Southern Ocean Shipwreck Trail - Port Macdonnell
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The Southern Ocean Shipwreck Trail encompasses the region between the Victorian border and the Murray Mouth, where 101 vessels have been wrecked with 218 lives lost. The region includes South Australia's worst maritime tragedy, the loss of the Admella with 89 passengers and crew near Cape Northumberland in 1859.
Other notable shipwrecks include the Geltwood, a 1056 ton sailing ship wrecked in 1876 with the loss of 31 lives; the Maria, a small sailing vessel wrecked off the Coorong in 1840, with all passengers and crew killed while attempting to reach Encounter Bay; and the Phaeton, an American sailing vessel lost while bringing Chinese immigrants into Robe in 1857.
This trail includes a booklet and 10 land-based interpretive signs overlooking the scenes of some of these tragedies.