Name/Title
Euterpe-Star of India Log Book CollectionEntry/Object ID
A0245Scope and Content
Euterpe - Star of India: Log Book Collection, dated 1884 through 1923, 1959 and 1961 through 1967 consists of original documents associated with the voyages of the windjammer Euterpe and barkentine Star of India while in the service of Great Britain and under the ownership of the Pacific Colonial Company, Alaska Packers Association and Star of India Auxiliary.
The collection includes 22 vessel log books: 19 of the log books (dated 1884-1923) describe the movement of the vessel by latitude and longitude coordinates, identify ports of call and dates of arrival and departure. Detailed entries include notes about ocean current, wave, wind and weather conditions, sail configuration, rigging condition, ship maintenance, crew duties and assignments, comments on marine life, annotations on vessel sightings and contacts, plus seagoing incidents during each voyage and 3 San Diego Harbor logs (dated 1959 and 1961-1967) describe the efforts to restore and preserve the vessel.
A number of reference notes are shown below to help the reader understand various vessel terms and geographic locations mentioned in the log entry summaries, which are described at the "Item" level.
Ship's Log Reference Notes:
Vessel Terms
"Abeam" refers to the side of the vessel, amidships.
"Anchor shackle" refers to a bolt or clevis with two eyes and a screw bolt and key, used for securing a cable to the ring of an anchor.
"Anchor stock" refers to the part of a common anchor that consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse bar called the stock, above which is a ring for the cable, and at the other end the crown, from which branch out two or more arms with flukes, forming with the shank a suitable angle to enter the ground.
"Azimuth" refers to an angular measurement in a spherical coordinate system. The vector from an observer (origin) to a point of interest is projected perpendicularly onto a reference plane. The angle between the projected vector and the reference vector on the reference plane is called the azimuth. An example of an azimuth is the measurement of the position of a star in the sky. The star is the point of interest, the reference plane is the horizon or the surface of the sea, and the reference vector points to the north. The azimuth is the angle between the north point and the perpendicular projection of the star down onto the horizon.
"Back Rope" refers to a rope that acts as a stay for the dolphin striker.
"Backstays" refers to cables or ropes stretched from a mast to the sides of a vessel to provide extra support to the masts.
"Ballast Grounds" refers to an area to unload ballast or obtain ballast materials usually in or near a harbor.
"Beam" refers to the widest part of the ship. A ship thrown completely on its side is said to be on her beam ends.
"Bend" refers to a general sailing term for fastening anything, as to bend one rope to another, a sail to the yard or the anchor to a cable.
"Bitt" refers to small posts or timber columns extending up from a base plate, attached to or extending through the deck of the ship and used to secure ropes, cables or hawsers.
"Binnacle" refers to the case and stand that houses the vessel's steering compass.
"Blacking or Blacking down" refers to painting or coating the rigging with a tar, which is a mixture of two parts Stockholm tar, one part coal tar, one part tar oil.
"Bobstay" refers to a rope or stay connected to the stem post of a ship.
"Bowsprit" refers to one of the main spars of a ship that project forward from the stem, which support the forestays and bobstays.
"Bright work" refers to varnished woodwork and/or polished metal.
"Bulwarks" refers to the side planking around the deck that prevents people and/or goods from being washed overboard and protects the deck from the sea.
"Carbonite" refers to one of the earliest and most successful coal-mining explosives.
"Cross sea" refers to a sea state with two wave systems traveling at oblique angles. This may occur when water waves from one weather system continue despite a shift in wind.
"Deadeye(s)" refers to sturdy discs of wood with usually three holes (drilled) to receive ropes called lanyards, often used as blocks to connect the shrouds and channel plates.
"Dead Lights" refers to wooden or metal shutters (protectors) placed over cabin lights in bad weather.
"Dolphin Striker" refers to a small spar rigged at right angles beneath the bow sprit in large ships for extra staying of the bow sprit and jib boom.
"D.R." refers to dead reckoning, which is a process to determine a vessels approximate position based on the course and speed traveled from its previous position.
"Dunuage" refers to a name that applies to any material such as wood, cloth, paper, mat or burlap placed at the bottom of the hold to protect the cargo from damage or for purposes of ballast.
"Floodtide" refers to the flowing or rising tide.
"Force Pump" refers to a pump that lifts water and then forces the water out through a system of piping to a delivery point.
