Tag: History
Out of the dark – the story of King Island’s lighthouses
There’s a stretch of water between King Island and Victoria that old sailors called the Eye of the Needle. It’s about eighty five kilometres wide, sitting right at the western…
Shipwrecks & safe havens
The same man who rescued the Cataraqui’s survivors in 1845 later helped build the harbour that still carries a salvager’s name. Some of King Island’s best stories happen after the wreck, not during it.
