ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS

Ships and shipwrecks in this Encyclopedia are listed in allphabetical order within location (see left). The aim is to provide a brief description of the vessel followed by a reference to further published works.
Please note: The site contains about 8,000 entries. This however is about half of what had been collected and collated for the book Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks.

The BOOK,
available September 2006.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS
And Other Maritime Incidents.

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WHAT THIS ENCYCLOPEDIA IS ALL ABOUT: how to use it, a Statement of Objectives, acknowledgements, statistics, copyright.
REFERENCE LISTING: full description of Book Codes and Keys used.
QUERIES and CORRESPONDENCE

ADVANCED SEARCH

LINK TO NO-GRAPHICS HOMEPAGE (frequent users may prefer to bookmark this)
ACCESS BOOK UPDATES, ADDITION AND CORRECTIONS.

UNIDENTIFIED SHIPWRECKS, WRECKAGE.
At the end of each state alphabetic list is a final section called Unidentified.
In addition, there is an excellent searchable text file list of UNIDENTIFIED shipwrecks and wreckage researched and provide by Alexander Wyche. Link for MICROSOFT WORD or WORDPERFECT.

For email communication on any matter pertaining to this site, contact Peter Stone.
Please note however that I am not in a position to provide further information on any of the wrecks listed - the purpose of the website is to provide such information by way of listing the references used.

FURTHER INFORMATION. There are many websites providing further information on Australin ships, shipwrecks, passenger and crew lists etc. A particularly interesting website on Australian ships, with passenger information, may be found at: http://www.blaxland.com/ozships

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Save the historic
CITY OF ADELAIDE

Visit
http://www.cityofadelaide.org.au

This clipper is of extraordinary heritage importance to Australia with respect to 19th century migration to Australia, Australian trade, Australian nation building, and the relationship between Britain and the Australian colonies.

The City of Adelaide represents the foundation era of Australian maritime, economic and social history. She is:
- The oldest surviving clipper ship in the world being five years older than the famous Cutty Sark.
- The only surviving sailing ship that gave regular passenger and cargo service between Europe and Australia. - One of only two surviving composite clipper ships in the world - the other is the Cutty Sark.
- Named after the Australian city because she was built for the sole purpose of bringing immigrants to South Australia and taking Australian goods (e.g. wool, wheat and copper) to the London markets.
The owners of the Scottish slipway where she currently sits want her removed and, as a consequence, the UK authorities plan to 'deconstruct' her. She needs to be brought back to Australia as she is a unique part of our heritage. Otherwise she will be lost forever, and indeed it is a miracle that she has survived for so long.
The above website contains an electronic petition - please sign, and advise your friends - for the sake of our national heritage and our children. .

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