186/366 Tokelau

A historic house in Tuncurry, NSW, Australia, built by the Wright family around 1909. John Wright was the founder of the town of Tuncurry, and the ship building industry it became known for.

Named after the vessel S.S.Tokelau which was the new name of the vessel Tuncurry built by John Wright in 1903 at Cape Hawke.

The Tuncurry was sold in 1908, and renamed as S.S. Tokelau, serving the High Commissioner for the British Western Pacific Territories, until it was sold again in 1915 in Suva.

It was shipwrecked in 1916, after taking water abeam of the Barrenjoey Lighthouse, Broken Bay, NSW, Australia. The Tuncurry/Tokelau is a protected Historic Shipwreck.
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In the early morning of 22 October 1916, the timber coastal steamer ss Tuncurry (ex-Tokelau), with a cargo of 1500 bags of cement, 1100 cases of explosives, 100 cases of whisky and 60 cases of jam, sprang a leak during a trip from Sydney to Brisbane... The steamer sank quickly at 4.15 a.m. on Sunday morning, 22 October, all ten crew and the Captain just managing to make the safety of the lifeboat. They sailed back to Sydney and arrived at Watson's Bay by 8.30 a.m.
www.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=1839