IN MEMORY OF THOSE THAT PERISHED IN 1909.

On the 27th of July 1909 the ss Waratah was last seen with 211 souls on board that were lost with 

with the ship in a severe storm that raged up the South African coast showing no mercy.

                                  ss  WARATAH AT ADELAIDE ON THE 6th OF JULY 1909.

In  July the 27th 2009 the 100th anniversary of her loss, over 100 relatives attended a memorial service on board a Sea Road ferry at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria Australia and scattered flowers in

memory of their loved ones upon the still waters.

It has now been 109 years since that fateful day and we remember all who were lost.

   

      IN MEMORY OF THOSE OF THOSE UNFORTUNATE SOULS NOW AND ALWAYS.

                                               Scatter Flowers on the Waves:
                                              There our fathers found their graves, 
                                              Brothers, Sons and Husbands sleep;
                                              Strew your garlands o'er the deep,

                                             Ebbing tides of summers day,
                                             Bear these blossoms on their way, 
                                             North and East to bank and coast 
                                            where they lie whom we love most

                                            Christ who shared the fishers lot,
                                            Marks each grave a sacred spot;
                                            He will guard each wave-washed bed 
                                            Till the sea gives up its dead