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Maid of Australia
SW corner of Wardang Island, 400 m SE of the Notre Dame D'Arvor wreck site, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
Maid of Australia was a schooner built in 1869 and lost on 08/07/1899. While en route from Point Turton to Port Pirie on 8 July 1899 with a cargo of flux, the vessel was on a course direct for Wardang Island. The course alteration to the west was made too late for the vessel to clear the land. It struck a reef about 1.2 km
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationSW corner of Wardang Island, 400 m SE of the Notre Dame D'Arvor wreck site, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1899
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSchooner; Wood; While en route from Point Turton to Port Pirie on 8 July 1899 with a cargo of flux, the vessel was on a course direct for Wardang Island. The course alteration to the west was made too late for the vessel to clear the land. It struck a reef about 1.2 km
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