1852 28 February
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Heavy gales drove her ashore for the second time when she became a total wreck
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Alfred'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1846 31 January
Place: -
Source: MM
Details: From Brisbane Water. Sunk after collision with steamer 'Rose'. Owner of maize on board John Lowry. Captain Alfred Settree, James Devonport, sailor and John Lowry rescued
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Anna Maria'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1851 3 September
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Coasting schooner wrecked on the Long Bight
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Australian Lad'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1827 10 October
Place: -
Source: Australian
Details: Cutter. Trader between Newcastle and Sydney. Entirely lost and crew perished
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Boyd'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1812 1 August
Place: -
Source: SG
Details: Carrying a full freight of wheat from Hawkesbury. Lost on a beach between Hunter River and Port Stephens called the 'Sand Hills'
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Calder'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1823 6 February
Place: Newcastle
Source: SG
Details: Wrecked at Newcastle. Captain William Worth. Owner Peter Dillon
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Canmore'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1854 28 October
Place: Oyster Bank, Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Wrecked on the Oyster Bank. 7 people drowned. Inquest on the body of the chief mate Edgar Day
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Ceres'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1836 27 September
Place: -
Source: SG
Details: Wreck of the Ceres sold to Mr. Korff for 91. Korff intends to build a small coaster with portions of the wreck
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Charlotte'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1827 28 September
Place: Newcastle
Source: SG
Details: Lying wrecked on the beach five miles from Newcastle after foundering at sea on the 7th September
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Charlotte'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1833 25 March
Place: Newcastle
Source: SH
Details: Vessel belonging to Andrew Beaumont of Sydney. Wrecked off Birdie Island. Master Charles Wantling made it to shore 12 miles from Newcastle. 2 crew drowned
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Dan O'Connell'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1840 16 May
Place: A mile north east of the place where the King William the Fourth was wrecked.
Source: CJ
Details: Cutter wrecked on the Sand Bank of the north shore in a gale. Pilot Mr. Jackson rescued the crew.
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Domain'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1846 6 May
Place: -
Source: MM
Details: Wreck of the cutter Domain
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Dove'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1844 3 February
Place: Sydney
Source: Sydney Record
Details: From Brisbane Water. Sank off Sydney Heads. 2 drowned
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Dove'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1828 13 June
Place: Port Stephens
Source: Australian
Details: Lost in a storm to the north of Port Stephens. 7 lives lost
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Dundee'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1808 28 August
Place: Newcastle
Source: SG
Details: Under Captain Cummings wrecked at Hunter River on 15th August 1808
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Surname: Shipwreck 'Effort'
First Name: -
Ship: -
Date: 1852 10 July
Place: Tuggerah
Source: MM
Details: Five of the crew and passengers of the Effort buried by crew of the Pelican vessel after she was wrecked at Tuggerah Beach during gales