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Wreck Of The Dunbar

from Getting Off At Redfern by Point Blank Australia

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A powerful rock song themed on the wreck of the clipper Dunbar in 1857 off an area which became notorious for suicides known as “the gap”, off Sydney Heads. 121 passengers and crew drowned and only one person survived. He was thrown against a cliff in the collision. It was not until 2 days later that he was noticed from the top of a cliff clinging to a rock ledge and rescued.
The remains of 22 victims who could be recovered were buried in a single large tomb at Camperdown Cemetery in Newtown, with other victims having individual monuments. The land upon which Sydney’s town hall was built was one of the oldest cemeteries in Sydney and for the building of the town hall the bodies and tombstones were transferred to Rookwood Cemetery. Similarly the location of Sydney’s Central Station was also a major cemetery and for the station to be built the bodies and tombstones were transferred to cemeteries at Camperdown and Rookwood.

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WRECK OF THE DUNBAR

(Copyright 2006 Rob Bender)


1. The lines have blurred together, but I don't see it
It could be getting better, but we won't need it
It looks like we're together, but we're not really
You're holding on by a tether, slipping out of view

CH.

Your superficial dream, is coming to an end
It's never what it seems, your superficial friends
Maybe they are right this time

2. Big thing going down, but we're not ready
Our ship is comin' 'round, and sailing steady
We're crashing into the rocks, down and sinking
They're still tied to the dock, we'll never make it . . .

SOLO

CH RPT

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from Getting Off At Redfern, released April 21, 2009
R. Bender

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Point Blank Australia

Point Blank Australia - Broadly described as alternative classic rock, their music also includes punk, indie, alternative, pop, garage, heavy metal, jazz fusions & B-grade film scores.

Influences include The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, Cream, Vanilla Fudge, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Bread, Black Sabbath, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Elton John, Chicago, Led Zeppelin and more.
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