Attanasio Farinola

Rosette

Wasyl (Victor) Muran

Alistair Williams

Patrick John Sullivan

John Shea and Frederick Cooper

Palermo

Neptune

Andersen and Pottinger

Rasmussen and Morris

The memorial is made up of a chronical list of wrecks and an inscription dedicating the memorial to 

all seamen, passengers and rescuers who lost their life on the Victorian western coastline.

There have been more ships wrecked along the coastline here than on any other coastal area of Australia.  

The installation, including a ship's anchor, was dedicated in 1991. 

Aireys Inlet Seafarers Memorial

San Francisco

Muriel

Peter Gus Johnson

Doggett, Ward and Toolum

Rover

Rover 1896

The memorial wall overlooks Portland Bay and commemorates fishers who were lost at sea off the Portland coast.  The wall was dedicated in 1993. 

Along the walls are plaques commemorating the dead and lost, including a plaque for the Portland whaleboat crew who died attempting a rescue from the wreck of 

Portland Seafarers Memorial Wall

Francesco Migliori (Migliore)

John Nye

Alex Forbes and John Nye

Seaflower

Claudius

Dea Opre and Selim

Luke Anthony Murray

Columbia

William Skillan

The memorial plaque was installed by community members and council funding as a tribute to those lost at sea south of Tasmania.  

People living in the Far South have a long heritage of working on or near the water, and unfortunately some of them have been lost. This memorial which came about because of community action, is as great way for local families to honour those who have been lost or selected this as their final resting place.

Far South Memorial

Mark James Inman

Japanese pearl diver Kato Osamu who died in August 1955 from the bends in the Arafura Sea.  Kato died in August 1955 and was buried by his sea-faring friends beneath a Kakadu Plum tree on South Goulburn Island.

Two years later, the Japanese Society of Darwin built a gravestone for the 26-year-old, inscribing his name, hometown and date of death on the humble concrete construction.

Kato's grave has been permanently declared as a Heritage Place. The declaration means the grave will be protected by the Northern Territory 

The declaration was supported by traditional owners from the nearby Warruwi community through the Yagbani Aboriginal Corporation; the Northern Land Council; and the Australian Japanese Australian Association of the NT.

“Although he lies alone, the Warruwi community has developed a sense of guardianship over the grave and was keen to have the site protected.”

Kato Osamu

Warren Jack

Lars Larsen

Raymond Doneo

A Memorial erected at the site above where the 

 crashed into the cliffs. Andy de Petra, a Nor West Whaling fisherman (the company that owned the trawler), Paul & Pam Dickenson and Hugh Edwards were responsible for the memorial that stands along the top of the cliffs just south of Steep Point. The Memorial states:

On April 25, 1963, the brand-new prawn trawler, 

, crashed on the rocks below this spot at 5.30am in the early morning darkness. She was immediately overwhelmed by the surf and rolled over and sank in less than a minute. Her crew, Barry Allen, Ron Poole and Tony Romonostro were all drowned in the accident. Her skipper, Jack Drinan, aged 38, had been off-watch and was flung clear by the first wave. He climbed into the trawler’s brine tank, or icebox, which had floated clear on the backwash from the waves.

At the time, the Admiralty Chart of the area was incomplete. It dated back to sailing ship days when HMS Herald made a survey of Shark Bay in 1858. In 1963, the chart showed only a dotted line along this section of cliffs, indenting considerably to the east. Other causes were the overhead riding light reflecting on the foredeck and back onto the windscreen, obscuring the helmsman’s view into the night.

 had been half an hour later in her departure, she would have been off this point in the daylight and the cliffs would have been observed in time. A massive sea and air search over several days failed to find any trace of survivors. By the time an aircraft finally sighted the wreck, Jack Drinan and the icebox, had drifted far out to sea. Police divers swam down to the wreck, but could find no sign of the crew and it was presumed that all had drowned. Meantime, Drinan was making a remarkable voyage. His raft was blown on easterly winds. He broke off a metal fitting and carved a hole in the icebox to gain access. Then he survived on the crew’s food in the icebox and the freshwater from the melting ice. Eventually the wind changed, and after 14 days adrift reduced to drinking seawater in the end, he was blown back to the coast close to the spot where his journey had begun.

He had carved a surf ski and a paddle from the icebox lid for when he got close to land. He managed to launch it and paddle into South Passage around Monkey Rock. While crossing the passage to Dirt Hartog Island, he was picked up by the fishing boat 

, and the news of his survival was radioed to the world. In Carnarvon, the destination of the 

, he was greeted by his wife, Jean, family and friends, who for a fortnight had believed he had drowned. Now he was welcomed as a man back from the dead. He continued his sea-going career and died of cancer in Perth aged 61 in 1986. Some years after the 

 tragedy his brine tank, covered in barnacles, washed up in South Passage, returned by the sea.

Nor 6

Leon Vincent Liedle

At the Robe marina there is a memorial commemorating local fishermen who have lost their lives at sea between 1947 and 1997.  The memorial has a whale tail shaped wall in front of the small plaques with fishers' names against a blue background.

