WWII shipwreck pillaged for scrap metal
A team of Indonesian and Australian divers has found that 60 per cent of World War II shipwreck HMAS Perth has vanished.
Jewel Topsfield is Fairfax's Indonesia correspondent. She is an award-winning journalist who has been with Fairfax Media for 10 years. Most recently, she was education editor at The Age for five years. Prior to that she was the launch deputy editor of the National Times, Fairfax’s online opinion site. She also spent three years in the Canberra Press Gallery covering immigration, education, the environment and water.
A team of Indonesian and Australian divers has found that 60 per cent of World War II shipwreck HMAS Perth has vanished.
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