Looking at an old Post Card
When my in-laws passed away I inherited a collection of old postcards, over the next few weeks, I'm going to share some of them with you and the information I found. Vessels in Distress, Ulladulla, 1912. This photo made me curious as to when this had happened. Using Trove, I searched for 'vessels in distress, Ulladulla' and was (pardon the pun), swamped with results. Narrow the search was a good idea and I found several articles about what I think are these two vessels. If my research is correct they are, closest to shore the Seagull and further out the Bellbownie/Behborrie. Bellbownie/Behborrie was a steamer and the Seagull was a small tender. This small article describes what happened. Hobart Daily Post (1908-1918), Friday 26 July 1912, p5. I then turned my attention to who had taken the photo. On the back was, 'Issued by H.C. Blackburn, Storekeeper, Milton.' I found that Henry C Blackburn died Friday 27 July 1923 at the home of his daughter Mrs D Briggs. He w...