Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

FAI3600 - Coal

Fairy

Coal like samples for analysis

Site Area Code South Coast

Number of Items 1

Material Coal

Museum Reference

Registration Number 3600

ID 8499

Status State

Map of shipwreck

Fairy

Fairy is a vessel about which there is much confusion. Because it was never registered, this confusion is likely to continue. It was built either by Captain Thomas Symers (Garden, 1977: 101 and Dickson, 1999: 266) or for Captain Symers (Henderson 2007: 301 and Marshall, 2001: 155). What is not in dispute is the location of building on the banks of the Kalgan River, about a mile upstream from...