Researchers call for urgent stabilisation efforts so the ship, which brought settlers to the state in 1836 and was used in whaling, can be studied
The 26.6-metre Marquess of Salisbury was launched in 1819, transporting mail, top-secret government dispatches and treasury funds between Falmouth, Nova Scotia, New York and Bermuda. The Royal Navy bought it in 1824, armed it and renamed it Swallow. It continued as a “packet ship” and spent time travelling in the Caribbean.The ship was nearly written off in a hurricane and was the worse for wear when the South Australian Company bought it in 1836, giving it its final name.
“The oil-rich tongue and a thick piece of blubber from the underside of the whale’s jaws were removed, and finally baleen [the filter-feeding system] was cut from the gums,” Hunter’s journal article notes. Reppindjeri, also referred to as Reppeenyere, Elick, Alick and Ronculla, allegedly murdered European whaler John Driscoll.
In December 1837, the South Australian was hit by a strong gale. It dragged anchor before hitting a reef and going to ground in shallows. Those onboard escaped and goods were salvaged. The hull was abandoned and all remains disappeared from view by the 1850s.
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