Photograph - Cataraqui Shipwreck Memorial, King Island, 1887, This photograph of a memorial on King Island to the victims of the Cataraqui shipwreck, one of Australia's worst civil disasters. The ship Cataraqui, carrying migrants from England bound for Melbourne, went aground here with the loss of 399 lives in August 1845. You can see that by 1887 the memorial has been badly degraded by sea salt. This image is one of thirty-two black and white photographs
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Photograph, Cataraqui Shipwreck Memorial, King Island, 1887, photograph, memorial, victims, Cataraqui shipwreck, Australia's worst civil disasters, ship Cataraqui, carrying migrants, England bound, Melbourne, went aground, loss, 399 lives, August 1845, You, see, badly degraded, sea salt, image, thirty-two black, white photographs
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