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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1871

2 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

Particulars of the Wreck of the Meg .Era

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 14 October 1871 · page 4

The Malacca, with the officers and crew of H. M. ship Megara wrecked at St. Paul’s Island, arrived in Sydney Harbour, on the morning of the 2nd inst, at half-past ten…

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Arrival of the Branch Mail Steamer at Adelaide. Total Wreck of the Mail Steamer RANGOON-Crew and Passengers Saved. Mails Lost. Queen’s Health Improved. Sir Hercules Robinson appointed Governor of New South Wales. Another Fenian Raid on Canada Defeated. General O’Neill Cantured. Wool and Copper Firm. (From the Herald’s Supplement.)

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 2 December 1871 · page 4

The Rangoon, after clearing Galle Harbour at 6 o’clock of the evening of the evening of the 1st, and while laying-to for the mail boat was carried by a strong current on to Kulla…

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