Wendouree (1882) Explained

Wendouree was a steel steamship built as a collier by S & H Morton & Co., Leith, Scotland for Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd. She was later refitted to carry passengers for the Melbourne to Sydney run.

Fate

She was wrecked on the Oyster Bank at the mouth of the Hunter River while leaving Newcastle for Adelaide on 20 July 1898. She was carrying 1,430 tons of coal and 200 tons of coke.^[1]

Further reading

Online Databases
Australian National Shipwreck Databasehttp://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/heritage/nsd/nsd_list.pl
Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks http://www.ozships.net/ozships/
Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/nsw-main.html

Books

• Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 .
• Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON

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Notes and References

1. News: 1898-07-21 . WRECK OF THE S.S. WENDOUREE. . 2024-01-23 . West Australian.