Georgette's Neglected Hero (1876)

Grace Bussell was given a silver life saving medal for her efforts to save the lives of the passengers of the Georgette. Samuel Yebble Isaacs, a stockman who worked for her family received a bronze. The papers across Australia celebrated an Australian Grace Darling, few of them mentioned the name of Samel Yebble Isaacs. As for who saved how many, that is something we will probably never know. Ship Name: Georgette Tonnage: 460 tons Ship type: Iron Hull Screw Steamer Launched 1872 Ship Nationality: Australian Sank: 1876 Location Sank: Calgardup Bay, Australia Reason for Sinking: Sprang an Unexplained Leak Lives Lost: 7 Sources: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2976959?searchTerm=georgette%20inquiry https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/196551594?searchTerm=georgette%20shipwreck https://mrdhs.com.au/the-isaacs-family/ https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/drakebrockman-grace-vernon-13730 https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/disaster/maritime/display/60764-%22s.s.-georgette%22- https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2021/04/New-locality-in-South-West-Yebble-honours-local-Noongar-hero.aspx https://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/georgette https://www.amrtimes.com.au/news/augusta-margaret-river-times/historic-wrong-righted-in-samuel-yebble-isaacs-recognition-of-new-augusta-margaret-river-shire-locality-c-7492784 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37593136 https://www.academia.edu/15763209/STRANGERS_ON_THE_SHORE_Lesley_Silvester_ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/6574139?zoomLevel=2 https://tracesmagazine.com.au/2013/11/saving-grace-western-australias-shipwreck-rescuer-grace-bussell/ https://www.abc.net.au/backyard/shipwrecks/wa/georgette.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160303164321/http://www.wilja.asn.au/georgette.htm https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29286/29286-h/29286-h.htm#chap0102 https://www.pressreader.com/australia/trade-a-boat-australia/20190812/282089163557662 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70607760?searchTerm=grace%20brockman https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-most-audacious-australian-prison-break-of-1876-1804085/