Shipwrecks
An excellent book is available: Kangaroo Island Shipwrecks : an Account of the Ships and Cutters Wrecked Around Kangaroo Island by Gifford Desmond Chapman. The rugged, surf-bound and precipitous coastline of Kangaroo Island has claimed many ships and lives, particularly during the early part of the 1800s. In the latter years more lighthouses were constructed, so shipping can navigate with greater safety. Over ninety vessels have foundered on the island.
See also Kangaroo Island Shipwreck Trail
See also McKinnon, J.F., Smith, A., Moffat, I., A Needle in a Haystack: Archaeological and Geophysical Investigations of Historic Shipwreck Shelter Huts on Kangaroo Island
See also Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks - Kangaroo Island
See also interactive map
1853, Nov 25 Osmanli Latmax: -35.97 Lonmax: 137.63 D'Estrées Bay 5 crew 40 passengers all survived Osmanli Shipwreck
1856, June 29 Goulburn (barge) off Christmas Cove Three deaths Goulburn shipwreck
1860, May 22nd Fides off Snug Cove 10 drowned, 5 survived Fides Shipwreck
1877, May 14 Emily Smith Latmax: -36.01 Lonmax: 136.68 near Cape du Couedic 16 passengers, 10 crew, 4 survived Emily Smith Shipwreck
1884, April 14 Mimosa Stokes Bay All hands saved Mimosa shipwreck
1885, June 16th Mars off Western Cove 4 drowned, 14 survived Mars Shipwreck
1889, Jan 26 Maldon Lewis onto rocks off Point Morrison all survived, ship was able to sail to Pt Adelaide Maldon Lewis on rocks
1890, June 14 You Yangs nr Pelorus Island, Latmax: -36.07 Lonmax: 137.46 21 crew, no fatalities You Yangs Shipwreck
1899, April 24th Loch Sloy Brothers Rocks, Maupertius Bay 30 drowned, 4 survivors Loch Sloy Shipwreck
1905, September Loch Vennachar off West Bay all hands (27) drowned Loch Vennachar Shipwreck
1906, November 18 Montebello 1 km west of Stunsailboom River No deaths, 40 hands saved Montebello Shipwreck
1915, July 26 Vera near Cape du Couedic jetty The master and two crew members escaped the wreck Vera Shipwreck
1917, February 2 Kona off Cape St Alban's All survived, cargo of timber lost Kona Shipwreck
See also accounts of SA shipwrecks not necessarily on K.I.
Admella 1859
1856 Port Elliot Five Wrecks In Nine Months Showed Insecurity Of Harbor. Commodore. the Josephine L'Oizeau; Goulbourn; Swordfish and the Lapwing.
1859, that the Admella was wrecked near Cape Northumberland with a loss of 85 lives.
1855 Nashwauk Port Noarlunga
1888 Star of Greece Port Willunga
1838 Fanny
1857 Guichen Bay (Robe) Phaeton in February, the Sultana in April, and the Konig Willem in June
1856 off Lake Bonney (Robe) Naroon or Vroon ??
1853 Osmanli
1837 South Australia, Solway, and John Pirie driven ashore At Encounter Bay