HA20002 - CERAMICS
Hadda
Ceramic fragments.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Material CERAMICS
Museum Reference
Registration Number 20002
ID 10701
Status Commonwealth
Ceramic fragments.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Material CERAMICS
Registration Number 20002
ID 10701
Status Commonwealth
Hadda was built in Germany in 1860, and in 1877 was owned by William Johnston of Newcastle, New South Wales. It was under charter to the Melbourne firm of Poole, Picken and Company who were involved in the guano industry. The barque, under the command of Captain John Lewis Parker, with a crew of eleven, was en route from the Lacepede Islands in ballast. Parker was making for Fremantle in...