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Central Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1952

5 stories in Central Coast's papers

Wreck Link With Ship Built At Kincumber

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 1

A castaway whose skeleton was found on a lonely island off the north-west coast of Arnhem Land may have been…

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Ketch Excursion On Brisbane Water

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

Mr. W. H. Kirkness has placed his ketch John Settree at the disposal of the Brisbane Water Historical Society for…

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Disabled Ketch Towed To Terrigal

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

Two Terrigal fishermen whose ketch was disabled two miles southeast of Avoca Beach last night were rescued…

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Historic Sites Included In Ketch Tour

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 1

Members of the Brisbane Water Historical Society on Saturday afternoon visited the private cemetery at Veteran Hall, in which members of the Henderson family are buried…

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"Lobster Bill" Stayed dose To His Ketch

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 6

Brogan's Point was named after "Lobster Bill' Brogan, a sea captain who beached his ketch, All Serene, at this point, and lived in a shack alongside the vessel. Booker Ray was first…

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