Discover the opportunity to support your community at the Can and Bottle 'RETURN IT' initiative in Wonthaggi! Amazon 1863 Project Inc. is excited to partner with Return It Wonthaggi to accept your generous donations....
Read MoreThis contemporary building will deliver a strong focal point for the Inverloch Community This early stage architect's concept was developed following consultations with each potential stakeholder and the magnificent space will have provision for the Amazon story....
Read MoreFour Masted Barque rounding Cape Horn 1928 - Captain Irving Johnson This incredible voyage in 1928 gives us an inkling of what the Amazon crew may have experienced, remembering that this voyage was undertaken 73 years after the Amazon was built....
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What a wonderful way to finish off the year with the ‘Deadwood Unveiling’ finally taking place on the 158th anniversary of the grounding of the Amazon on the Inverloch Surf Beach. The Deadwood is 3.3 metres (11 ft) tall and is quite an imposing relic. It is fixed using the original brass pins (nails) so that there is no attachment to the wood. Most of these brass pins would have been 1.2 metres (4 Ft) in length but have broken off over time. ...
Read Morertefact returns to Inverloch – The big unveiling We have had to postpone the artefact Unveiling at the Hub yet again due to Covid restrictions. We had booked August 27th, but with Melbourne still in lockdown and our Conservator, Heritage Victoria & Victoria State Living Heritage Program officials unable to travel, we now have a new date. Unveiling at 6 pm, drinks, nibbles, raffles… Join us Members receive a Doubloon in exchange for a glass of ...
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Join us for drinks, nibbles & the official unveiling of the recently preserved Amazon artefact known as 'The Deadwood'. Come & support the Amazon 1863 Project. Unveiling at 6 pm, drinks, nibbles, raffles… Join us Members receive a Doubloon in exchange for a glass of “Dirty 3 Wine” Bring some $$$ & join in the excitement! Where: Inverloch Community Hub in A’Beckett St. When: Wednesday 15th December at 6pm (was Friday 1st Oct). RSVP: By email to Secretary@Amazon1863.org.au or call 0423 682 580 ...
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By Doug Ford, Friends of the Jersey Maritime Museum.Download their full October 2020 Newsletter Wreck of the AMAZON exposed on 5 July 2020 (image courtesy of V Maddock) In our last newsletter I mentioned the 33-ton Jersey-built barque AMAZON which ran aground on the coast of Victoria, Australia during a severe gale on the morning of Tuesday, 15 December 1863. With no hope of being able to claw his way back to the open sea to save his vessel, Captain Ogier ran her straight onto the shore and then had his crew cut away the fore and mizzen masts to prevent her breaking up. By 3:00pm all the crew were safely ashore and the AMAZON lay abandoned on the shore about eight miles east of Cape Paterson. For the next 150 years or so she lay hidden beneath the sands, occasionally and tantalisingly poking a wooden rib or two through the sand. She even gave her name to the area of the beach - "Wreck Creek"; and then during the Autumn storms in March and April 2015 more of the wreck surfaced including rare and delicate organic artefacts such as a deadeye with a knot still tied at one end. The handrail with dead-eyes...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Under the Victorian Heritage Act 2017 and the Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976, all shipwrecks are protected. Shipwrecks must not be interfered with. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Historic shipwrecks are fragile structures that often have weakened and vulnerable hull remains due to their long submersion. There are sometimes loose artefacts on the beach surface or near historic shipwrecks that can also be easily damaged or destroyed. Disturbing the site drastically reduces the amount of information that archaeologists can learn about this significant shipwreck. It is therefore important that the local community ensure that this important site remains undisturbed. No excavation, removing any items and/or disturbing the site. Signs have been erected on Inverloch Beach near the Amazon remains. If you are visiting, please remember: Digging in the area is NOT allowed. Standing on the wreck or it’s artefacts or removal of any part of the wreck is also NOT allowed. You can assist us in the protection of Amazon by joining us. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="228" img_size="full"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
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This appears to be the port side of the bow section which was visible for one tide only on 23/6/20 and then again 11/9/2020. (Photos from 11/9/2020) ...
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Visible for only one low tide and then covered with sand again. (Photos taken 23 June 2020) ...
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