y separately published work icon The Moreton Bay Courier newspaper issue  
Issue Details: First known date: 1847... 15 May 1847 of The Moreton Bay Courier est. 1846 The Moreton Bay Courier
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On Reading the Account of the Wreck of the 'Sovereign'i"They have parted from the shore,", Malwyn , single work poetry
Poem on the wreck of the steamer Sovereign, which foundered whilst negotiating the South Passage bar at Moreton Bay, on 11 March, 1847. Bound for Sydney, carrying 54 passengers and crew, and laden with a cargo of wool, the vessel suffered from engine failure whilst negotiating the outer breakers, before capsizing and breaking up. Only 10 of those on board survived the tragedy.
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