By Nadia Dimattina • Reporter

The largest section of Inverloch’s historic shipwreck has been revealed, with more than 30 centimetres of sand eroding away to uncover more of the wreckage.
On December 12, 1863, the Amazon departed Melbourne for Mauritius with a cargo of salted meats. Only four days later it washed up on Inverloch surf beach, after encountering a storm on Bass Strait.
Since then, the 157-year-old shipwreck has slowly been uncovered due to erosion.

The Inverloch shipwreck is being uncovered by sand erosion on a country Victorian beach. (9News)  “There has been a lot of locals walking on the beach trying to keep themselves fit and healthy, and everyone is just amazed with what they are seeing,” secretary of Amazon 1863 Project Inc, Karyn Bugeja said.
“At the moment there is more uncovered and it is telling a completely different story to what we thought up until 48 hours ago.”
“We always thought we were looking at the keel of the ship but Heritage Victoria have confirmed it is the stem of the ship which is the bow at the front, which is where the figure head would have been placed,” Ms Bugeja said.
The ship, the Amazon, departed Melbourne on December 12, 1863. (9News)
The Amazon 1863 Project Inc. was formed in November, with a group of budding maritime archaeologists working with Heritage Victoria to collect and conserve items that have been detached from the wreckage.
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“I don’t think people are aware of the value of the shipwreck, it is the most  significant shipwreck on Victoria’s coast and it is the only wooden shipwreck so we have to respect it and appreciate what we have in Inverloch,” Ms Bugeja said.
The committee is working to create a children’s book to tell the story of the shipwreck discovery.
It washed up at Inverloch just four days later. (9News)
“We want to teach people about the story of the Amazon and its demise and sort of more importantly why we should appreciate and respect such items of heritage value.”
“The text is pretty much formalised and illustrations are being done at the moment and we hope later in the year it will be published,” Bugeja said.
“A lot of people know nothing about this shipwreck, so talking about where it came from, what kind of ship it was, where it came from and what happened to it, how it ended up on the beach, ” chairperson Trilby Parise said.
The largest section so far has been uncovered recently. (9News)
Ms Parise said the long-term plan is to showcase some of the preserved artefacts in a museum.
“We can’t preserve every piece of the shipwreck, that is just not going to happen, so we have to be really careful about which pieces get chosen and what is significant enough to go through the preservation process,” she said.
The community is being urged to stay away from the shipwreck in order to preserve it.
“We would just encourage people that the only thing they take away are photos and memories,” Ms Bugeja said.  

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