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Steve Reynolds
3 days ago1 min read
More About Sir Douglas Mawson
Since writing both The steam yacht SY Aurora and The Mystery of the S.S. Douglas Mawson , I see that I had previously written about the...
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Steve Reynolds
5 days ago3 min read
The grave of Lucy Ann Beare at the Reeves Point cemetery
This is the grave of Lucy Ann Beare at the Reeves Point cemetery: - The grave of Lucy Ann Beare at the Reeves Point cemetery (Photo...
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Steve Reynolds
6 days ago6 min read
Harvey’s Return Cemetery
There is a small cemetery at Harvey’s Return near Cape Borda on Kangaroo Island. According to https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2506227...
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Steve Reynolds
7 days ago2 min read
The Geltwood Graves
According to https://borderwatch.com.au/local-news/2020/06/27/inland-link-to-maritime-history/ , the iron hulled barque Geltwood was...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 105 min read
Terry Arnott (and the City of Launceston shipwreck)
Terry Arnott (TK, Terrence) passed away in 2007 at the age of 53. There was an obituary for Terry in The Advertiser on 17th February...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 83 min read
Further to the Grave of the Unknown Sailor from the Loch Vennachar
Further to The Grave of the Unknown Sailor from the Loch Vennachar , there are further details in “Australian Sea Mysteries” (Second...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 72 min read
The Knees of Ships
According to Wikipedia, “In woodworking, a knee is a natural or cut curved piece of wood. Knees, sometimes called ship's knees, are a...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 72 min read
The Mystery of the S.S. Douglas Mawson
"Australian Sea Mysteries" (2nd edition) gives some details of a wooden, ketch-rigged steamship called the Douglas Mawson , built in NSW...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 78 min read
The steam yacht SY Aurora
I recently found this postcard from the South Australian Museum: - It features the Aurora at the Cape Denison anchorage. Those ice...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 62 min read
Art and Artefacts from HMCS Protector
Further to HMCS Protector, South Australia's only colonial warship and Student Survey of the Torpedo Station Site, Hindmarsh Reach, Port...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 53 min read
1977 Loch Vennachar Expedition Update, including images from the expedition
As I wrote at The Anchors of the Loch Vennachar at http://wix.to/gzjn2HB , the SUHR conducted a major expedition by to the site of...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 42 min read
HMCS Protector, South Australia's only colonial warship
Further to S tudent Survey of the Torpedo Station Site, Hindmarsh Reach, Port River, 2000 , although most details are covered in Stephen...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 44 min read
Student Survey of the Torpedo Station Site, Hindmarsh Reach, Port River (2000)
A group of students and lecturers from the 3rd year Flinders University Maritime Archaeology class (ARCH 3005) undertook fieldwork on the...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 24 min read
The Graves of Crew from the Rescue Boat for the Electric
While I'm on a roll, here is the memorial at St Jude's Cemetery at Brighton for the four drowned crew from the boat that attempted to aid...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 22 min read
The grave of Dao Thanh from the SS Notue
My writing seems to have drifted from shipwrecks, anchors & cannon to maritime graves now. That brings me to revisit the topic of The...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 13 min read
The 'Missing' Anchor from the City of Adelaide Clipper Ship
According to http://cityofadelaide.org/wiki/Voyage_to_Adelaide_in_1874 , “At 3am on the 24th August 1874 the City of Adelaide anchored...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 31, 20245 min read
The Grave of the Unknown Sailor from the Loch Vennachar
According to comments made on “Ships’ Nostalgia”, the “ Loch Vennachar was a three-masted iron sailing ship (clipper) that operated...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 31, 20242 min read
The Grave of David Kilpatrick from the Loch Sloy
This is the grave of 25-year-old David Kilpatrick, a victim of the Loch Sloy wrecking on a nearby reef at Kangaroo Island in April 1899....
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 31, 20242 min read
Pictures of the Loch Vennachar
This was meant to be about another topic, but I will just ‘go with the flow’ and (mainly) discuss pictures of the Loch Vennachar. I...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 27, 20243 min read
The American Whaler Anchor at American River
This anchor at American River on Kangaroo Island is said to be from an early American whaling ship. The anchor at American River on...
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