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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1954

3 stories in Central Coast's papers

Nz Ketch in Port Again

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 1

The 40ft home-made ketch Pleiades has returned to Gosford on its way back to New Zealand. The crew has been defeated in their attempt to get to New Guinea on a working…

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Nz Ketch Takes Man Who Visited Canada

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 7

Nineteen-year-old Barry Kebbell, who sailed from NZ in the 40ft ketch Pleiades about 18 months ago, is returning home in the vessel. In the meantime he has been twice in Canada…

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Memorial planned for victims of shipwreck

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 1

A permanent memorial to victims of the ss Maitland disaster 56 years ago is to be erected on the site…

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