Cataraqui Mass Grave Site

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Pearsons Lane, Tasmania.

Description

This is a point of interest. No camping or overnight parking allowed. The cairn commemorates the 150th anniversary of the the wreck of the ship 'Cataraqui' which sunk with a loss of 400 people. This is the largest loss of lives in a shipwreck in Australia. The cairn has been erected at the site of the mass graves and marks the largest of the sites which contains 206 victims. The grave was located in 1993.

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Location

Lat: -40.031673 Lng: 143.885545