Gudgeon: with spacer upper section and bolt (bolt in 5 fragments, called rivet) also with ragged small nail.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 2
Material Copper/brass
Registration Number 30045
ID 10692
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...