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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1848

2 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Wreck of Two Vessels, and Loss of Nine Lives

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1848 · page 2

OWING to the late tempestuous weather, it is our melancholy duty to record this week the total loss of two vessels in the very harbour of Port Jackson and nine lives. The following are the…

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Wreck of the "Governor Phillip."

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1848 · page 4

CLARK'S ISLAND, 5th Nov., 1848.—It is my painful duty to notify to you the unfortunate calamity that has befallen the Government brig. "Governor Phillip," while on the passage from…

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