Cape Bridgewater, Victoria, September 1851

Marie Shipwreck

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5 Fatalities

The Marie was a wooden three mast barque that wrecked near Cape Bridgewater, Victoria, around 19 September 1851.

It was en route from Antwerp to Sydney via Adelaide and carrying 11 passengers and 14 crew; none survived.  A month later large amounts of wreckage and cargo were found near Portland.

Sources

Stone P, Encyclopedia of Australian shipwrecks and other maritime incidents. Yarram, Victoria: Oceans Enterprises, 2006, pp 584