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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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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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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 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 78 min read
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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 24 min read
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