Somers 1974. Sailors who crossed Bass Strait from Tasmania..
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Somers 1974. Sailors who crossed Bass Strait from Tasmania..
DATE1974
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PHOTOGRAPHERRod Nuske, photographer for Westernport News in the 1960s and 1970s.
COLLECTIONBalnarring and District Historical Society
REG NO.P1765
HISTORYSailors, Doug Flemming and Stephen Harris, who came across from Tasmania in a 14 ft dinghy, arriving in Somers at 4am. On a second attempt the skipper lost his life.
DESCRIPTIONTwo men dressed in warm casual clothing attending to a sail. One older and bearded the orher a young man.
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