Mary Watson's tank, 1881

Mary Watson, her infant son and Chinese servant Ah Sam escaped an attack by local Aboriginal people at Lizard Island in 1881 by rowing away in this iron beche-de-mer tank.

Location

Lizard Island Lizard island, QLD
Australia
14° 40' 4.9548" S, 145° 27' 49.5972" E
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Queensland Museum
Lizard Island
29 October 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Lizard Island Lizard island, QLD
Australia
14° 40' 4.9548" S, 145° 27' 49.5972" E
Dimensions
610mm
1300mm
1250mm

Wreck of the Quetta, The Queenslander, 15 March 1890.

When the steamship Quetta was wrecked on a reef in the Torres Strait in 1890 with 134 lives lost, repercussions of the disaster were felt in every embarkation port do

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