Carpenter Rocks
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Carpenter Rocks is a town and locality located 35 kilometres south-west of Mount Gambier in the south-east of South Australia. The area faces the Southern Ocean and is renowned for its rugged coastlin
Sunset over 'The Carpenter', from Gerloff Bay
SS Admella
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SS Admella was an Australian passenger steamship that was shipwrecked off the coast of the colony of South Australia in 1859. It broke up after striking a submerged reef near Cape Banks, off the coast
Carpenter Rocks
…Carpentiers" ("The Carpenters") by Nicholas Baudin because their indented and serrated nature reminded him of a carpenter's saw. The passenger steamer Admella was wrecked on a reef near Cape Banks off the coast of Carpenter Rocks in 1859, on a trip from Port Adelaide to Melbourne, with great loss of life, as…
SS Admella in a heavy sea
The Admella wrecked, Cape Banks, 6th August, 1859, by James Shaw
Ornate wood from Admella shipwreck, 1859