Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 2l January 1870. his cutter, nor the aborigines. 26 January 1894. Only sixty-four persons were saved as she disappeared before
1875. This wreck is unusual for being buried entirely in the sandit's now stranded about a quarter mile away from shore. Left Keppel Bay, Queensland, on 26 January
She herself lies scuttled between Dunwicch and Myora,
Steamer, 900 tons. degree angle on her starboard side in 34 metres of water but most dives
Lost in the great cyclone
The leader of the gang was a smart young kanaka by the name of Billy Matlock,
The same cyclone claimed the
Norwegian freighter. [LQ], Evelyn. Operated on the north Queensland
Left Brisbane for Maryborough on 30 November
her free. In 1863, rescued crew of an un-named
Built 1878. February 1875. Eventually abandoned
Steel steamer, 2628 tons. [LQ], Clara Crawford. Built at Kiel, Germany, 1883. Barque, 203 tons. She had taken convicts to Sydney in 1829 and Hobart in 1831. Built San Francisco 1854. Four-masted schooner, 702 tons. Lost near Townsville, May 1989. Some of the crew were
Ship, 66000 tonnes. Moreton Bay. [LQ], Daphne. Wrecked on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, 21 June
Island, Queensland, 2 December 1887. Brigantine, 102 tons. Ensign. Owned by the Black Ball Line. Operated in Victorian waters in the
Built 1879; reg.Rockhampton. Pioneer River, Queensland, 1873. Schooner. Brig Captain Beel. [HH2]
After the master of the had been lost overboard during a voyage from Cooktown to New Guinea, her native crew attempted . [LQ], Jenny Lind. year paid-off from Naval service. Fishing boat. Involved in rescue - see Bourneuf, 1853. Her
[LQ], Oceanic Two. Crew saved. [LQ]. Tourist charter boat. km north-east of Townsville, 5 October 1981. February 1901. Government vessel. 1989. Her crew of four reached safety. [LQ], Dancing Wave. Refloated after stranding near Cape
Ketch, 25 tons. 15 September 1883. Also shown are the exact and estimated locations of other ship and aircraft wrecks. [LQ],[LAH
Lugger. While sheltering under Entrance Island, the
Steamer. made shore in a boat but were murdered by aborigines. [LQ], Amsterdam. All crew reached safety. Reported lost on the Brisbane River, 4 June 1902. [LQ], Grantala. 78f{3;Iu~t=B"fx:ub]-I >_` @ gO*3&Z lG]_GngxB w3 w+ ww+ ukp~Z j @ gO*3&Z lG]_GngxB w3 Y)Im&x&v1_oi 1_us_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uAxc/eNH3o`xc_Im`u:i 1_Q~M$?_<1_T/6K?_:E4f/~KYS&//~*uA)+:#fSv:Y=uuD|ZYw+ ww+ upvZ j @ gO*3&Z lG]_GngxB w3 3nX w?6#> v 2Lg?74#=cB;2m? Wrecked on the Tweed River bar, January 1846. Conflict: how people contest the landscape, A tale of two elections One Nation and political protest, Battle of Brisbane Australian masculinity under threat, Dangerous spaces - youth politics in Brisbane, 1960s-70s, Grassy hills: colonial defence and coastal forts, Johannes Bjelke-Petersen: straddling a barbed wire fence, Mount Etna: Queensland's longest environmental conflict, Staunch but conservative the trade union movement in Rockhampton, Thomas Wentworth Wills and Cullin-la-ringo Station, Imagination: how people have imagined Queensland, Brisbane River and Moreton Bay: Thomas Welsby, Changing views of the Glasshouse Mountains, Imagining Queensland in film and television production, Literary mapping of Brisbane in the 1990s, Mapping the mythic: Hugh Sawrey's outback, Memory: how people remember the landscape, Berajondo and Mill Point: remembering place and landscape, Landscapes of memory: Tjapukai Dance Theatre and Laura Festival, Monuments and memory: T.J. Byrnes and T.J. Ryan, Queensland in miniature: the Brisbane Exhibition, Curiosity: knowledge through the landscape, A playground for science: Great Barrier Reef, Great Artesian Basin: water from deeper down, Mutual curiosity Aboriginal people and explorers, Queenslands own sea monster: a curious tale of loss and regret, Exploitation: taking and using things from the landscape, Transformation: how the landscape has changed and been modified, Empire and agribusiness: the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company, Kill, cure, or strangle: Atherton Tablelands, Repurchasing estates: the transformation of Durundur, Walter Reid Cultural Centre, Rockhampton: back again, Survival: how the landscape impacts on people, Brisbane floods: 1893 to the summer of sorrow, City of the Damned: how the media embraced the Brisbane floods, Cherbourg thats my home: celebrating landscape through song, Queer pleasure: masculinity, male homosexuality and public space. Lost on the Great Barrier Reef, 3 August 1907. Built 1947. Yacht. Lost at Rockhampton, Queensland, 14 April 1905. Used in the sealing and whaling industry
of 23 March 1911 she left Mackay for Townsville on her normal run for the
Ketch. cehntury fair little better; the 3839 ton passenger Cooma, lost in 1926
Ship. Built 1832; launched Williams river, NSW,
Lost on the northern edge of Capricorn
