Memory Cove memorial plaque
Remains of the copper plaque left at Memory Cove, near present day Port Lincoln, in South Australia by Matthew Flinders after the deaths of eight crew members in 1802.
Flinders' crew were travelling from HM Sloop Investigator to shore in the ship's longboat when they were caught in rough waters and lost. Flinders ordered the crew to engrave this plaque to commemorate the loss. He also named the geography of the bay in memory of the lost seafarers. The headland was named Cape Catastrophe, the cove Memory Bay and the eight islands within it were named after the crew.
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