Walter Hood Monument - Bendalong, NSW
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S 35° 13.580 E 150° 31.958
56H E 275446 N 6099067
A monument protecting the skeletal remains of seafarers who drowned when the clipper Walter Hood was wrecked nearby in 1870.
Waymark Code: WMRNCH
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 07/12/2016
Views: 6
There were eleven people drowned including the captain, a passenger & nine seamen. Of those eleven, six were buried in two graves close to what is now called Monument Beach. Captain Latto & the passenger Haynes were buried in one grave, the others in another including the body of Harvey who was washed ashore at a later date.
A slab of timber was placed over the graves and carved with the words, "Sacred to the memory of Captain A. Latto, Master of the Walter Hood of Aberdeen. Also of Mr Haynes, passenger, and James Sinclair, boatswain, Mayes, AB, John Julian, AB, wrecked 26 April 1870, half a mile North-east" The graves were surrounded by a fence & later two more grave markers were added.
Over time, the gravesite was damaged by bushfires and by coastal erosion. A local committee was formed in 1925 to raise funds for the relocation of the remains to a more sheltered position. The new grave was excavated 44 yards (40 metres) north-north-west of the original site and a marble and a substantial granite memorial cairn built over it. The memorial and reserve was opened on 9 March 1927 in the presence of a survivor, Robert Williams. It incorporated ceramic tiles from the wreck and a marble tablet listing the names of those drowned, made in Wollongong.
The memorial today is in much the same condition, but protected from vandalism by a steel mesh fence. The land is administered by the National Parks and Wildlife service.
Credit: Office of Environment & Heritage NSW Government.
Active: yes
Accessible: yes
Admission fee: free
Web documentation: [Web Link]
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