governments, through Senator Eric Abetz and the Hon. Denise Swan respectively. The formal dedication quoted at the initial and all subsequent ceremonies at the Memorial is: "The memory of those whom we have lost – We share. For those who grieve such a loss – We care." Notable tragedies commemorated Among the over 100 maritime tragedies commemorated by plaques at the Tasmanian Seafarers' Memorial are many which represent events well-known to most Tasmanians and many mainland Australians. These notable tragedies include: The losses of the convict ships George III and Neva in 1835, and the emigrant ship Cataraqui in 1845, in Tasmanian waters during the earliest days of the colony, with a total loss of over 750 men, women and children. The loss of Australia's first submarine, HMAS AE1, off Papua New Guinea in 1914 and still unexplained. 34 seamen were lost and never recovered, including the first Tasmanian to be killed in service during World War I. The sinking of the destroyer HMAS Voyager off Jervis Bay in 1964 following a night-time collision with the carrier HMAS Melbourne. Four Tasmanian sailors were among the 81 naval personnel lost when the Voyager went down after being cut in two. The Tasman Bridge disaster of 1975, when the 10,000T bulk-carrier Lake Illawarra collided with the Tasman Bridge at night on the Derwent River at Hobart and collapsed two concrete bridge spans. Twelve lives, including those of five motorists whose vehicles plunged off the roadway into the river, were lost that night. The running of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, when the world-famous annual event ran into an exceptionally violent Tasman Sea weather event just to the north of Tasmania, resulting in the destruction of five racing yachts and the loss of six lives. Design The Memorial is a simple, almost unassuming structure designed to present a multitude of individual plaques for quiet viewing and contemplation. Sited in a park on Esplanade West, Triabunna and overlooking the local port of Spring Bay, the structure comprises low, curved masonry walls forming a fish shape in plan, upon the capping of which are set the commemorative plaques. Openings to each side allow viewers into the centre of the Memorial, where a masonry boat-like plinth supports a large vertical anchor cross and the Merchant Naval plaque. A separate sandstone bollard to one side carries the main Naval plaque, while ahead and on the