Two of the names are of men who died aboard the 

at sea near Onslow, WA during Cyclone Bobby in 1995.  

Robe Fishermen's Memorial

Gauja

Sea Spray

Pieter Weltevreden

A committee built the monument which commemorates the Japanese who worked, lived and died between 1878 and 1941. It was dedicated in 1979 to the 700 Japanese fishers and pearlers who died in the Torres Strait. 

From 1878 to 1941 there were thousands of Japanese employed in the pearling industry.  The Japanese in Darwin contributed positively to the fishing industry.  

Thursday Island Japanese Pearlers Memorial

Guttersnipe

The plaque in the cathedral on Thursday Island commemorates the pearling crew members who died in Cyclone Mahina, many of whom came from Thursday Island. 

More than 300 pearlers drowned in the 14.6 metre storm surge from over 100 luggers in Bathurst Bay.  

Quetta Cathedral Memorial 

Albert

Andrew Farmer

Matthew Forrest

John Patrick Maher

Frederick Davis

Vito Spadavecchia

Raymond

Ada May

Crusader

Elenora (Alinora)

Alinora

Eleanor

Eldon and Rose Pink

Memorial plaque in honour of Shane Graeme Kramer (49) who died in 2008 when his boat, the 

 rolled when entering the North End in Lancelin. His Son, Benjamin, took his own life in 2013 and a plaque in honour of him can be seen adjacent to his fathers.

Shane Graeme Kramer

Mildred

This monument is built from calca granite from the Eyre Peninsula. It speaks to the anguish of those left behind. The front represents those looking out to the harbour entrance waiting for their loved ones to return from the sea. the side facing the land shows the faces of women morning the loss of their loved ones. Scattered stones surrounding the sculpture have individual names of 50 fishers who have not returned home. 

The installation was commissioned by the Port Lincoln Fishing Industry and the Port Lincoln City Council.  

Port Lincoln Fishermen's Monument

Located near the foreshore at Carpenters Rocks, there is a wall commemorating 19 fishermen who lost their lives at sea. Each name is written on an individual plaque.

The memorial was dedicated in 2021 and overlooks Bucks Bay. 

We hold you close within our hearts and there you shall remain
to walk with us throughout our lives until we meet again.

Carpenter Rocks Memorial Wall

Pemberton Walcott

Toby William Jamieson

Star Of The West

Star of the West

Waratah

Snapshot

Jarrod Arthur Hampton

Daniel Goodall

Mosquito

Emil Hellgren

Villaret

The Port Denison Obelisk, forming the Fishermen’s Memorial and Lookout, is prominently situated at Point Leander on top of a sand hill and has a commanding view of Arurine Bay.

It is of solid stone construction, standing on a stone base about three metres square. The obelisk is about 1.8 metres square at its base and about four metres high. The top section is pyramidal. It has historical significance for its association with the early development of sea transport at Port Denison and is a rare historical component dating from the early days of the settlement at the Irwin River (c.1860s). The site is highly valued by the local community who consider it to be an important landmark, with its high vantage point and views of Port Denison and the coastline, and a popular tourist destination.

The ruins of the second obelisk, which was demolished 1977-79 and is situated approximately one kilometre from the first, is associated with the original Port Denison and Old Irwin Jetty. Michael G. Kailis unveiled the fisherman’s memorial plaque in 1979, paying respect to several deceased fishermen lost at sea between 1916 and 1977. They include; Albert and Theodore Money, Charles Swanson, Edward Joseph Foster, William Roser, Robert Allan, Maxwell Conrad Bussenschutt, Malcolm Donald Zimmerman, Robert Green and Neville Graeme Hynes

Point Leander Obelisk

John Davis

Bonzer

Memorial commemorates pearl diver Richard Peter Bisley (27) who disappeared while diving for pearls in Roebuck Bay in 1993.

Richard Bisley was doing a routine dive when he disappeared. His mangled aqualung was found by searchers and his remains were found inside a tiger shark, which was caught in Roebuck Bay a week later.

Richard Peter Bisley

Cathy Jo

Samadora

This lighthouse sculpture was created by Aubrey Panizza and sponsored by the Cervantes Country Women`s Association to honour and pay tribute to the many lives lost and the ships that have been wrecked off the coast of Cervantes.

The front inscription is written by Mariee Hesford and reads:

To the men who sailed the tall ships
To the men who worked the small ships
They charted the seas
They mapped out the land
Some reaped her rich bounties
Some sadly ran aground
To those men and ships
Who never made it home
We have erected this lighthouse and penned this poem

Mariners Memorial

The memorial at Urangan takes the form of a statue of St Peter.  It is dedicated to fishers of the Fraser Coast who have not come home.  It was dedicated in 2013, funded by local businesses. 

There are plaques on a plinth under the statue. One is for those who died at sea, and another is for those who were lost without a trace.  Each shows a list of names.  