DRAMA OF MOANA WRECK The End Of The "Hoodoo Ship"

13 May 1933, The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), page 9

…It remains a mystery as to why, having successfully navigated the dreaded Troubridge Shoal, it foundered so close to the coast, at what is now suburban Moana.  There are many tales of smuggling, of the ship being lured by strange lights from Mr Harriott’s farmhouse , of the misbehaviour of the girls and crew but it’s all speculation and can be seen as newspapers, and reporters, simply trying to outdo each other with the more sensational stories. As N. F. Goss reports in “Drama of Moana Wreck: The End of the  Hoodoo Ship” (The Advertiser, Saturday 13 May 1933, page 9), “There was obviously some rumor current at the time, but as there is no later reference to it, and as the two sources disagree, it is possible that nothing happened that cannot be explained by the confusion natural to the occasion and overwrought condition of the women.” My Susan spoke of cutting her sister’s hair when the ship struck and being carried ashore on the back of a sailor with ony the scissors in her hand and the clothes on her back. The beautiful painstakingly embroidered linen, of her trousseau, went down with the ship. All made it safely to shore but sadly…

…SOURCES:  The Ships List: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/nashwauk1855.htm “A Smuggler’s Home Claimed a Wreck” : Trove   http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43749058 “Moana Mystery Explained” : Trove http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58536914 “Drama of Moana Wreck” : Trove http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41485148 Family history across the seas: http://cassmob.wordpress.com “Not Just Ned – a true History of the Irish in Australia” : http://www.irish_in_australia/home “What Really Happened to the Nashwauk?”, © 2004 J. Callen, ISBN 0-9595356-2-4  Printed by Butterly Press, 225 Main Road, Blackwood, South Australia, Australia. 5051. Tel: 08 8278 2899…

It Moana, a corroded anchor and some crumbling ruins are reminders of how ... A Smuggler's Home Claimed A Wreck

20 December 1947, The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), page 13

…SOURCES:  The Ships List: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/nashwauk1855.htm “A Smuggler’s Home Claimed a Wreck” : Trove   http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43749058 “Moana Mystery Explained” : Trove http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58536914 “Drama of Moana Wreck” : Trove http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41485148 Family history across the seas: http://cassmob.wordpress.com “Not Just Ned – a true History of the Irish in Australia” : http://www.irish_in_australia/home “What Really Happened to the Nashwauk?”, © 2004 J. Callen, ISBN 0-9595356-2-4  Printed by Butterly Press, 225 Main Road, Blackwood, South Australia, Australia. 5051. Tel: 08 8278 2899…

MOANA MYSTERY EXPLAINED New tight on Old-iime Wrecks NASHWAUK, AND STAR OF GREECE

27 August 1927, The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954), page 1

…SOURCES:  The Ships List: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/nashwauk1855.htm “A Smuggler’s Home Claimed a Wreck” : Trove   http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43749058 “Moana Mystery Explained” : Trove http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58536914 “Drama of Moana Wreck” : Trove http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41485148 Family history across the seas: http://cassmob.wordpress.com “Not Just Ned – a true History of the Irish in Australia” : http://www.irish_in_australia/home “What Really Happened to the Nashwauk?”, © 2004 J. Callen, ISBN 0-9595356-2-4  Printed by Butterly Press, 225 Main Road, Blackwood, South Australia, Australia. 5051. Tel: 08 8278 2899…