Hi Sally, Thanks for your reply. I don't believe the bodies were ever recovered. There was one survivor who witnesses the deaths though. This was Arthur Lloyd. The names of all who drowned were known, so I don't see why the deaths would not have been recorded...maybe I'm looking in the wrong places! Regards Heather ----- Original Message ----- From: "narnty" <sallynolan531@hotmail.com> To: "Heather Minol" <minol@ozemail.com.au>; <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 7:43 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Looking for record of death in Macquarie Harbour 1878 > Hi Heather - I could not find a record of an inquest. > Were the bodies recovered? > I have often found that when an inquest was held the death was not always > registered. > If the bodies were not recovered then there was probably no inquest? > > Cheers > Sally > >> > >