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Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1953

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Girl Stowaway Hid in Lifeboat for Two Days and Two Nights

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 2

A 16-year-old girl told Wollongong Children's Court yesterday she had stowed away on a ship in Adelaide, and had hidden in a lifeboat for two days and nights, before being found…

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Girl Stowaway Hid in Lifeboat for Two Days and Two Nights

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 5

A 16-year-old girl told Wollongong Children's Court she had stowed away on a ship in Adelaide, and had hidden in a lifeboat for two days and nights, before being found…

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Can Worthington Wreck the Gong Wickets?

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 40

Can devastating Woonona trundler, Keith Worthington, repeat his previous bowling feats of the first two rounds? This question will be the highlight of Saturday Illawarra Cricket. Both undefeated, Woonon[?]…

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