15 May The Monumental City, a steamship returning from Melbourne to Sydney ran aground on Tullaberga Island, between Mallacoota Inlet and Gabo Island. The ship broke in two almost immediately, but the survivors were landed on the island, while a boat containing eighteen men rowed to Twofold Bay for assistance. 37 people lost their lives and a monument to them can still be in the old cemetery on Gabo Island. The accident led to the erection of the first lighthouse on Gabo Island.
