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...
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 ...