Mrs Hay & the S.S. Waratah – Final Passage

On December 30, 2023   /   History   /   1 Comment
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Mrs Hay & the S.S. Waratah - Final Passage

Agnes Grant Hay was the very wealthy widow of  South Australian pastoralist, merchant and politician, Alexander Gosse  Hay.  She was an inveterate traveller…and an author;   After spending many months in England and Scotland during 1908, Mrs Hay and her unmarried daughter  Helen (Dolly) returned home on

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SS WARATAH: AUSTRALIA’S ‘TITANIC’

On October 19, 2014   /   History   /   51 Comments
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SS WARATAH: AUSTRALIA'S 'TITANIC'

The Mystery of the S.S. Waratah   On July 27 1909 the S.S. Waratah was sighted by a passing ship off the east coast of South Africa, enroute to London from Sydney. She was carrying 211 passengers and crew, many of them Australian. The ship was never

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