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The Buck Family and the Ketch ‘Young E.B.’

You may call it just a coincidence, but I call it fate. I was by chance visiting the anchor memorial by the Australian Naval Association...

Steve Reynolds

Sep 2, 20255 min read

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 2, 20252 min read

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 1, 20254 min read

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 21, 20259 min read

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 20, 202510 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...

Steve Reynolds

Jan 16, 20251 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...

Steve Reynolds

Jan 14, 20253 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...

Steve Reynolds

Jan 13, 20256 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...

Steve Reynolds

Jan 12, 20252 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...

Steve Reynolds

Jan 8, 20253 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...

Steve Reynolds

Jan 7, 20258 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...

Steve Reynolds

Jan 2, 20254 min read