"Free Pratique" refers to the license given to a ship to enter port on assurance from the captain and clearance by the authorities that the captain, crew and passengers are free from contagious disease.
"Forecastle" refers to the forward deck that is above the main deck.
"Fore peak" refers to a space in the bow of a vessel, forward of the forecastle.
"Ground or "to Ground" refers to the keel or bottom of a vessel hitting ground, such as to ground, run aground or ashore.
"Halyard" refers to a rope to hoist the yard.
"Harness Casks" refers to a container holding food for immediate use.
"Hawser" refers to a rope or cable that attaches to a vessel for the purpose of towing, anchorage or mooring.
"Heave, heave up or hove up" refers to pulling up something attached to a rope or cable with mechanical aid such as an anchor or fishing net.
"H K F" refers to the first three columns in the log book H=hours, K=knots and F=fathoms.
"Hold" refers to the inner space of a ship where the cargo is stowed.
"Holystone or holy stoning" refers to a block of sandstone used for scrubbing the wooden decks of a ship; seamen had to get down on their knees to use them. Large holystones were known as Bibles, while smaller blocks to reach awkward places were known as Prayer Books.
"Hulk" refers to a vessel not in use at sea, primarily applies to older vessels often in use as a storage facility, watch ship or warehouse.
"In tow" refers to a ship being pulled by another vessel, typically the Euterpe/Star of India was under tow when leaving or arriving in port.
"Lanyards" refers to pieces of rope in use at sea such as the ropes attached to deadeyes that connect the shrouds and channel plates which support the mast.
"Leeway" refers to the distance a vessel has blown sideways while attempting to sail straight ahead (usually expressed in the log as points of the compass off course).
"Lighter" refers to a full bodied water craft with an open deck, similar to a barge, used to bring cargo alongside a vessel for transfer to the vessel.
"Limbers" refers to holes cut in the lower part of the floor-timbers, next to the keelson, forming a passage for the water fore-and-aft, allowing water to drain away. Limber-boards or short pieces of planking are placed over the limbers, and are movable for cleaning purposes. A rope can be pulled fore-and-aft through the limbers, to clear them if necessary.
"Martingale" refers to a rope extending from a jib boom end downwards to a dolphin striker as a stay.
"Oil bags" refers to a bladder of oil often placed over a ship's stern that allows oil to drip into the swells that are breaking onto a vessel. The theory being the oil will reduce the friction of the wind on the waves and prevent the swells from over running the ship.
"Pilot" refers to an individual qualified and licensed to take ships in and out of harbors, channels or rivers. Once the pilot is onboard a vessel he/she becomes absolute master of the ship.
"Plates" refers to shipbuilding term meaning a flat piece of iron fastened to the side of the ship such as channel or back-stay plates.
"Powder Buoys or Grounds" refers to an anchorage area for the safe loading and unloading of gun powder and explosives, usually outside the harbor or wharf area.
"Preventer" refers to additional rope supporting another when that one is subject to unusual strain.
"Quarantine Ground" refers to an area usually within a harbor or bay where a vessel anchors upon arrival in port and waits for inspection and clearance by a government doctor or health officer. If the doctor or health officer finds any crew member with infectious disease the ship will be placed in quarantine and must fly a "Q" flag (International Code of Signals), a square yellow flag identifying the ship and crew as under quarantine. The ship or crew may not dock or go ashore until the vessel is free of disease.
"Roadstead" refers to a place of anchorage that is adjacent to or parallel to the coastline, usually well protected from high winds and heavy seas and provides a good holding ground for anchors.
"Running Gear" refers to all the rigging of a sailing vessel that is used for raising, lowering and controlling the sails - as opposed to the standing rigging, which supports the mast and other spars.
"Running moor" refers to letting go anchors and heaving in cable in turn until there is the same amount of chain out on both anchors.
"Ship stores" refers to supplies for the voyage.
"Shooks" refers to a set of parts for assembling a barrel or packing box.
"Slop Chest" refers to the room on a merchant ship where supplies of clothing and personal items (such as tobacco, cigarettes, tooth brushes, toothpaste, safety razors, etc.) are stored for sale to the crew, generally as a charge against their wages.
"Stanchion" refers to upright posts in the frame of the ship, which act as supports for beams, decks or handrails.
