Advance (ship)
Encyclopedia
The Advance was a screw steamer
Steamboat
A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels...
that was wrecked when it sprang a leak whilst carrying tea-tree
Melaleuca alternifolia
Melaleuca alternifolia, commonly known as Narrow-leaved Paperbark, Narrow-leaved Tea-tree, Narrow-leaved Ti-tree, or Snow-in-summer, is a species of tree or tall shrub in the plant genus Melaleuca. Native to Australia, it occurs on the north coast and adjacent ranges of New South Wales...
saplings between Taree, New South Wales
Taree, New South Wales
Taree is a city on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Taree and nearby Cundletown were settled in 1831 by William Wynter. Since then Taree has grown to a population of around 20,000 people and is the centre of a significant agricultural district. It is 16 km from the sea coast,...
and Coopernook. She was lost on the Manning River
Manning River
The Manning River is a river in the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia that flows through the Manning Valley. It is one of Australia's few large river systems not to be dammed for water supply purposes anywhere along its catchment...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
on June 17, 1933.
Further reading
Online DatabasesAustralian National Shipwreck Database
Australian National Shipwreck Database
The Australian National Shipwreck Database is an online, searchable database of over 7,000 known shipwrecks around the coast of Australia. Originally developed by the Australasian Institute of Maritime Archaeology, it is now maintained by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the...
http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/heritage/nsd/nsd_list.pl
Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks http://www.ozships.net/ozships/
Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/nsw-main.html
Books
- Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth)Jack LoneyJack Kenneth Loney was an amateur marine historian who published over one hundred books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles. He was a schoolteacher and principal until his retirement...
, 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 ISBN 9780646110813. - Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles BatesonCharles BatesonCharles Bateson was a maritime historian, journalist and author.Charles Henry Bateson was born in Wellington, New Zealand and migrated to Australia in 1922. He worked as a journalist for many Australian papers and also worked for the Department of the Interior during World War II...
, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 910.4530994 BAT - Australian shipwrecks Vol. 2 1851–1871 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth)Jack LoneyJack Kenneth Loney was an amateur marine historian who published over one hundred books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles. He was a schoolteacher and principal until his retirement...
, 1925–1995. Sydney. Reed, 1980 910.4530994 LON - Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth)Jack LoneyJack Kenneth Loney was an amateur marine historian who published over one hundred books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles. He was a schoolteacher and principal until his retirement...
, 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON - Australian shipwrecks Vol. 4 1901–1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth)Jack LoneyJack Kenneth Loney was an amateur marine historian who published over one hundred books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles. He was a schoolteacher and principal until his retirement...
, 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1987 910.4530994 LON - Australian shipwrecks Vol. 5 Update 1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth)Jack LoneyJack Kenneth Loney was an amateur marine historian who published over one hundred books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles. He was a schoolteacher and principal until his retirement...
, 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1991 910.4530994 LON