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Agnes Milowka dies in Tank Cave, near Mount Gambier in South Australia

Submitted by Don Silcock on 1 March, 2011 - 19:32

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The 29-year-old from Melbourne was well-known in diving circles both in Australia and around the world, and had worked as a stunt diver on James Cameron's 3D diving film Sanctum.

Credit:   Gareth Locke - Images of Life

Agnes Milowka was a world class diver and keen underwater photographer. She was also a presenter at various conferences. Here she is seen at the recent EuroTek conference

The Australian  |  Grim task to retrieve lost diver Agnes    |   03-11-2011

The circumstances regarding her death are not known but police divers will join members of the tight-knit Cave Divers Association of Australia on Monday the 28th February to assess how to retrieve Ms Milowka's body.

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Agnes Milowka, 29, is well-known in cave-diving circles and is highly experienced describing her interests as "exploration, adventure and scuba diving". She performed as a stunt diver in James Cameron's action thriller Sanctum and her death has shocked friends and divers around the world.

She went from being a keen and avid wreck diver to a wannabe maritime archaeologist and did a Graduate Diploma in Maritime Archaeology at Flinders University. Her desire to pursue untouched and pristine wrecks meant going ever deeper and having to play with more gear and gases to do so.

The diver and scientist has said her interests were mainly in cave-diving as well as wrecks and reefs. Tank Cave which stretches at least 7km underground near Mt Gambier, in South Australia's southeast and is considered to be one of the best cave diving sites in the world was one of her favourite dive sites.

Only on Friday, her passion for the dangerous sport was evident, telling Twitter followers: "Another w-end of cave diving in Mt Gambier ... fabulous! Can't wait to get underground."

She was reported missing about 1.45pm Sunday.

"Agnes was well known and respected throughout the global diving community. She was not only great to be around on the surface – she was a very happy, enthusiastic, bubbly person. She was also up and coming in the Cave Diving World and we all thought she’d be one of the future bright stars".
—Cave Explorer Rick Stanton

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