Copper rods: collected by A. Guest.
Site Area Code South Coast
Site Location 80 miles east of Esperance. 40' of water.
Number of Items 4
Material Copper/brass
Registration Number 65
ID 23653
Status Commonwealth
The Batoe Bassi had been built in Norway, but by 1880 was under Dutch registration, with (probably) Dutch officers and Indonesian crew. Even though referred to as ‘Malays’ at the time, this was a generic term used to describe seamen from many areas of South East Asia.
There are a number of different tonnages given for the Batoe Bassi: Henderson (1988) states 293, the Inquirer (9 June...