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According to memorials at the site, Pearce was washed ashore, and rescued Carmichael from the water after hearing her cries for help. Pearce then climbed out of the gorge to raise the alarm to local pastoralists who quickly came to Carmichael's rescue. Three months after the disaster, which claimed
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s passengers are buried nearby: Reginald Jones, Arthur Mitchell, Eva Carmichael's elder sister Raby and their mother Rebecca. The bodies of many of the other passengers and crew were never found.
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collapsed in June 2009. The feature now appears as two unconnected rock pillars. They have since been officially named Tom and Eva after the two survivors of the
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the lives of seven members of her family, Carmichael returned to Ireland. Pearce was hailed a hero, and the
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Aerial views of Loch Ard Gorge and Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia.
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on 1 June 1878 near the end of a three-month journey from England to
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awarded him its first Gold Medal. He died aged 49 and is buried in
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This was the location for a number of scenes of the 1982 film
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