"Stave(s)" refers to narrow strips of wood forming part of the sides of a barrel, tub or box.
"Stem" refers to the foremost timber of the ship.
"Stream" refers to the most rapid part of a tide or current.
"Stringer" refers to strengthening timbers running along the inside of a vessel at various distances up the sides, generally used to brace the ribs.
"Yard" refers to a spar suspended to a mast for the purpose of extending a sail; it is elevated by a rope.
England
"Anvil Point" refers to an area of the Jurassic Coast near Swanage on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. The Jurassic Coast stretches over a distance of 95 miles, from Orcombe Point near Exmouth, in the west, to Old Harry Rocks, in the east.
"Beachy Head" refers to the headland on the south coast of England, close to the town of Eastbourne in the county of East Sussex. The cliff there is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, at a height of 530 feet above sea level. Two lighthouses are located at Beachy Head.
"Berry Head" refers to a coastal headland at the southern end of Torbay, to the southeast of Brixham, Devon, England and the location of a lighthouse, which forms part of the chain of south coast beacons.
"Bishop Rock Light" refers to a lighthouse that stands on a rock ledge, 4 miles west of the Scilly Isles, which are 28 miles off the coast of Cornwall, England (most westerly point in the United Kingdom).
"Carrick Roads" refers to a large waterway that leads to a large natural harbor which is navigable from Falmouth to Truro and is located on the southern Cornwall coast in England near Falmouth.
"Channel" refers to the English Channel.
"Dungeness" refers to a headland on the coast of Kent, England and the location of a lighthouse and small beach community. It shelters a large area of low-lying land known as Romney Marsh.
"East India Dock" or "E India" or "EI" refers to one of several dock facilities near London on the Thames River. The Georgian era (King Georges period 1714 to 1830) docks include the West India (opened 1802), the London (1805), the East India (1805), the Surrey (1807), St Katharine (1828) and the West India South (1829).
"Eddystone Lighthouse" refers to the lighthouse located on the treacherous Eddystone Rocks, offshore of Devon, England.
"Flores Island" refers to an island of the Western group of the Azores in the North Atlantic.
"Folkestone" refers to the principal town in the Shepway District of Kent, England.
"Gough Island" refers to a volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean and part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena. It is uninhabited except for the personnel of a weather station which the South African National Antarctic Program has maintained continually on the island since 1956.
"Gravesend" refers to a port town in northwest Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex.
"Isle of Man" refers a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland.
"Isle of Wright" refers to small island off Portsmouth, England.
"Land's End" refers to a headland on the Penwith peninsula, located near Penzance in Cornwall, England. It is the most westerly point of the English mainland.
"Lizard Lighthouse" refers to the lighthouse on Lizard Point in Cornwall, England, built in 1752. Lizard Point in Cornwall is on the Lizard Peninsula, the southernmost tip of Great Britain.
"Long Reach" refers to a mooring and anchorage site in Gravesend on the Thames River.
"North Downs" refers to a ridge of chalk hills in southeast England that stretch for 120 miles from Farnham in Surrey to the White Cliffs of Dover in Kent.
"North Foreland of North Foreland Light" refers to a chalk headland on the east Kent coast of southern England. North Foreland forms the eastern end of the Isle of Thanet, which lays at the most easterly point of Kent, England.
"Portland" or "Portland Bill" refers to a narrow promontory (or bill) of Portland stone, which forms the most southerly part of Isle of Portland located in the county of Dorset, England. Three lighthouses have been built to protect shipping from its strong tidal race and shallow reef.
"Prawl Point or Prawle Point" is a coastal headland in south Devon, England.
"River Mersey" refers to a river in North West England. It is around 70 miles long, stretching from Stockport, Greater Manchester, and ending at Liverpool Bay, Merseyside.
"Round Island or Round Island Lighthouse" refers to the most northerly outpost of the Scilly Islands, which is a mass of granite that forms the platform for a lighthouse.
"Royal Albert Dock" refers to one of three docks in the Royal Group of Docks near east London. The Royal Group of Docks includes the Royal Albert Dock opened in 1880, the Royal Victoria Dock and the King George V Dock. The docks were constructed between 1855 and 1921 and allow entrance to the Thames River.
"Scilly Islands or Isles of Scilly" refers to an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain.
