Wollongbar early 1900s model ship in glass cabinet

Size 137cm long
27cm deep
45cm high

In 1943,the SS Wollongbar II was en route from Byron Bay to Sydney when it was hit, killing 32 of the people on board.

The ship sank within minutes and only five crew survived.

The vessel stayed lost beneath the waves for 77 years until archaeologists from Heritage NSW found the wreck in 2019, sitting in about 100 metres of water, off the coast of Crescent Head on the NSW Mid North Coast.

The discovery came after a fisherman pulled up a piece of wreckage and reported the finding.