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The 'Fiji' wrecked at Warrnambool with crew on the bowsprit [PRG 1373/22/84] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'Fiji', 1436 tons, wrecked at Warrnambool with her crew on the bowsprit [iron 3 mast barque, 1436 gross tons. ON74478. 229.4 x 36.3 x 23.1. Built 1875 (9) Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Owners: WJ Myers, Sons and Co. registered Belfast. Wrecked September 6/7 1891 near Warrambool Victoria (Wrecks Beach) with the loss of eleven lives of the crew of 26, and a man who tried to rescue them. Was inward to Melbourne from Hamburg with a general cargo]. According to a researcher, this photograph and PRG 1373/21/49 were taken by Joseph Jordan, a photographer from Warrnambool. He took the photos from Wreck Creek, just above Wreck Beach. The "Fiji" was wrecked at Wreck Beach, near Moonlight Head. Warrnambool is about 80km west of the wreck site. The nearest small settlement is Princetown about 10km west of the wreck site. Arthur Wilkinson was the selector who died in the rescue attempt.

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.7 cm x 15.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

1891

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Fiji (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Iron and Steel Barques (II)'.

This image is from the A.D. Edwardes Collection of about 8,000 photographs, mostly of sailing ships from around the world, taken between about 1865 and 1920. Mounted in 91 albums, the photographs are arranged by country of ownership, with some special volumes such as 'Shipping at Port Adelaide' and 'South Australian outports'. Additional information, giving the history of the ships where known, has been provided by maritime historian, Ron Parsons.

Digitisation information

Date

22/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,807 x 2,256 pixels (8.6 MP)

Size

25.78 MB

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