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08/07/2008: "HERON ISLAND..... Scuttled ship "Protector""

I need to check this with shipwreck authority John SUmner. It's possibly the most photographed wreck on the Great Barrier Reef, although this picture is from 1983 so how it looks today is a guess. The story they told was this vessel belonged to the colony of South Australia (pre 1901) and was The Protector. The Poulson family of Heron Island may have placed it in position to offer some protection from the weather, failing that it was the turtle canning company many years ago.