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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1953

9 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

£700 Fishing Launch Wrecked at Evans Hd

Macleay Argus · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 4

A £700 fishing launch was wrecked at Evans Head late on Thursday afternoon. The boat was owned by Mr. Doug Uden a…

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To Investigate Plane Wreckage

Macleay Argus · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 1

TOWNSVILLE. Sunday. -- A police sergeant and party of experienced bushmen left here late this afternoon to…

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Plane Wreckage May Be Solved

Macleay Argus · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sunday. --The sighting of plane wreckage in the Harvey Ranges 20 miles from Townsville may be…

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Jap Divers Search World War I Wreck

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 6

PERTH. -- Japanese skin divers have been operating on the wreck of the German light cruder, Emden, which is lying on a reef at North Keeling Island, in British territory…

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Ancient Guns Linked with Early Wrecks

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 4

PERTH.--The ocean minesweepers H.M.A.S. Mildura and H.M.A.S. Fremantle returned to Fremantle from a…

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Wrecks for Sale in Solomons Area

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 14 October 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Oct. 13: The wrecks of several ships sunk around the Solomon Islands during the war are now for…

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Ketch Attracts Keen Interest at Tuncurry

The Northern Champion · Friday 27 November 1953 · page 1

An auxiliary ketch, which put in at Tuncurry on Tuesday, spent the day stuck fast on a sand bank…

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Rabaul-bound Schooner Aground at Forster

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 27 November 1953 · page 3

Bound for Rabaul, the new 50-ton auxiliary schooner, Manmo, ran into trouble after crossing the bar at Forster on Tuesday when she became fast on a sandbank…

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Wooloomooloo Wreck Obelisk Restored

Macleay Argus · Monday 30 November 1953 · page 8

South West Rocks Ratepayers and Citizens' Association has asked the Historical Society to supply details of the…

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