Epigraph: '... the melancholy intelligence of the loss of the ships Amphitrite... with [a hundred and six] female convicts, had been received. She struck on the Coast of France, when all on board perished, save three of the crew. (Sydney Herald, 20 Jan 1834)'
'[Eight-year old] Sinan Khaligy broke down at his father's funeral in Sydney yesterday, after his family was wiped out in the shipwreck of an asylum boat. The body of his mother has not been found... (www.news.com.au, 17 Feb 2011)'