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Australia’s coast is the final resting place of more than 11,000 shipwrecks – roughly one wreck for every three kilometres of coastline.
Striking the Great Barrier Reef’s Myrmidon Reef in 1989 was Foam, a British topsail schooner.
Foam was on its way to the South Island Seas.
Sovereign was a paddle steamer from Moreton Island which was bound for Sydney when it was swamped by waves in the treacherous South Passage Bar, Moreton Bay, in 1847.
Aboriginal men risked their lives and rescued 10 people while the remaining 44 passengers and crew perished.
Foam and Sovereign are just two of the 14 “most compelling” shipwreck stories that were selected from the nominations of 46 Australian Maritime Museums and Heritage institutions.
Exhibition for those who served on ship that refused to sink
2 Mins Read AT the opening of the HMAS Australia 11 exhibition are artist Randall Wilson, Western Port Oberon Association president Max Bryant, Commodore Greg Yorke, Victorian Maritime Centre ambassadors Heidi Victoria and Dennis Gist.
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The exhibition was opened on Saturday 27 March by Victoria’s Chief of Navy, Commodore Greg Yorke.
The exhibition includes a background painting by maritime artist Randall Wilson and a documentary by Wayne Gibbs.
Two veterans that served on the ship, Petty Officer Des Shinkfield and Signalman Bruce Crowlmong, were among the 60 people at the opening.