Newspaper article and photograph (copy), Scammell Collection

Historical information

Article published in the Geelong Advertiser on 23 August 1971 telling the story of the Geelong Skindiving Club recovering the anchor from the wreck of the Scammell lost on the reef at Point Danger Torquay in 1891.

Significance

contemporary record of the recovery of a significant artefact from an old wreck off Torquay.

Physical description

Black and white photocopy

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