Lady Denison (ship)
The Lady Denison was a ship that went missing between Port Adelaide and Hobart, Tasmania in 1850. At the time there were strong allegations that convicts being carried on board murdered the other passengers and crew and headed for San Francisco, although all contemporary evidence proves conclusively that ship sank off the far north-western tip of Tasmania.
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