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The Great Ocean Road covers some
of the most spectacular scenery
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in the world. It winds past the
magical Twelve Apostles, iconic
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surfing beaches, stunning
stretches of coastline, lush
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rain forests, misty waterfalls
and seaside villages. The Great
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Ocean Road stretches for some
240 km along the southeastern
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coast of Australia. It was built
by return soldiers between 1919
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and 1932 and dedicated to
soldiers killed during World War
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One. The road is the world's
largest war memorial. Few other
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roads in the world can boast
240 km of such awesome beauty as
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can the Great Ocean Road.
The coastline is magnificent.
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But the dramatic seascapes and
spectacular scenery hide a dark
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secret because not only is this
stretch of coastline among the
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most beautiful in the world, it
is also by far the most rugged,
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hostile and treacherous
coastline in the world. Cape
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Otway Light Station is
the oldest lighthouse on the
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Australian mainland. It has
operated continuously since 1848
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Before Bass Strait was
discovered by Matthew Flinders
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around 1799 ships had to sail
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around Tasmania taking an extra
week to 10 days. But sailing the
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waters between King and Flinders
Islands and the mainland is
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still treacherous. During
the early years of European
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settlement over 500 sailing
ships were wrecked along this
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coast. In fact, over 80 ships
were lost between Cape Otway and
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Port Fairy alone. So this
section of the coast can well be
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called the Shipwreck
Coast. Virtually all of these
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shipwrecks occurred in a period
of about 30 years between the
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mid-1800s and the early 1900s.
Most of these ships sank at
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night or in a howling storm. The
most famous and tragic of all
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these shipwrecks was the
Lockard which sank just off the
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fatal shores of the Shipwreck
Coast here in Lockard Gorge.
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There's an amazing story to
be told here. Don't miss it.
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Gold was discovered in
Ballarat in August 1851. It was
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found here in a place ironically
called Poverty Point. Within
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days news of the find had spread
to Melbourne and Julong. Within
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weeks eager prospectors
were making their way from all
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corners of Australia. Within six
months news had spread around
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the world and people rushed
here from England, Europe and
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America. Nobody wanted to miss
a windfall; 1852 was the year
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when there was nothing
but gold. ¤ fiddle music ¤
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Finding this gold was easy.
Panning simply involved washing
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dirt in a gold pan and as it
tilted and swirled loose dirt
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and gravel washed out leaving
the heavier gold behind. Larger
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quantities of dirt were rocked
in a cradle to wash away sand
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and gravel trapping the golden
layer of blanket. Over 600 tons
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of gold came from Ballarat' s
goldfield. Ballarat also became
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home to the second-largest gold
nugget ever found. The massive
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69 kg Welcome nugget. When this
piece of gold was discovered no
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scales that were capable of
weighing a nugget of this size
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were available. So it was broken
into three pieces on an anvil.
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The nugget weighed about 72
kilos. At today's gold price it
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could be worth about two-and-a-
half million dollars. Inspired
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by the lure of gold and the
promise of a new life in a new
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land thousands of fortune
hunters from around the world
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flooded into Victoria
transforming the gold fields
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into some of the most
cosmopolitan places on earth.
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The gold fields were a topsy
turvy place where men could
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become rich overnight. Wealth
was being extracted from the
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earth in great quantities.
Ballarat was one of the richest
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gold fields the world has known.
The gold fields became a melting
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pot of humanity. Tradesmen
and artisans set up shops and
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established businesses to meet
the needs and demands of the
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miners. There were blacksmiths,
candle makers, metal workers,
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grocers and printers and they
came from all over the world.
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If you walked on the world
famous Ballarat gold fields or
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into the tented camps in 1854,
you would hear many different
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accents of a multifaceted
society: Italian, Irish, Dutch,
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Russian, English, German, Swiss,
French, American, Canadian and
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Chinese. They were fortune
seekers, entertainers and
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adventurers. As the alluvial
gold on the surface ran out gold
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seekers were forced to look
further underground. Deep mining
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was more difficult and
dangerous. Places such as
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Bendigo and Ballarat saw great
concentrations of miners who
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were forming partnerships
and syndicates to enable them to
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sink ever deeper shafts.