"Shoreham" refers to Shoreham-by-Sea, a small seaport town in the Adur District of West Sussex in South East England.
"St Agnes" refers to the southernmost populated island of the Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom and the location of a lighthouse, known as St. Agnes Lighthouse.
"St Anthony's Light" refers to a lighthouse on St Anthony Head on the eastern coast of the entrance to the harbor of Falmouth, Cornwall in England.
"St. Catherine's" refers to a medieval lighthouse at St. Catherine's Point located at the southernmost point on the Isle of Wight, near the village of Niton.
"Start Point light" refers to a lighthouse off Start Point in south Devon England, built in 1836.
"The Downs or Downs" refers to roadstead (a place outside a harbor where a ship can lie at anchor, an enclosed area with an opening to the sea, narrower than a bay or gulf or area of sea) in the southern North Sea near the English Channel off the east Kent coast, between the North and the South Foreland in southern England. It is an excellent anchorage for shelter from westerly gales.
"South Downs" refers to one of the four areas of chalk downland in southern England, which extend from the eastern side of Hampshire through Sussex, to the cliffs at Beachy Head.
"South Foreland Light or Head" refers to a Victorian lighthouse located on a chalk headland in the southern area of St. Margaret's Bay in Dover, Kent, England, used to warn ships approaching the nearby Goodwin Sands.
"West Waterloo Dock" refers to a dock on the River Mersey, England and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the northern dock system in Vauxhall and connected to Princes Half Tide Dock to the south and Victoria Dock is located to the north. The dock was designed by Jesse Hartley and opened in 1834 as Waterloo Dock and named after the Battle of Waterloo.
"Wolf Rock or Wolf Rock Light" refers to a treacherous rock, 9 nautical miles east of St Mary's, southwest of Land's End, in Cornwall, England and the location of a lighthouse, known as the Wolf Rock Lighthouse.
Germany
"Cuxshaven light" refers to a lighthouse near the mouth of the Elbe River west of Hamburg, Germany.
Ireland
"Arklow" refers to a historic town located in County Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland. Arklow is situated at the mouth of the River Avoca in County Wicklow.
"Blackhead" refers to a black volcanic cliff near the seaside village of Whitehead, Ireland on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, near the entrance to Belfast Lough.
"Blackwater" refers to a small town in County Wexford, Ireland.
"Copeland" refers to the Copeland Islands, a group of three islands in the north Irish Sea, north of Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland and the location of Mew and Copeland lighthouses.
"Hook of Waterford" refers to Hook Head peninsula, in County Wexford, Ireland and is the location of the Hook Lighthouse, which is opposite Dunmore East, located at the entrance to Waterford Harbor.
"Lucifer Banks" refers to a swallow bank approximately 1 ½ miles by ½ mile off the coast of Wexford, Ireland.
"Maidens" refers to the two visible rocks situated approximately six miles off the coast of Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and the location of a lighthouse.
"St. John's Point" and "South Rock" refer to lighthouses off the northeast coast of Ireland near Dundrum Bay.
"Tuskar" or "Tuskar Rock" refers to a lighthouse located on a treacherous group of rocks about 7 miles offshore of the southeast coast of County Wexford, Ireland. It is suggested to be the most dangerous navigational hazard on the Irish coast, an area that has seen many shipwrecks in the past.
"Wicklow Head Light" refers to a lighthouse on Wicklow Head (275 feet high), approximately 1 mile southeast of the town of Wicklow, Ireland, which is 50 miles south of Dublin.
Scotland
"Calf of Man" refers to a small island (about one square mile), off the southwest coast of the Isle of Man. It is separated from the Isle of Man by a narrow stretch of water called the Calf Sound.
"Cessnock Dock" refers to a wharf on the River Clyde near Glasgow, Scotland that was renamed Prince's Dock in 1897 to honor of the Duke of York, who performed the opening ceremony. The area contains 35 acres of water space, plus numerous two-story warehouses, cranes, coal hoists and a maze of railway sidings.
"Chicken or Chicken Rock Light" refers to a lighthouse located on the Isle of Mann, which is in the middle of the northern Irish Sea, approximately halfway from the islands of Britain and Ireland.
"Corsewall Point or Corsewall Light" refers to the northern tip of the Galloway peninsula in the region of Dumfries where Loch Ryan and the North Channel between Ireland and Scotland meet and is the location of Corsewall Point Lighthouse.
