Image: The Gothenburg sank off the coast of Townsville in 1875 and then went missing from all records. (Supplied: State Library of Victoria)
It was 1967 and Peter Rubiolo was spearfishing with two friends off the Queensland coast in a small dinghy when the trio noticed something unusual protruding from the water.
“We’d fished there many times and there was nothing sticking out of the water,” the Home Hill resident said.
“When we hit it with the spear, steel rings a certain way, we realised it was a wreck.”
The startling noise unlocked a nearly century-old mystery of a tragic maritime disaster, sunken treasure and a peculiar, inscribed turtle shell.
Read the full article on ABC:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-05/ss-gothenburg-shipwreck-treasure-rediscovery/106835168
