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27 June, 2025
Memorial service at the Cairn
A MEMORIAL service will be held at the Cairn in Port Fairy next month to commemorate the sinking of the S.S.Casino in 1932.
Pictured at the Cairn in July 2023, local resident Margaret Whitehead with Owen Martin (who represented the Apollo Bay and Skenes Creek families from the Apollo Bay School).
Members of the Port Fairy Historical Society are now planning a memorial service, to be held at the Cairn on King George Square, from 11am on Thursday, July 10.
During a special ceremony at the cairn back in July 2023, Richard Patterson told a crowd that had gathered, the story of the Casino, including her importance to the Port Fairy township and of her sinking at Apollo Bay in July 1932 which resulted in the death of her crew.
Built in Scotland, the Casino sailed up the Moyne River in Port Fairy on July 29, 1882 and faithfully served the town for close to 50 years.
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