Commonwealth of Australia
Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976
Declaration of a Historic Shipwreck and of Historic Relics
I, Tony Burke, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, being of the opinion that the remains of a ship described in Schedule 1 are located in Australian waters or waters above the continental shelf of Australia, and they are of historic significance, in that they are the remains of MV Limerick, pursuant to subsection 5(1) of the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976, hereby declare those remains described in Schedule 1 to be a historic shipwreck, and any articles associated with those remains that have been removed from Australian waters or waters above the continental shelf of Australia, to be historic relics.
Being of the opinion that the articles described in Schedule 2 are associated with the remains of MV Limerick, and that those articles are of historic significance, pursuant to subsection 5(2) of the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976, I hereby declare the articles described in Schedule 2 to be historic relics.
Schedule 1 – Description of the remains of a ship | |
Description | Located at or about |
Remains of an iron hulled vessel approximately 140 metres in length rising ten meters above seafloor orientated North - South. |
280 56’ 27” S latitude 1530 47’ 43” E longitude as defined using GDA94 datum at a depth of approximately 105 metres.
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Schedule 2 – Description of historic relics |
(a) All man-made articles and human remains located inside the articles described in Schedule 1; and (b) All man-made articles attached to the articles described in Schedule 1; and (c) All man-made articles and human remains located on the seabed or in the subsoil, in Australian waters or waters above the continental shelf of Australia and within a radius of 797 metres of the articles described in Schedule 1. |
Dated this 17 day of April 2013
[Signed]
Tony Burke
Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.