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Central Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927

4 stories in Central Coast's papers

Wreckage Coming Ashore

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 8

A report from Boat Harbor received this morning states that timber and wreckage from the "Galava" is being washed up in large quantities, and…

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Steamer Founders Off Terrigal Several of Crew Drowned. Others Missing Since Collier Suddenly Turned Turtle and Sank

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 8

A wreck which resulted in serious loss of life focussed all Australia's interest on Terrigal yesterday (Wednesday). The "Galava," a 412-ton steam collier,…

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War Wrecks. Work of Red Cross

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1927 · page 5

Now that the war is only a memory there are many people who wonder what the Bed Cross stands for to-day and what it is doing. Little doubt…

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Wrecks of the Beauty Parlors. Women Made Hideous by Unskilled Operators

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 November 1927 · page 2

Of all the new-fangled notions of the past few years, none have grown with such rapidity as the cult of the beauty specialist—that man, or woman, who…

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