The ''Acme'' was a wooden top sail

schooner A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...

that was driven ashore at

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while carrying timber from

Camden Haven Camden Haven is a parish in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, approximately 30 km south of the major regional centre of Port Macquarie. The harbour is located where the Camden Haven River empties into the Tasman ...

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under the command of Captain James Henry Jackson on the 15 July 1876. There were no casualties. The wreck has not been located, but the approximate coordinates of the wreck site are .

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Online Database's
Australian National Shipwreck Database

br /> Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwreck

br /> Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwreck

Books *Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. By Jack Loney, Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 . *''Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850'',

Charles Bateson Charles Bateson (4 August 1903 – 5 July 1974) was a maritime historian, journalist and author. Early life Charles Henry Bateson was born in Wellington, New Zealand, son of Charles Bateson, a company manager born Liverpool, England, and moth ...

, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, , Call number 910.4530994 BAT *''Australian shipwrecks Vol. 2 1851–1871'' By Jack Loney, Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Sydney. Reed, 1980 910.4530994 LON *''Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900'' By Jack Loney, Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON *''Australian shipwrecks Vol. 4 1901–1986'' By Jack Loney, Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1987 910.4530994 LON *''Australian shipwrecks Vol. 5 Update 1986'' By Jack Loney, Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1991 910.4530994 LON Ships built in New South Wales 1876 ships Maritime incidents in July 1876 Shipwrecks of the Mid North Coast Region 1871–1900 ships of Australia Coastal trading vessels of Australia Schooners of Australia {{Merchantship-stub

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