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Rob Simpson’s Sites 1, 2 and 3 - Queries and Answers

Mahogany Ship There have been queries over the 18 years I have had this project, and I will list some, with replies: Q: Shipwrecks would be in water. A: Several shipwrecks were reported high and dry in the  Warrnambool sand dunes  (hummocks) in the nineteenth century. Q: You are not using  aerial archaeology . A: Allow one of the greatest pioneers of archaeology,  Sir Leonard Woolley , to define aerial archaeology in his archaeological classic  Digging Up the Past : ‘Nowadays air photographs bring to light masses of evidence invisible to one who stands upon the ground.’ That is precisely what I am doing. Reference: Woolley, L. (1930)  Digging Up the Past .  Penguin Books Ltd , Great Britain. (p. 28). Q: Aerial archaeology is not a valid method for finding a shipwreck buried on land. A: The confusion must result from the fact that aerial archaeology is not a suitable method for finding shipwrecks in the sea. However, the Mahogany Ship was not reported i...
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THE MAHOGANY SHIP PROJECT - FINDING ROB SIMPSON’S WARRNAMBOOL BURIED SHIPWRECK SITES

THE MAHOGANY SHIP The Mahogany Ship is one of Australia's greatest mysteries. There are three potential buried shipwreck sites. The first is very easy to get to, and the second requires a walk of one kilometre east of The Cutting. The third is almost two kilometres east of The Cutting.  From reading everything possible about the Mahogany Ship, I believe that there were probably 3 shipwrecks visible in the Warrnambool hummocks in the 19th century, but since they all disappeared under sand, they have had a tendency to merge into one mystery! Site 1  is between Gorman’s Lane and The Cutting. The coordinates at the centre of the site are: 38°20’58”S, 142°21’38”E. To find the site on Google Earth, copy and paste the coordinates without a full stop at the end in the search bar. Please note: Use Google Earth – not Google Maps. Around this centre, the site is 66 metres (east/west) by 34 metres (north/south). To go there, park halfway between Gormans Lane and The Cutting ...

THE MAHOGANY SHIP - Rob Simpson's Warrnambool Shipwreck Sites

The Mahogany Ship is one of Australia's greatest mysteries. T here are three sites between the Australian towns of Warrnambool and Port Fairy that could be worthy of archaeological investigation . This article links to a video about my Site 1 and explains my Sites 2 and 3 in detail. I have put dates of activities at Site 2 in bold so that they can be found easily. In my opinion "The Mahogany Ship" is a popular collective title for several shipwrecks stranded inland in the Warrnambool hummocks that were observed in the nineteenth century . Witnesses didn't report that they were constructed of mahogany, but several mentioned the colour of mahogany. The Mahogany Ship is therefore probably not merely one shipwreck, but several shipwrecks that were stranded inland, and they were unlikely to have been built of mahogany. However I am not suggesting that the term "The Mahogany Ship" should be abandoned. Reading academically reputable books about the Mahogany S...