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Monument to those who died in the Cataraqui shipwreck

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.

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National Library of Australia, nla.obj-147417335

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