S.S. Wairarapa Shipwreck on Route from Sydney to Auckland 1894
On Monday, October 29, 1894, the S.S. Wairarapa, with more than 230 passengers aboard, besides the crew, crashed on to
50 Years of Australian Christmas Stamps
Originally published in Stamp News Australasia, December 2007. Republished by kind permission of the author. Each year since 1957