Memorial: M4969

Memorial at Tararua Acre, Waipapa Point, New Zealand commemorating the loss of the SS ‘Tararua’ in 1881

Location

Tararua Acre, Waipapa Point, New Zealand, Rest of the World

Transcript

'ERECTED / BY THE CHILDREN OF / FORTROSE SCHOOL / ASSISTED BY OTHER DISTRICT SCHOOLS / IN MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO PERISHED BY THE WRECK / OF THE S.S. TARARUA / 29TH APRIL 1881'

Details

Description: Foul anchor in relief above the inscription.
Type: Headstone
Materials: Marble
Vessel: SS Tararua

Extra

Notes: The SS 'Tararua' struck the Otara Reef on a voyage from Dunedin to Melbourne and sunk with the loss of 131 passengers and crew. There are three gravestones and a memorial at the Tararua Acre site, other casualties are buried at Fortrose Cemetery.
Bibliography: Joan MacIntosh 'The wreck of the Tararua'.

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Maritime Memorials

Memorial: M4969

Location

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters