The strange case of the AUSTRAL
Datec 1930
Object numberANMS0401[089]
NameNewspaper clipping
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the Estate of John Watt
DescriptionNewspaper clipping titled 'The strange case of the AUSTRAL' on the sinking of the Orient Line passenger liner SS AUSTRAL in Sydney Harbour in 1882 and its refloating and repair in 1883. The clipping includes a black and white photographic image of SS AUSTRAL in port. The article begins 'As the daily ferries ply their busy, endless way back and forth from Sydney very few of the passengers know or remember that under remarkable circumstances a great ocean liner sank...'
1882 - 1883
