G'day List I believe that my g-grandfather Henry Burleigh Davis was a sailor and there is a family story that he was shipwrecked off the Victorian coastline between 1844 and 1855, tho most likely it was in the 1840's. One version of the story has it that he was on the "Isabella" when it was wrecked in Bass Strait in July 1844, all of the crew and passengers survived and were returned to Melbourne on the ship "Flying Fish" a few days later. I know quite a bit about the wreck of the 'Isabella' and for a number of reasons I'm starting to doubt the truth of this version of his shipwreck. I suspect he was on an entirely different ship. The following is another account of Henry's shipwreck experience as told by Alfred J.C Taylor, grandson of Henry Burleigh Davis. "After being shipwrecked, they started off across country coming out at Frankston, but on the way they were short of provisions and killed an animal for food. An old boundary rider saw them, classed them as bushrangers and sent word on to Melbourne, where the survivors were met by the police and charged with being runaway sailors. The ordeal of the survivors was soon accepted and they were permitted to leave." Does anyone recognise this story? If so are you able to give me any idea of what ship they may have been aboard. If they arrived in Frankston I presume the wreck was somewhere off the Gippsland coast. Thanks Peter Coffee Camp Northern NSW