AW4044 - Copper/brass
Awhina
Salinometer: brass scale, copper cylindrical case and copper lid.
Site Area Code South Coast
Number of Items 3
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 4044
ID 8152
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Awhina
Awhina was sold to the Tug Boat Company Ltd of Auckland in 1887, and then to joint owners, Edwin Alfred Mitchell, Andrew Dalton and William Henry Baker, of New South Wales in 1891. John Bateman of Fremantle purchased the vessel on 2 June 1900, when it was then first registered at Fremantle (No. 11/1900). There were a number of subsequent Western Australian owners. Awhina Steamship Co. Ltd...