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Fitzjames
End of Cable Company Wharf, Jervois Basin, Port Adelaide. No artefactual evidence has been located so far, but it is likely that the vessel's remains have been covered by land reclamation.
Fitzjames was a ship built in 1852 and lost on 1891. In 1885 the Royal Commission into the administration of the Destitute Board strongly criticised the management of the Fitzjames, and responsibility for the reformatory ship was transferred to the newly created State Children’s Council, who campaigned t
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationEnd of Cable Company Wharf, Jervois Basin, Port Adelaide. No artefactual evidence has been located so far, but it is likely that the vessel's remains have been covered by land reclamation.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1891
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceShip; Wood; In 1885 the Royal Commission into the administration of the Destitute Board strongly criticised the management of the Fitzjames, and responsibility for the reformatory ship was transferred to the newly created State Children’s Council, who campaigned t
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