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STAR OF TASMANIA

STAR OF TASMANIA WAS 632 TONS AND WAS BUILT BY ALEXANDER HALL IN 1856 AT ABERDEEN BEING BUILT AS A FULL RIGGED WOOL CLIPPER SHIP. SHE WAS WRECKED IN FEBRUARY OF 1868 AT OAMARU IN A STORM.TWO CREW MEMBERS DIED,ALONG WITH TWO CHILDREN ONBOARD.

 

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THE FIGURE HEAD WAS A SEMI DRAPED WOMEN, WITH A GARLAND IN HER HAIR.THE SHIP STRANDED ON OAMARU BEACH IN 1868I, BUT THE FIGURE HEAD WAS RESCUED BY THE SHIPS MASTER, CAPTAIN WILLIAM SEWELL.THE FIGURE WAS RE-DISCOVERED IN 1950, IT CHANGED HANDS A FEW TIMES AND ITS NOW BEEN ACQUIRED ( 2003 ) BY THE ABERDEEN MARITIME MUSEUM. ITS ABOUT SIX FEET IN HEIGHT.

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