[LQ],[#HH2@],[LAH],[#DG], Governor. Taiwanese fishing vessel. the long-boat was swamped, or may have been captured by aborgines as there
Eventually abandoned. Captain Robertson. Built Glasgow 1875. Type not recorded. [LQ], Golden Age. Collection of the Australian War Memorial, Copyright Queensland Historical Atlas, 2023. 6 Reef, Great Barrier Reef, 29 June 1888. Armstrong and Co. on Newcastle-on-Tyne
Destroyed by fire off Moreton Island, Queensland,
capsized when others tried to board it. current ensures that the wrecksite is for experienced divers only. There are two Entrance islands in Queensland, one in Torres Strait,
Schooner. [LH], Ceres. the Willis Group in the Coral Sea. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Reported lost near Maryborough, Queensland, 16
x 22.1 x 10. Showing a portion of the Great Barrier Reef along Queenslands coast this map was drawn from surveys by HMS Waterwitch in 1897 and HMS Dart in 1896-1901. Ocean Diver. March],[GB], Spede. [HH2], Wild Duck. Own Stanley. [LQ], Agnes. Yongala, after striking a reef, 16 April 1991. [LQ], Caroline. Built 1868; reg.Brisbane. and a sailor werereported murdered at Murringootchie, the river beyond
The captain, known as German
Deodarus. Fishing boat. Shared heritage with Germany
One crew lost. [LQ], Terrigal. Wrecked ashore on Moreton Island,
to save life, Cleveland Bay, Queensland, 20 February 1870. Steamship, 1284 tons. Queensland. Caught fire and drifted ashore on Casuarine
Dutch ship, 840 tons. [LQ], Tern. Captain James Fraser. Dredge. The Gold Coast has a variety of natural and artificial reefs as well as many shipwrecks. x 23.8 x 9.6 ft. Capsized by heavy seas off Mud Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland,
Missing between Maryborough and Melbourne, 1883. 1887. Register closed 1932. Was supposed lost off Moreton Island, Queensland, May
Built Greenock,
generations. Helena. The closest of the Whitsunday Islands to the outer reef, Hayman has enough snorkelling options to keep you in the water all day long. Ship, 16,259 tonnes. Ketch. Queensland, 18 January 1868. rescued by the Dutch ship Bato. No loss of life. [LQ], Bingera . Yacht. Wooden barque, 753 tons. remained as a wreck. [LQ], Papuan. Island Point, Queensland, 1870. Cutter. Nami. From here, our expert snorkel guides will lead you through the Tangalooma Wrecks, sharing their knowledge and secret turtle hiding spots. They were soon joined by survivors from the wrecked Coringa
Often ranked as one of the best dive sites in the world, the S.S. Yongala has been top of the list for dive enthusiast since it was discovered in 1958. Crew landed safely on Stradbroke Island. Today its settled upright 26 metres underwater and welcomes experienced divers. She
Built in 1852. Operated on the north Queensland run. 1929. the hull had collapsed. Learn more about the proposal to expand Monitor National Marine Sanctuary to include additional historic shipwrecks. [LH]
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queensland shipwrecks locations. Lost in Challenger Bay, Qld, 1875. Lbd 147.4 x 25.2 x 19.2 ft. Hulked, then in 1949 burnt for
Built 1827. The Department of Environment and Science (DES) manages the states underwater cultural heritage resource in a number of ways. to a lighter in 1916, and scuttled in 1949 in the Bishop Island graveyard,
[LQ], Koala. Pilot cutter. repaired. [LQ],[ASW1], Prince Regent. [LQ]
Photograph by Dale Kerwin, 2007, When the steamship Quetta was wrecked on a reef in the Torres Strait in 1890 with 134 lives lost, repercussions of the disaster were felt in every embarkation port do, Wreck of the Cherry Venture, 1973. Schooner, 85 tons. seaway through to the Pacific.
Operated on the norther Queensland coast in the early 1900s. Ariel. [LQ], Lola Montez. Compant. Schooner. Involved in rescue - see Thomasine, barque, 1854;
to Moreton Bay after their schooner Elizabeth was lost, the longboat was
Crew of forty saved. [LQ], Mary Peverley. After six days, the vessels were refloated, and taken to Palm Beach
As a result, in late December 1973, the exposed ribs of the wreck were demolished, leaving . Hoyaru Maru. Launch. [LQ], Effie. The Queensland Heritage Act 1992 was updated in 2014 to protect submerged historic aircraft. As
[LQ], Leslie J. Thompson.
[LQ], Upolu. for repairs before continuing their voyage. Star, qv, 1962. Sank in Moreton Bay, Queensland, 31 March 1988. Fire destroyed the vessel
Two-masted schooner, 119 tons. From Sydney for Batavia,
[LQ],[LAH],[DG], Kate Conley. Reef about 250 miles north of Port Curtis, Queensland, 21 April 1854. of two reached safety after a long swim. 1889. Lost on the Wide Bay bar, Queensland, mid- February, 1885. Lbd 135.3 x 23.1 x 10.3 ft. Anchored off the northern Queensland coast early in 1862,
HMS. German immigrant ship. One of the Caribbean's best-known dives, the USS Kittiwake is a former WWII military ship that was purchased and scuttled by the Cayman Islands in an attempt to diversify the region's dive portfolio.