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South Coast Shipwrecks
- Shipwrecks Booklet
- ‘Frolic’, 1888
- 'Arthur', 1883
- 'Nile', 1883
- ‘Bell’, 1883
- ‘Agnes’, 1883
- 'Onward', 1884
- 'Cushat Doo', 1884
- 'Belinda', 1884
- 'Ly-ee-Moon', 1886
- 'Helena', 1885
- ‘Corangamite’, 1886
- ‘Alice Jane’, 1888
- 'Sarah Beattie', 1888
- ‘Alfred Edward’, 1882
- ‘Growler’, 1888
- ‘Mina’, 1888
- ‘Scotia’, 1889
- ‘Maggie Scott', 1889
- ‘Ino’, 1889
- ‘Julius Vogel', 1890
- 'Prince Alfred', 1891
- ‘Taramung’, 1891
- ‘William and Alexander’, 1891
- ‘White Cloud’, 1893
- ‘Result’, 1893
- ‘Plutus’, 1882
- ‘Lillian’, 1882
- 'Trident', 1894
- ‘Dandenong’, 1876
- ‘Dunkeld’, 1870
- ‘Storm Bird’, 1870
- ‘Summer Cloud’, 1870
- ‘Maid of Riverton’, 1870
- ‘Lanercost’, 1872
- ‘Coolangatta’, 1873
- ‘Rose of Australia’, 1874
- ‘Mary’, 1874
- 'Gipsy', 1874
- ‘Bernard and Isabel’, 1875
- 'Minora', 1875
- 'Ellen', 1878
- ‘Esther Maria’, 1882
- ‘Jane Spiers’, 1878
- ‘Millewa’, 1878
- ‘Monaro’, 1879
- ‘Lady of the Lake’, 1879
- ‘Bertha’, 1879
- ‘John Penn’, 1879
- 'Margaret', 1879
- ‘Henrietta’, 1880
- ‘Our Own’, 1880
- ‘Lady Darling’, 1880
- 'Glimpse', 1881
- ‘Balclutha’, 1881
- ‘Samoa’, 1893
- ‘Tea Tephi’, 1894
- ‘Angus and Henry’ and ‘Mary Cosgrove’, 1870
- ‘Hexham Bank’, 1978
- ‘David Blake’, 1934
- World War II South Coast Shipping Losses, 1942 to 1944
- 'Wear', 1944
- 'Lady Hampden', 1943
- ‘Mermaid’, 1949
- ‘Athol Star’, 1950
- ‘Empire Gladstone’, 1950
- ‘Olive Cam’, 1954
- 'Voyager', 1964
- 'Atlas', 1966
- ‘Shiralee’, 1978
- ‘Eden Star’, 1979
- ‘Charlie Cam’, 1932
- 'Vis', 1980
- 'Italian Star', 1982
- 'Imlay Star', 1982
- 'Apollo', 1982
- 'Tasman Hauler', 1988
- 'Miranda', 1988
- 'Lisa Mckellar', 1991
- 'Provincial Trader', 1994
- ‘Terrace Star’, 1994
- ‘Salvatore V’, 2020
- ‘Marina Star’, 2000
- ‘Unique’, 1934
- ‘Northern Firth’, 1932
- 'Mary Warner', 1894
- ‘Tilba’, 1912
- 'Ruby', 1895
- ‘Bonnie Dundee’, 1897
- ‘Kameruka’, 1897
- ‘Atacama’, 1898
- ‘Gleaner’, 1900
- ‘Alexander Berry’, 1901
- 'Bega', 1908
- 'Eden', 1909
- ‘Wyoming’, 1910
- ‘New Guinea’, 1911
- ‘Vision’, 1911
- ‘Brooklyn’, 1912
- ‘Koraaga’, 1931
- 'Belbowrie' and 'Seagull', 1913
- ‘Wandra’, 1915
- 'Cumberland', 1917
- 'Amelia J', 1920
- ‘Comboyne’, 1920
- ‘Mokau’, 1922
- ‘Bodalla’, 1924
- ‘Benandra’, 1924
- 'Conjola', 1927
- ‘Merimbula’, 1928
- ‘Palmerston’, 1929
- ‘Gunandaal’, 1929
- 'Walter Hood', 1870
- Camden, 1870
- 'Volition', 2025
- ‘Nancy’, 1805
- Why So Many South Coast Shipwrecks?
