Known Shipwrecks On The Reef
Agnes was a 2 mast wooden schooner 82 feet in length and 96 tons. Built in Singapore in 1875 was wrecked on North Reef or Tryon Island reef on a voyage from Sydney to Townsville with general cargo of wool on the 16th of September 1878
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