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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1953

24 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 2

New angle on the first steamer from Adelaide to Albury

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 September 1953 · page 15

Through the years there has been considerable controversy about the arrival of the first steamer to Albury from Adelaide and, further, who captained the first vessel on this historic…

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Semi-trailer Wrecked in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 October 1953 · page 3

The semi-trailer in these pictures was totally wrecked, and its valuable 15 ton cargo strewn over the Hume Highway when it…

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First steamer to arrive here was the Albury SMH. Oct.11 1855 Albury Stram and Customs

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 6

HURRAY! hurrah!! for the steamer Albury, Free trade for ever! The long-looked-for come at last!! Such were the congratulations that greeted the steamer and her adventurous crew, as they neared our…

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Church Wrecked—set on Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 December 1953 · page 12

MELBOURNE. Sun.: Vandals deliberately wrecked furniture and fittings at the Church of Christ in Main road, Croydon,…

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