SS Alberta Anchor - Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia
S 28° 09.850 E 153° 33.038
56J E 554057 N 6884489
This black-painted Anchor is placed as a memorial at Point Danger Lookout.
Waymark Code: WM18AE1
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 06/27/2023
Views: 1
The Anchor memorial was conceived and erected by the members of the SE Queensland Vindicatrix & MN Mariners Association, who acknowledge the assistance and cooperation of the Gold Coast City Council's Officers and Staff. The Architect was Gary Fidler, Boyds Bay Lanscaping P/L the builder, with the Anchor being donated by The Tweed Maritime Museum. [Information from a plaque on the surround.] This plaque that details the Anchor has the following information:
The anchor displayed was retrieved from the Steamer
SS ALBERTA (3398 tons) wrecked on Sutherland Reef,
East of Cook Island, Fingal Head on October 19th, 1880.
If you follow the line of the anchor shank it will
take your vision directly to where this maritime
loss occured. (no lives were lost)
Visited: 1324, Friday, 29 July, 2022
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