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Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927

3 stories in Illawarra's papers

Memorial Cairn to the Victims of Wreck of Walter Hood a Reminder of 57 years Ago

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 24

The unveiling of the memorial cairn erected over the remains of the victims of the wreck of the Walter Hood was performed on Wednesday…

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Steamer Loaded. Without Waterside Workers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 15

Yesterday the steamed Papanui called at Port Kembla to load bunkers, and the waterside workers asked for 6d per hour extra, as the steamer was…

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War Wrecks: Work of Red Cross

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 October 1927 · page 10

Now that the war is only a memory there are many people who wonder what the Red Cross stands for to-day, and what it is doing. Little doubt is left as to the need of the organisation, once the sad procession of war wrecks who pass daily…

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