- The longboat from the wreck of the ‘Sydney Cove’, 1797
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- 'John', 1806
- ‘George’, 1806
- 'Endeavour', 1813
- 'Mercury', 1813
- 'Hawkesbury Packet', 1817
- ‘Mary’, 1821
- ‘Olivia’, 1827
- ‘Amelia’, 1828
- ‘Brisbane’, 1832
- 'Hive', 1835
- 'Friendship', 1835
- ‘Rover’, 1841
- 'Blackbird', 1836
- 'Elizabeth', 1839
- ‘Perseverance’, 1842
- ‘Rangoon’, 1870
- ‘Ellen Simpson’, 1866
- ‘City of Sydney’, 1862
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- ‘Echo’, 1863
- 'Mimosa', 1863
- ‘Mynora’, 1864
- ‘Sarah Jane’, 1864
- ‘Pacific’, 1864
- 'Agnes', 1865
- ‘Julie Heyn’, 1865
- ‘Colina’, 1865
- ‘Spec’, 1865
- 'Porpoise', 1866
- ‘Caroline’, 1859
- 'Hope', 1866
- ‘Lord of the Isles’, 1867
- 'J.G. Coleson', 1867
- 'Prince Patrick', 1867
- ‘Aeolus’, 1867
- ‘Picard’, 1867
- ‘Chippewa’, 1868
- ‘Ann and Maria’, 1869
- ‘Duncan Dunbar’, 1869 ?
- 'Mary Anne'
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- ‘Solon’, 1860
- ‘Vision’, 1858
- ‘Swallow’, 1842
- 'Catherine', 1851
- ‘Rose’, 1844
- ‘Fly’, 1844
- 'Industry', 1845
- 'Alexander', 1848
- ‘Susan’, 1849
- 'Dolphin', 1849
- ‘Juniper’, 1850
- ‘Jeannie Deans’, 1851
- ‘Amphitrite’, 1851
- ‘Twin Sisters’, 1851
- ‘Currency Lass’, 1851
- 'Margaret', 1852
- ‘Mountsbay’, 1858
- ‘Favourite’, 1852
- 'Chase', 1852
- ‘Mary Wilson’, 1852, and ‘Monumental City’, 1853
- ‘Susan’, 1853
- 'Almeda', 1863
- ‘Teazer’, 1854
- ‘Martha & Elizabeth’, 1855
- ‘Oliver Frost’, 1856
- ‘Lawrence Frost’, 1856
- ‘Neptune’, 1856
- ‘William Bowness’, 1856
- ‘Retriever’, 1857
- 'Janet', 2022
- Aboard an Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Company vessel
South Coast Towns
- WONBOYN
- They're Racing at Gerringong!
- EDEN
- BOYDTOWN
- TOWAMBA
- GERROA
- BOMBO
- KIAMA
- JAMBEROO
- GERRINGONG
- COOLANGATTA
- BROUGHTON VILLAGE
- BERRY
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- CAMBEWARRA VILLAGE
- BOMADERRY
- NOWRA
- TERARA
- SKIDDING PLANE KILLS GIRL
- NUMBAA
- PYREE
- YALWAL
- CROOKHAVEN/ORIENT POINT
- GREENWELL POINT
- CULBURRA BEACH
- WHIPSTICK
- QUAAMA
- BODALLA
- THE BODALLA ESTATE
- EUROBODALLA
- NERRIGUNDAH
- DALMENY
- NAROOMA
- CORUNNA
- TILBA TILBA and CENTRAL TILBA
- WALLAGA LAKE/GULAGA ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY
- COBARGO
- BERMAGUI
- BEGA
- BENDETHERA
- BEMBOKA
- KALARU
- TATHRA
- KAMERUKA ESTATE
- CANDELO
- AYRDALE ESTATE
- WOLUMLA
- TURA BEACH
- MERIMBULA
- PAMBULA
- WYNDHAM
- TUROSS HEAD
- MERRICUMBENE
- CURRARONG
- ULLADULLA
- CALLALA BEACH
- HUSKISSON and VINCENTIA
- ST GEORGES BASIN
- TOMERONG
- JERVIS BAY
- JERVIS BAY - - IS IT PRONOUNCED “JURVIS” OR “JARVIS” ?
