The "Omeo" wreck

The "Omeo" was a 789 ton was an iron framed four masted clinker-built barque with one deck and a square stern. The ship was built at Newcastle, England in 1858, with a length of 64.9m and breadth of 9.3m, and sank on 11th September 1905
At 5,30 pm on 11 September 1905 the vessel broke its moorings in a gale whilst at anchor in Cockburn Sound and was swept ashore to where it was finally abandoned.