"Dalmuir Lighthouse" refers to a lighthouse located on the Clyde River near Glasgow, Scotland.
"Greenock" refers to the town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area, located in the west Central Lowlands of Scotland. It forms part of a contiguous urban area with Gourock to the west and Port Glasgow to the east.
"Lamlash Lough" refers to a small harbor on the Isle of Arran, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. Lamlash has a natural harbor offering very good shelter.
"Mull of Galloway Light" refers to a lighthouse located on the Mull of Galloway (Mull meaning rounded hill or mountain), which is the southernmost point of Scotland. It is situated in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway.
"Pladdar or Pladda Island or Pladda Light" refers to a small island off the south coast of the Isle of Arran located in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland and the location of a lighthouse. The Firth of Clyde is the entry point to the River Clyde and the ports of Dumbarton and Glasgow, Scotland.
"Princes Pier" refers to a port and dock in Greenock, Scotland.
Australia
"Althorpe Lighthouse" refers to a lighthouse on Althorpe Island off the Yorke Peninsula. The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located northwest and west of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east.
"Aurora Australis" refers to the southern polar lights, which are only visible from high southern latitudes in Antarctica, South America, or Australia. Northern and southern polar lights or aurora are natural light displays in the sky.
"Balls Pyramid" refers to the remnant of a volcano and that formed about 7 million years ago. Balls Pyramid is 13 miles southeast of Lord Howe Island in the Pacific Ocean.
"Bass Straits" refers to the channel separating Victoria, Australia, from the island of Tasmania on the south. Its maximum width is 150 miles and its depth is 180-240 feet. King Island and the Indian Ocean lie at its western extremity, and the Furneaux Group are at its eastern end.
"Cape Borda Light" refers to a lighthouse on Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia.
"Cape Liptrap" refers to a lighthouse located on a rocky cliff on top of Cape Liptrap peninsula, on a solitary part of the South Gippsland coastline. The lighthouse warns ships of the rocks in treacherous Bass Strait.
"Cape Marsden Lighthouse" or "Marsden Point Lighthouse" refers to a lighthouse located on the northern coast of Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia.
"Cape Otway Light" refers to the lighthouse at the northern end of The Eye of The Needle, the oldest operational lighthouse with unbroken service on the mainland Australian coast until it was decommissioned in January 1994.The 52 mile passage between, Cape Wickham (on King Island) and Cape Otway is known as the "Eye of the Needle". It is the Western entrance to Bass Strait. Sea captains would hug the Victorian coast, to avoid being driven into King Island in bad weather, resulting in many wrecks.
"Cape Shank or Schanck" refers to small town near Melbourne, Australia. It is on the southernmost tip of the Mornington Peninsula. It is the location of the Cape Schanck lighthouse, built in 1859. A prominent rock outcrop is Pulpit Rock and stands out at the very tip of the cape.
"Cape Schanck light" refers to a lighthouse on the southern tip of the Mornington Peninsula. It is part of a triangle of Bass Strait lights, which include Cape Otway and Cape Wickham lighthouses.
"Cape Wickham Lighthouse or Wickham light" refers to Cape Wickham lighthouse, located at the northern tip of King Island, in Bass Strait. It marks the dangerous narrow western entrance, 52 miles wide, that ships had to go through to get into Bass Strait and to Melbourne.
"Curtis Island" refers to a granite island, with an area of about 370 acres, in southeastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania's Curtis Group, lying in northern Bass Strait between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.
"Deal Island" refers to a small island, which is part of the Kent Island group (Judgement Rocks, South West Isle, Erith Island, Dover Island, Deal Island and North East Isle) just off the southern coast of Australia, in the Bass Straits. It is the location of the highest lighthouse in the Southern Hemisphere, standing approximately 1000 feet above sea level.
"Devils Tower" refers to two small, rugged granite islands in southeastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania's Curtis Group, lying in northern Bass Strait between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria.
"Hobson Bay or Hobsons Bay" refers to a small bay located near Williamstown at the mouth of the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia.
"Hogan Island" refers to a granite island, with an area of less than one square mile and a high point of 381 feet, in southeastern Australia. It is the largest of Tasmania's Hogan Group, lying in northern Bass Strait between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.