- SUSSEX INLET
- BENDALONG
- LAKE CONJOLA
- MILTON
- MOLLYMOOK
- BURRILL LAKE
- ARALUEN
- LAKE TABOURIE
- TIMBER TOWNS: BROOMAN, TERMEIL, BAWLEY POINT
- DURRAS
- BATEMANS BAY
- NELLIGEN
- CURROWAN
- BUCKENBOWRA
- RUNNYFORD
- MOGO
- MORUYA
- BROULEE
- GRANITE TOWN
Interesting South Coast Buildings
- Edrom Lodge
- Kalaru Brick Kilns
- South Wolumla Butter Factory
- Mitchies Jetty, Fishpen Road, Merimbula
- The Black Dolphin Motel, Merimbula
- The Old Pambula Court House and Police Station
- Royal Willows Hotel, Pambula
- Toad Hall, Pambula
- Hotel Australasia, Eden
- The Crown and Anchor Inn, Eden
- Eden's Log Cabin
- Green Cape Lighthouse
- Illawarra House, Tathra
- Tathra Wharf
- Baronda
- (Former) Post Office, Moruya
- Kiama's Wooden Terraces
- Railway Station and associated structures, Station Road, Berry
- Meroogal, Nowra
- King House, Milton
- Mitchell's House, Ulladulla
- Teacher's Residence, Batemans Bay
- Ocean View House, Batemans Bay
- Innes’ Boatshed and Jetty, Batemans Bay
- The (old) Batemans Bay Bridge
- Magney House, Bingie Bingie
- Dr Evershed Memorial Clock Tower, Bega
- The Bodalla Arms Hotel
- All Saints' Anglican Church, Bodalla
- Lynch's Hotel, Narooma
- Glen Luna, Tilba Tilba
- The Roman Catholic group of buildings, Cobargo
- The Beach House, Bermagui
- The Brown Mountain Power Station
- Bemboka General Store
- The Old Bega Hospital
- St John's Church, Bega
- King's Theatre, Bega
- Littleton House, Bega
South Coast Pioneers
- Emily Wintle
- Guboo (Ted) Thomas
- The Davidson Family of Twofold Bay
- Syms Covington
- William Montague Clarence Campbell, Schoolteacher
- Benjamin Boyd
- Alexander Berry
- H J Bate
- 'Curley' Annabel
- John Gilmore, Quarry Manager
- Dr Montague Evershed
- F.S. Goetz
- (Surveyor) James Meehan
- R.W. Thatcher - Bega's Builder
- William Roohan
- William Rixon – the South Coast’s Leading Businessman
- Mei Quong Tart
- (Surveyor) Spencer Bransby
- (Surveyor) John Mann
- (Surveyor) Samuel Parkinson
- (Surveyor) Thomas Townsend
- (Surveyor) James Larmer
- (Surveyor) Thomas Florance
- (Surveyor) Robert Hoddle
- (Surveyor) George Evans
- Daniel Gowing - 'The Father of Tathra'
- (Surveyor) John Oxley
- Arthur Preddey
- Thomas Newing
- Matthew Munn
- T.S. Mort
- The Manning Brothers (Edye, William Montague and James Alexander Louis)
- John Ronaldson Logan, Eden Community Leader
- The Imlay Brothers (Peter Imlay, Dr George Imlay, Dr Alexander Imlay)
- Henry Halloran
- Charles Harpur - Australia’s First Native-Born Poet
- Francis Guy
- Captain John Grant, Tantawangalo's First Postmaster
South Coast Women
- Deborah Cheetham Fraillon
- Betty Long, 'The Kelp Lady'
- Alexandra Seddon
- Irene King
- Mary Harriet Bate
- Sarah Maddock
- ‘Mrs Mac’ (Isabella Bridget McPherson)
- Eva Mylott
- Marie Narelle
- Jackie French
- Flora MacKillop
- Kezie Apps
- Pearl Gibbs
- Bettie Fisher
- Elizabeth 'Granny' Sproats
- Rose Hunt
- Emily Wintle
- Bridget Johnston
- Ann White
- Sabina Pike
- Pearl Corkhill
- Kate O'Connor
- 'Kitty' Porter
- Dagmar Berne
- Bernice Smith
- Dr Grace Cuthbert and Dr Naomi Wing
- Jane Duren
- Olive Constable
- Persia Campbell
- Charmian Clift
- Olga Masters
- Mary Braidwood Mowle
- The Three Ladies of Tathra
South Coast Industries
- The Kiama-Bombo Basalt Quarries
- The South Coast Timber Industry
- Dairying
- Commercial Fishing on the NSW South Coast
- Whaling
- Arthritis and the Whale
- Munn's Maizena
- Currowan Starch
- Araluen Valley Gold
Bushfire
- The flood that deposited a coastal steamer in Moruya’s swimming pool, 1925
- 1952 South Coast Bushfires
- The (detested) Charcoal-Burning Producer Gas Units
- Will A.I. Kill History?
Flood
- The flood that deposited a coastal steamer in Moruya’s swimming pool, 1925
- Tuross River Flood, May 1870