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The Loss of the "Rocket" single work   poetry   "'Twas night and darkness o'er the ocean hung,"
Composed: Shipwright's Point, Port Huon, Geeveston - Dover area, Huon Valley, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
Issue Details: First known date: 1880... 1880 The Loss of the "Rocket"
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Notes

  • The trading ketch Rocket was wrecked near Bicheno, on Tasmania's East Coast, during a gale on the night of April 25-26th 1880. All on board - five crew members and a passenger - were lost.

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