Captain Dobel Palice and Godfrey - Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia
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tmob
S 38° 36.470 E 143° 55.096
54H E 754111 N 5722701
This grave is located close to the location of W.B Godfrey shipwreck, where some of its crew drowned. Nowadays is one of the points of interest along the Great Ocean Road.
Waymark Code: WMQRCD
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 03/23/2016
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This grave is located close to the location of W.B Godfrey shipwreck, where some of its crew drowned. Nowadays is one of the points of interest along the Great Ocean Road.
The headstone reads:
Erected by the C.R.B.
Wye River Camp May 1930
In memory of Captain Dobel Palice and Godfrey
Drowned off ship W. B. Godfrey
March 1891
However this information is not entirely correct, that's why plaque was placed later, that reads:
BARQUE "W.B.GODFREY"
Built Greenock, Scotland 1861.
Length 174.3 ft. Breadth 30.2ft. Depth 19.25ft
618.7 tons Cargo - 396,455ft of timber
Sailed from San Fransisco 14-1-1891 commanded by Captain C Davis bound for Melbourne and was wrecked here 8-3-1891 with no loss of life. In three separate boating accidents five men were drowned during salvage operations from the barquentine "Chittoor".
R Pleace and J McIntyre 18-4-1891
C Boulter 18-6-1891
Captain T Gortley and Seaman V.Godfrey 8-10-1891
Captain Gortley and Seaman Godfrey were buried ashore on high ground.
In the 1920s, workmen constructing the Great Ocean Road discovered the grave with a badly weather worn marker. They made no attempt to remove the remains and the roadway was built directly over the grave. This marble headstone was erected at a false grave in 1930.
It is a strange coincidence that prior 1891 a family named Godfrey farmed near this wreck.
This plaque, which corrects the discrepancies is a project of the Australian Bicentennial Authority, The Royal Historical Society of Victoria and the Lorne Historical Society.»
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