A Narrative of the Melancholy Wreck of the "Dunbar," Merchant Ship, on the South Head of Port Jackson, August 20th, 1875

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Illustration from A Narrative of the Melancholy Wreck of the "Dunbar," Merchant Ship, on the South Head of Port Jackson, August 20th, 1875

JAMES JOHNSON, THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF THE DUNBAR. (From a Photograph by Freeman Brothers.)

SPECIAL EDITION.

FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY.

A NARRATIVE

OF THE MELANCHOLY

WRECK

OF THE

"DUNBAR,"

MERCHANT SHIP, ON THE SOUTH HEAD OF PORT JACKSON, AUGUST 20TH, 1857, WITH

ILLUSTRATIONS

OF THE PRINCIPAL LOCALITIES.

Warning not heard or seen—no help at hand— The wide dark bosom of the angry deep With irresistible and cruel force Received them all. One only cast alive, Fainting and breathless on the fatal rocks— To weeping friends and strangers afterwards Thus told his melancholy tale—

SYDNEY: PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS BY JAMES FRYER. —— 1857.