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Wreck of the ‘Edward Lombe’ on Middle Head 1834

As Martens did not arrive in Sydney until 1835, this may actually be a depiction of the shipwrecked Dunbar in 1857, when large portions of the wreckage were carried into Middle Harbour.

By
Conrad Martens
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[DL PX 27 f18]
(Dixson Library)