https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/4351575
The assumption made in previous posts is that the track from Broome to Port Hedland was the same in reverse. Logic did not prevail. It would be unlikely and unsafe for steamers traversing in opposite directions to narrowly avoid collisions. With this in mind it was an interesting discovery to find a map of the route most likely intended by Captain Allen of the Koombana - see image below. But perhaps even more interesting, is the Google Earth image of this route overlying the position of the oil patch, suggesting that Koombana was very much on course when she foundered!!
The assumption made in previous posts is that the track from Broome to Port Hedland was the same in reverse. Logic did not prevail. It would be unlikely and unsafe for steamers traversing in opposite directions to narrowly avoid collisions. With this in mind it was an interesting discovery to find a map of the route most likely intended by Captain Allen of the Koombana - see image below. But perhaps even more interesting, is the Google Earth image of this route overlying the position of the oil patch, suggesting that Koombana was very much on course when she foundered!!
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| courtesy Trove. |
