page_title: Geltwood
hierarchical_section_title: Geltwood
caption_attribution_description: English: Artists impression of the ship 'Geltwood'
context_page_description: Geltwood was an iron-hulled barque that was shipwrecked on or about 14 June 1876 during a storm on a remote stretch of the south east coast of South Australia. Nearing the completion of her maiden voyage from Liverpool bound for Melbourne the ship struck a reef, capsized and broke up. The wreck 37°37′36″S 140°10′51″E occurred 1.6 km from shore near the northern end of Lake Bonney and 16 km south-east of Southend.
  Of the 31 passengers and crew there were no survivors. It wasn't until 5 July that the fate of the ship became known to authorities.
context_section_description: Geltwood was an iron-hulled barque that was shipwrecked on or about 14 June 1876 during a storm on a remote stretch of the south east coast of South Australia. Nearing the completion of her maiden voyage from Liverpool bound for Melbourne the ship struck a reef, capsized and broke up. The wreck 37°37′36″S 140°10′51″E occurred 1.6 km from shore near the northern end of Lake Bonney and 16 km south-east of Southend. 
  Of the 31 passengers and crew there were no survivors. It wasn't until 5 July that the fate of the ship became known to authorities.
caption: Geltwood by J. Witham
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