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Gothenburg's Turtle Shell Roll


Black & white photo held by the South Australian Museum records. The turtle shell was engraved by the 18 survivors of the SS Gothenburg who managed to reached Holbourne Island on two lifeboats in February 1875. Because rescue was uncertain, the survivors engraved ship details and their names on the concave side of a large turtle shell, in the hope that it would be found in the future.

It is believed, although not certain, that the photograph was taken by the Adelaide School of Photography in July 1875. Free of copyright restriction. The actual turtle shell was presented to the South Australian Museum in 1932 by Mr W.D. Cleland, brother of John Cleland, one of the survivors.


 * Nominated by: Spy007au (talk) 07:15, 10 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments:


 * Thanks for your submission. It's an interesting historical artifact, but not much of a photo, I'm afraid. Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 17:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your feedback, but the photo is 130+ years old and the only known copy. In my opinion, it appears to meet all the criteria. Regards, Spy007au (talk) 02:22, 19 May 2008 (UTC)


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