150-Year-Old SS City of Hobart Wreckage Found: A Historical Treasure

• The SS City of Hobart, an iron steamer carrying 615 tons of coal, sank in 1877 en route from Newcastle to Melbourne.
• Its wreckage was discovered in March 2026, 150 years later, 30 km off the Gippsland coast at a depth of 60 meters.
• Iberdrola Australia found the wreck during a survey for the Aurora Green project, confirmed by Southern Ocean Exploration divers.
• No gold or silver was found; the ship carried only coal, but it's significant for 19th-century marine engineering history.
• The gold-laden 'Holy Grail of shipwrecks,' the Madagascar from 1853, remains unfound, revealing the ocean's many secrets.