The importance to Yamba of heavy sea-going traffic was that the safe passage of ships along the dangerous channel and through the reef and bar to sea had to be supervised by the Yamba-based pilot and his staff. In spite of their best efforts, from 1850-1896 numerous ships were wrecked at the entrance.

The shipwrecks display includes photographs showing the fate of many wrecks and the inevitable loss of lives. Also on display is a bell, binnacle and helm saved from the wreck of the HMAS Waree.

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