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Image: StateLibQld 1 130131 Riverina (ship)

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Description: 4,758 GRT passenger steamship Riverina. J Laing & Sons of Sunderland built her in 1905 for Huddart Parker Ltd of Melbourne. She was wrecked without loss of life in 1927 when a squall drove her ashore 1.5 miles west of Gabo Island, Victoria. Attempts to salvage her failed and in the Second World War the Royal Australian Air Force bombed her wreck.
Title: StateLibQld 1 130131 Riverina (ship)
Credit: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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License: Public domain
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