The population expanded as more
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people arrived and settled and
established homes and businesses
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streets and camps built on gold
led to a prosperous bustling
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township soon to become a fine
provincial city. There was only
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one way that all of
these thousands of people from
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overseas could get to Victoria,
the gold fields and beyond and
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that was by ship. The first year
after gold was discovered in
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Ballarat the number of ships
arriving in Port Filler Bay more
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than doubled. One hundred ships
a day were sailing past Cape
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Otway Lighthouse. After sailing
over 20,000 kilometers from
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Europe to Australia the final
obstacle for ship captains was
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the western entrance to Bass
Strait. This narrow stretch of
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water between Cape Otway
and King Island is just 90
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kilometers wide. Known as
the Eye of the Needle it is
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considered the most dangerous
stretch of water in the world
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and became an infamous graveyard
for many sailing ships. The last
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sailing ship to lose passengers
at the entrance was perhaps
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the most famous and the most
tragic. The Lockard left Grazing
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the Port of London for Melbourne
on the 2nd of March 1878 under
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the command of Captain George
Gibb a newly married 29-year-old
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The Lockard belonged to the best
known fleet of sailing ships of
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the Australian run at the time.
The Lockline Company was founded
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in Glasgow in 1867. There were
23 Lockline ships. Of these 16
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met a tragic end. On this fourth
trip to Australia the Lockard
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carried a general cargo
which reflected the affluence of
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Melbourne at the time built on
the wealth from the gold fields.
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On board were perfumes, grand
pianos, crystal chandeliers,
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clocks and marble goods as well
as a heavy load of industrial
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items such as railway irons,
cement, lead and copper. Aboard
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the Lockard carried 54 people,
a crew of 36 and 18 passengers,
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most traveling first class.
Nearly half or the passengers
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belonged to one family, the
Carmichaels. Dr. Carmichael, his
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wife, four daughters and two
sons were migrating and planning
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to start a new life in Australia
To celebrate his love for his
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wife Dr. Carmichael had recently
given her an expensive gift, a
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James McKay watch that had
originally been intended as a
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gift for King George IV on his
visit to Dublin in 1821. This
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precious watch was taken aboard
the Lockard and traveled with
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the Carmichaels on their journey
to Australia. After 90 days of
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sailing that had taken the
Lockard across the Atlantic,
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through the tropical doldrums
and far south into the iceberg
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laden waters of the Southern
Ocean. The passengers expected
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to arrive in Melbourne the
next day. That evening they
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celebrated their pleasant
journey and held an end of
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voyage party. But there was one
last challenge to overcome. They
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must thread the Eye of the
Needle as they approached the
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dreaded shipwreck coast. There
was thick fog and visibility was
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poor. Captain Gibb was anxious
as they he couldn't see the Cape
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Otway lighthouse and so was
uncertain as to how close he was
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running to the coast. It
was thought they were about 240
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kilometers southwest of Cape
Otway, a fatal miscalculation.
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Concerned for the ship's safety,
he stayed on deck throughout the
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night with Tom Pierce, an
apprentice sailor. At 4 A.M. the
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got lifted and the lookout cried
that he could see breakers. Then
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the dreaded pale cliffs of the
Shipwreck Coast came into view
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and Captain Gibb realized that
the ship was much closer to them
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than expected. The Lockard had
missed the Eye of the Needle.
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Realizing the danger Captain
Gibb immediately set full sail
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to turn the Lockard away from
the cliffs and out to sea. But
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wind and current carried the
ship toward the cliffs. Sails
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were lowered and anchors dropped
in an attempt to hold the ship's
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position. But the anchors didn't
hold and dragged across the
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ocean floor. By this time
Lockard was among the breakers
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and the tall cliffs of
Muttonbird Island rose behind
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the ship. In a final disparate
attempt the anchors were cut and
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sails again raised. The ship
began to make headway nearly
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clearing the cliffs. But
the bow struck a shallow reef
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running out from Muttonbird
Island and stuck fast. It was
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doomed on the fatal shores of
the Shipwreck Coast. Waves broke
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over the ship and the top
deck was loosened from the hull.
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Water flooded the cabins. The
passengers screamed in terror
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the ship began to disintegrate.
