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Buster (1884 ship)

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Buster was a 310-ton barquentine built in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1884. She was wrecked on 17 February 1893, while on a voyage from Sydney to New Zealand, when she was wrecked off Woolgoolga, New South Wales, Australia[1] where she had gone to collect a load of timber for Port Chalmers, Dunedin. There were no deaths.[2]

The wreck has been exposed in 2012 and 2021 during heavy seas washing away the sand on Woolgoolga Beach, north of Coffs Harbour.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Buster – Wrecksite. Accessed 14 April 2021.
  2. ^ "A SYDNEY BARQUENTINE ASHORE.—THE BUSTER AT WOOLGOOLGA". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 17, 135. New South Wales, Australia. 20 February 1893. p. 4. Retrieved 15 April 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Century old shipwreck Buster re-emerges – 9 News. Accessed 14 April 2021.