Places
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Rescue! – how were men rescued from the shipwrecked Walter Hood?
According to third mate William Tickler’s account, those aboard the Walter Hood first see other men on the beach on the morning…
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Revelry! – a bounty-filled beach meets remote regional residents
When news of the Walter Hood shipwrecked finally reached Milton in the early hours of Friday 29 April the reaction…
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Respect – inquest, and burial of those who died
After the Illalong‘s rescue of the men aboard the Walter Hood, on 30 April 1870 the local coroner JV Wareham quickly convened…
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Sensation! – NSW’s response to the Walter Hood shipwreck
For 18 years, each summer-autumn the Walter Hood had been a welcome sight in Sydney Harbour. As a colony still 30 years…
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Retrieval – what was salvaged from the cargo of the Walter Hood?
As shipping agents and owners are not in the business of salvage, the wreck of the Walter Hood itself was…
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Error and Trial – wreckage and the tattletale crimson shirt
So what did happen to all the wreckage from the Walter Hood that was taken from the beach by local scavengers? By…
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Respect renewed – locals honour the Walter Hood victims
By the 1920s, the original Walter Hood graves had gone through several bushfires, severely damaging the inscribed slabs, and the high tide…
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Mutiny and Murder? – what really became of Captain Latto?
At the dedication of the Walter Hood memorial cairn near Wreck Bay in 1927, which took place 57 years after the wreck,…
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Hotel Marlin, Ulladulla – post WW2 luxury
Officially opened in August 1948, the Marlin Hotel on the Princes Highway in Ulladulla became the first hotel to open…
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Pigeon House Mountain – Didthul
The first reference to any feature of the country within a radius of 20 miles of Ulladulla was made by…
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