As it sailed past the entrance to the Hunter River the ship encountered a heavy gale and foundered on the sandbars at the mouth of the river .
Dundee left Sydney for Fiji to obtain Sandalwood to take to China in August 1808 .
As Dundee sailed past the entrance to the Hunter River the ship encountered a heavy gale and foundered on the sandbars at the mouth of the river .
Dundee left Sydney for Fiji to obtain Sandalwood to take to China in August 1808 .