AN ANCIENT WRECK.
NEARLY A MILE INLAND.
Portions of an old hulk have been discovered in the sand at Porpoise' - Point, at the southern, extremity of Stradbrooke Island, to the east of Moreton Bay, Queensland. The hulk is buried at the foot of a sandhill about 40ft. high. The site of the wreck is three-quarters of » mil© from what was the southernmost point of the island 40 years ago, and *&* oldest inhabitant, of the island k "?2? j nothing of a wreck. The vessel is she»t*w below the water line with copper- jis" j part of the vessel exposed .is; \ wide. ; \, ~,. i:y'-;-/%-%;i^\
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18172, 18 August 1922, Page 7
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102AN ANCIENT WRECK. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18172, 18 August 1922, Page 7
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