"King Island" refers to one of the islands that make up the state of Tasmania, Australia. It is by far the largest of a group of islands known as the New Year Islands, which include King Island, New Year Island and Christmas Island to the northwest and smaller Councillor Island to the east.
"Lord Howe Island" refers to a small island in the Tasman Sea, 370 miles east of the Australian mainland.
"Lowly Point light" refers to a lighthouse that stands out on a point jutting into the northern end of the Spencer Gulf, near the city of Whyalla.
"Melbourne Heads" refers to the harbor entrance at Melbourne between Point Lonsdale and Point Nepean that is approximately 2 miles wide with reefs that project from these points that reduce the navigable width to just over a half mile. Within less than 1000 yards outside the Heads, there is a shallow rocky flat known as the Rip Bank. The water deepens outside this flat to about 96 feet and inside the Heads to as much as 300 feet. This variation of depth combined with tidal streams running up to 6 knots causes world-renowned dangerous conditions.
"Middle Bank" refers to a light beacon and anchorage in Spencer Gulf, South Australia.
"Mount Lofty" refers to the highest point in the Mount Lofty Ranges. It is located about 9 miles east of the center of the city of Adelaide in South Australia.
"Nobby Head or Nobbys Head" refers to a peninsula and headland at the entrance to Newcastle Harbor and is the location of a lighthouse on the south side of the entrance to harbor.
"Norfolk Island" refers to a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia.
"North Harbor" refers to an area of Newcastle Harbor north of Kings Wharf.
"Port Germein" refers to a small town on the east side of Spencer Gulf in South Australia. It is famous for its long jetty, which is located approximately 16 miles north of Port Pirie.
"Port Phillip Bay" refers to a large bay (476,900 acres) with 164 miles of coastline. The bay is extremely shallow for its size, but navigable for the most part. The deepest area is only 80 ft, and half the region is shallower than 25 feet. The city of Melbourne, Australia is located at the north end of the bay.
"Port Pirie" refers to the sixth most populous city in South Australia, a seaport located on the east coast of the Spencer Gulf, 139 miles north of Adelaide.
"Port Stephens Light" refers to a lighthouse on Point Stephens at the entrance of Port Stephens, a large natural harbor about 99 miles northeast of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.
"Queenscliff" refers to a city near the mouth of Port Phillip Bay near the Melbourne Heads.
"Rodondo Island" refers to a small island, which is part of the Rodondo Island group (Rodondo Island, West Moncoeur Island and East Moncoeur Island) just off the southern coast of Australia, in the Bass Straits.
"Rottnest Island" refers to a small island located 11 miles off the coast of Western Australia, near Fremantle; the island has several different lighthouses.
"Sisters Island" refers to a small island, off Sisters Beach on the northwest coast of Tasmania, southeastern Australia.
"Smith Island" refers to a small island near Port Lincoln in South Australia. Port Lincoln is a coastal city situated on Boston Bay at the southern extremity of the Eyre Peninsula, located approximately 175 miles from Adelaide.
"Spencer Gulf" refers to the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. The Gulf is 200 miles long and 80 miles wide at its mouth. The western shore of the Gulf is the Eyre Peninsula, while the eastern side is the Yorke Peninsula, which separates it from the smaller Gulf St. Vincent. The largest towns on the gulf are Whyalla, Port Pirie, and Port Augusta.
"Sugarloaf Island" refers to a small island, which is part of the Curtis Island group (Curtis Island, Cone Island, Sugarloaf Rock and Devils Tower) just off the southern coast of Australia, in the Bass Straits.
"Troubridge Light" refers to a lighthouse on Troubridge Island, part of the Troubridge Shoals, on the main route to Adelaide through the Investigator Strait. It is the passage of water between Kangaroo Island and the Yorke Peninsula.
"Wallaroo" refers to a port town on the western side of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia.
"Wedge Island" refers to a small privately owned island in southeastern Australia. It lies between the southern tips of the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas in South Australia at the entrance to Spencer Gulf. There is a lighthouse at the southeast end of the island.
"Williams Town Wharf" refers to a wharf in the Williamstown area. By 1870, Williamstown was known as the major cargo port of Victoria, with piers, slipways, shipwrights, and cargo handlers, all working along the shore opposite Nelson Place. Williamstown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, about 5 miles south-west from Melbourne's central business district.
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1884 - 1967