3-043-890 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Wreck of the Young Australia on Moreton Island, Queensland, 1872. 'This vessel was wrecked, on May 31, on the north point of Moreton Island, nearly opposite the harbour of Brisbane, the chief port and town of Queensland. She had left that port a few days before, on her voyage to London, with about thirty passengers, including four ladies, and a cargo of wool, cotton, tallow, and Australian preserved meat. It was at noonday, and there was no wind; but a strong southerly current, in the channel between the isle and the mainland, with a heavy easterly swell, carried the ship on the rocks at her broadside. All the passengers and crew were safely landed by the boats in the afternoon, and a steamer fetched them back to Brisbane. The ship was left to be broken up by the sea, but most of the cargo was saved, and was sold by auction in that town'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.