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Figurehead of the Mozambique

The Mozambique was a wooden barque built in 1832 at New Brunswick. On 19 August 1854 she was wrecked in bad weather in the Coorong, near the mouth of the River Murray. All passengers and crew survived the wreck, but one man died later from injuries. The figurehead of the Mozambique has been restored and can now be seen at the Goolwa Hotel.

TITLE	Goolwa Hotel
DESCRIPTION	Goolwa Hotel, with portrait of proprietor and advertisements. The figurehead of the "Mozambique" is above the doors of Hayloft on the Stables.
DATE	ca.1869
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The Observer, 2 September 1854, p. 9, col. e-f, ‘Stranding of the Mozambique’.