The mast and rigging came
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crashing down knocking
passengers and crew overboard.
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There was pandemonium as
the crew struggled to launch the
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life boats. When one was finally
launched it crashed into the
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side of the Lockard and
capsized. Tom Pierce, the young
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ship's apprentice who launched
the life boat managed to cling
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to its overturned hull and
sheltered beneath it for hours.
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He drifted out to sea and then
when the tide turned at dawn he
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was swept into what is now known
as Lockard Gorge. He left the
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boat and swam to shore, bruised
and dazed he found a cave in
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which to shelter. He was
all alone. Some of the crew and
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passengers stayed below deck to
shelter from the falling rigging
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but drowned when the ship
slid off the reef and sank into
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deeper water. Eva Carmichael,
the second daughter of Dr. and
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Mrs. Carmichael had raced
onto deck to find out what was
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happening only to be confronted
by towering cliffs looming above
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the stricken ship. In all the
chaos Captain Gibb grabbed Eva
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and said, If you are saved, Eva,
let my dear wife know that I
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stood by my ship to the last
and went down with her and died
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like a true sailor. That was the
last Eva saw of Captain Gibb.
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She was swept off the ship by
a huge wave. Eva couldn't swim
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and clung fiercely to a piece of
broken mast. For five hours she
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held on desperately fighting
for life. Finally, she was swept
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toward the Gorge by the
incoming tide. At the long
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narrow entrance to the gorge
Eva's mast jammed against some
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rocks. She was exhausted
and only semiconscious. In the
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distance she saw Tom Pierce
on the beach and called out for
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help. Tom heard her weak cries.
He was badly bruised and cut by
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wreckage but he didn't hesitate.
He dived into the dangerous
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waters and swam out to rescue
Eva. He struggled for an hour
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to reach Eva and with great
difficulty dragged her safely
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ashore. Tom carried Eva to the
cave and made a bed of grass and
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shrubs for the unconscious woman
and did all he could to make her
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comfortable. Tom then returned
to the shore to look for the
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survivors but there was no sign
of life on that fatal shore. He
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saw only piles of wreckage.
Tom realized that he must reach
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civilization and find help
if they were to survive and so a
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few hours later with great
difficulty he climbed the steep
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cliffs of the gorge and set out
in search of help. He followed
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hoof prints and came upon two
stockmen from nearby Glenample
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Homestead. About 5 km away
in a state of exhaustion he told
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the men of the tragedy. They
road back to the homestead for
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help. But Tom insisted
on returning to Eva. After a
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miraculous rescue with great
difficulty Eva was hauled up the
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cliff and carried to the safety
of the Glenample Homestead There
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with much care and attention
the two shipwreck survivors
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gradually recovered and were
nursed back to health. Tom and
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Eva were the only two survivors
of the 54 people on board the
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Lockard. All the other
passengers and crew perished.
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Eva lost her parents,
three sisters and two brothers.
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Despite heroic efforts only five
bodies were ever recovered from
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the wreck of the Lockard and
four of them are buried here in
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this Kistop Cemetery above
Lockard Gorge. The fifth was
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buried on the beach where it
was discovered. The bodies of
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Mrs. Carmichael and Eva's older
sister Raby were among those
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recovered. The precious watch
given to her by her husband was
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found on Mrs. Carmichael's body
along with a locket. Today we
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can only guess at the actions of
Mrs. Carmichael in the chaos and
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darkness of the shipwreck.
Perhaps the two items that she
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clung to, the watch and the
locket, reminded of those she
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held most dear, her husband and
her family. Eva was devastated
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by the loss of her entire family
on that fatal shore. She was now
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alone in a foreign land and
longed for her extended family
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back in Ireland. However she
was devoted to Tom and forever
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grateful to him for rescuing
her. On several occasions she
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embarrassed him by embracing
him in public and exclaiming, My
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savior! Tom Pierce became a
national hero and was awarded
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the gold medal of the Humane
Society in front of 5,000 people
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on June the 20th 1878
at the Melbourne Town Hall.
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The romantic sentiment of the
time was that Eva and Tom should
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marry, but this was not to
be. Within three months Eva had
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returned to Ireland and
they never saw each other again.
