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Continue reading →: Maritime Rescue at Low Head, Tasmania: The Courage of Beattie TraillJune 24, 1863, unleashed a tempest off Low Head, Tasmania. Waves surged like mountains, and the lighthouse keeper, signaling in the storm, witnessed a boat’s desperate struggle. Abandoned by passing vessels, the crew clung to life. Amidst the chaos, Beattie Traill, daughter of the assistant keeper, defied the raging sea.
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Continue reading →: Ice, Isolation, and Empty Stomachs: A Tale from Macquarie IslandIn the sub-Antarctic wilderness of Macquarie Island, the crew of the 1870s sealing vessel Sarah Pile battled frost, starvation and isolation after being stranded ashore. Forced to survive on raw penguin eggs and without fire, their ordeal and survival later unfolded in a Hobart courtroom.
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1806 – “Piractical capture of the colonial brig Venus” at Port Dalrymple – crew and convicts seized the vessel and sailed her
away. Charlotte Badger
1828 – A public notice to establish a
newspaper at Launceston “to be called The Launceston Advertiser”, inviting anyone “having a printing press and type” to get in touch. Trove
1922 – After heavy rain, Launceston illuminated the Cliff Grounds at Cataract Gorge so the public could view the flood torrent. The mayor, AW Monds, arranged extra lights along the path. Trove
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