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1979-1980 Images of the Grecian wreck site and artefacts
I have some images of the SUHR's expedition and survey of the Grecian wreck site from November 1979 to January 1980. Underwater photos...
Steve Reynolds
Mar 211 min read
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Images of the 1970s Holdfast Bay Project
I have several images from the 1970'sof the Holdfast Bay Project at the old Glenelg jetty site. These came courtesy of Doug & Mara Seton...
Steve Reynolds
Mar 211 min read
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1982 Images from the Tigress wreck site
I have many black and white images of the Tigress wreck site in 1982. These may have come courtesy of Doug & Mara Seton. They show the...
Steve Reynolds
Mar 211 min read
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Two Cannon from Armada Shipwrecks
The Underwater Archaeological Unit of Ireland’s Department of National Monuments Service recovered a cannon said/thought to be from La...
Steve Reynolds
Feb 243 min read
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The Memorial for John Robert McDonald
Local Port Adelaide identity, John Robert McDonald was buried in the Alberton cemetery in 1909. According to this plaque, the cemetery...
Steve Reynolds
Feb 22 min read
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Captain Alexander James Jamieson (& the Mary)
According to https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Notable_South_Australians/Captain_Alexander_Jamieson : - “Notable South Australians by George...
Steve Reynolds
Feb 14 min read
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The Recovery of Copper Ingots from Old Wallaroo Jetty in 1974
As I wrote at ‘Price’s Jetty’ at Wallaroo , the second jetty to be built at Wallaroo, SA was commenced in April 1880. Two divers died...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 283 min read
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The Search for the Investigator's Anchors
Since writing The Recovery of the Small Stream Anchor from HMS Investigator , I have now found that details regarding the search for the...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 221 min read
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Captain Hilton Burgess from the Vivid
When I published The Continuing Search for the Vivid online, I soon heard from a colleague who told me that he was a great grandson of...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 222 min read
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The Continuing Search for the Vivid
(As far as I can tell, my article titled "The Continuing Search for the Vivid (as told to Steve Reynolds by Eric Kotz)" published in the...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 2110 min read
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Updates and Corrections re Captain Thomas Swiggs, William Loose Beare, Captain George Main (and more?)
I am now trying to link several old articles together, and correct some possible errors in them, and add more details to them. The...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 219 min read
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The grave of the cook from the Fides wreck, the Wreck Itself and Harvey’s Return
This photo from “Kangaroo Island Shipwrecks” by Gifford Chapman shows the grave of a sailor from the wreck of the Fides : - (Source:...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 2010 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 161 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 143 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 136 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 122 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 105 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 83 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 72 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 72 min read
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