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What a remarkable rescue. A
young man, bruised and battered
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risks his life and returns
to the dangerous ocean to save a
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young woman in distress
and near death. We love rescue
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stories and we love heroes. They
stir our emotions. Some of the
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most dramatic, amazing and
exciting rescue stories ever are
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found in the Bible. The stories
of Daniel, Noah, Jonah, Joseph,
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Rahab and others have
been shared, told and loved for
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generations. They never lose
their appeal and are as popular
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as ever today. Rescue is one of
the most important things in the
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Bible. In fact, the Bible is one
big story of God's rescue plan
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and it takes the whole Bible
to tell this story. Listen to
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Psalm 91 verse 14:
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And here's another example
in Psalm 144 and verse 7:
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Here's another rescue text in
2 Timothy chapter 4 and verse 18
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Yes, rescue is one of the most
important things in the Bible
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and lies beneath all of the
stories in the Bible. But the
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most amazing and incredible
story is when Jesus Christ
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rescued you and me. We are part
of the greatest rescue story and
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he is our rescuer. In a
sense we're all in a shipwreck
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situation. Ever since Satan
deceived our first parents, Adam
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and Eve and enticed them to sin
and rebel against God we've been
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doomed, drowning. Sin entered
the world. Rejection of God
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brought separation and
enslavement to evil and death
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because the Bible tells us in
Romans chapter 6 and verse 23:
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So we're doomed, dying, drowning
because of our sin. God could
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have abandoned us to our fate
but he didn't. God is love and
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his love for us is too great.
He was determined to rescue us
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whatever the cost. God's love
for us was so great that he just
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had to rescue us. And so Jesus
Christ came on a rescue mission
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from heaven to earth to rescue
each one of us. He alone was
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able to rescue the human race.
As the most famous verse in the
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Bible says, John
chapter 3 and verse 16:
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Yes, two thousand years ago
Jesus came to earth on a rescue
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mission. On the shores of
Galilee, in the streets of
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Jerusalem, in the homes and
at the market places he searched
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and rescued. That's why Jesus
came to this earth as we read in
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Luke chapter 19 and verse 10:
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When he pulled Peter from
the stormy waters of the Sea of
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Galilee, when he healed the
blind man at Jericho, he was
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lovingly rescuing people as part
of God's great rescue plan. And
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there were many others, a leper,
a prostitute, a hated tax man,
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religious people, rich people
and poor people. Today Jesus is
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still seeking and rescuing the
lost and calling men and women,
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boys and girls everywhere and
offering to take them to a place
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of peace and safety. If you
feel you are drowning under the
00:23:08.85\00:23:12.85
burdens of life, if you are
being tossed about in a stormy
00:23:12.89\00:23:16.56
sea of despair and heartache,
if you are being blown around by
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the winds of strife and
pain, then remember Jesus offers
00:23:20.76\00:23:26.00
security, happiness and
fulfillment and what a great
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difference that makes to a
person's life. If you would like
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to experience that difference
in your life, if you would like
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to be part of the greatest
rescue story and have Jesus
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rescue you, why not ask
him right now as we pray?
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Dear Heavenly Father, thank you
for your love and goodness to
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us. The Bible is one big story
of your rescue plan and it takes
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the whole Bible to tell this
story, the story of our rescue.
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And in this story Jesus is
always at the center because
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he is our rescuer. Father we're
often buffeted by the winds and
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storms of life. Thank you
for loving us so much and for
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Jesus to rescue us. We want to
be part of your rescue plan and
00:24:17.52\00:24:23.56
have you save us and take us to
a place of safety and security
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in Jesus. We ask
this in Jesus' name, Amen.
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We all love rescue stories and
we all love heroes. They stir
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our emotions. Some of the most
dramatic, amazing and exciting
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rescue stories ever are found in
the Bible. The stories of Daniel
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Noah, Jonah, Joseph, Rahab and
others have been shared, told
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and loved for generations. They
never lose their appeal and are
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as popular today as ever. But
the most amazing and incredible
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story is when Jesus Christ
rescued you and me. We are part
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of the greatest rescue
story and he is our rescuer.
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Jesus offers
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security, happiness and
fulfillment and what a great
00:25:36.13\00:25:41.10
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