The shipwreck of the Dunbar in 1857 is still commemorated with an annual memorial service in Sydney. How did Sydneysiders react when 120 people, many of them prominent locals, were drowned on their doorstep? Listen to the newest episode of Harbour City Stories to learn more about what happened to the Dunbar, why it gave the people of Sydney one of the most grisly sights they’d ever seen and how it caused the erection of a new lighthouse at the Harbour Entrance.Sources:  Sydney Gazette and Sydney Morning Herald articles. Dunbar 1857: Disaster on our Doorstep by Kieren Hosty.