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Quetta Memorial Wallhanging : 22-07-2013
Quetta Memorial Wallhanging 2 : 22-07-2013
Quetta Memorial Wallhanging Information : 22-07-2013

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The handcrafted wallhanging commemorates those who died and those who were saved in the sinking of the SS Quetta in 1890.

On the night of 28 February 1890, the British mail and passenger ship SS Quetta struck an unchartered rock in the Adolphus Channel, off Albany Island, and sank with the loss of 133 lives. It remains one of Queensland's (and Australia's) worst maritime disasters. The ship was en route to Britain, and carried nearly 300 passengers, many of them from prominent Queensland families. Most of the Europeans on board were drowned, and the loss was felt throughout colonial Queensland.

Location

Address:Douglas Street, Quetta All Souls Memorial Cathedral, Thursday Island, 4875
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -10.584327
Long: 142.215098
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Details

Monument Type:Art
Monument Theme:Disaster
Sub-Theme:Maritime
Actual Event Start Date:28-February-1890
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Actual Event End Date:28-February-1890
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Quetta Memorial  February 1890

 

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Source: MA
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