Cataraqui shipwreck site, King Island, 1887
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In 1845, the emigrant ship Cataraqui wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It was the largest civilian maritime disaster in Australia’s history, killing 400 people.
This image is one of thirty-two black and white photographs in an album taken by AJ Campbell during a Field Naturalists’ Club of Victoria expedition to King Island in November 1887.
Source
Museums Victoria, https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/1250336
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