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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

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Launch Wrecked. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 6

A shipping launch, bound north from Newport was wrecked near the entrance to Newcastle Harbour last night. One of the crew,…

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Certificate Suspended The Orana Wreck Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 October 1937 · page 1

After an inquiry into the wreck of the coastal steamer, Orana, at Old Ban on' August 31st, the Marine Court to-day suspended…

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Lugger Wrecked Crew's Ordeal Brisbane

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 November 1937 · page 1

After the lugger Koza had been wrecked on the Flinders Reef, about 150 miles north east of Townsville last Thursday, her…

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Buildings Wrecked Heavy Storm At Dubbo

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 1

Blowing along a strip of country about two miles wide on the Macquarie River at Dubbo on Monday evening, a terrific gale…

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