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''Wendouree'' was a steel steamship built as a collier by S & H Morton & Co.,
Australian National Shipwreck Database
br /> Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwreck
br /> Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwreck
Books *Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. By Jack Loney, Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 . *''Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900'' By Jack Loney, Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON Shipwrecks of the Hunter Region Ships built in Leith 1882 ships Maritime incidents in 1898 1898 in Australia 1871–1900 ships of Australia Colliers of Australia Iron and steel steamships of Australia {{Merchantship-stub
''Wendouree'' was a steel steamship built as a collier by S & H Morton & Co., Leith
Leith (; ) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith and is home to the Port of Leith.
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, Scotland for Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd. She was later refitted to carry passengers for the Melbourne
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to Sydney
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run.
Fate
She was wrecked on the Oyster Bank at the mouth of the Hunter River while leaving Newcastle forAdelaide
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on 20 July 1898. She was carrying 1,430 tons of coal and 200 tons of coke.
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Further reading
Online DatabasesAustralian National Shipwreck Database
br /> Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwreck
br /> Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwreck
Books *Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. By Jack Loney, Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 . *''Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900'' By Jack Loney, Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON Shipwrecks of the Hunter Region Ships built in Leith 1882 ships Maritime incidents in 1898 1898 in Australia 1871–1900 ships of Australia Colliers of Australia Iron and steel steamships of Australia {{Merchantship-stub