MC4002 - Bronze
Macedon
Ship’s bell. Marked: ‘Macedon, Melbourne 1870’ including plaited rope and clapper.
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 1
Material Bronze
Museum Reference
Registration Number 4002
ID 26823
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Macedon
Built in Liverpool, serviced Melbourne to Fremantle run. Engaged to transport the KImberley survey Party with horses and equipment to the NW. With the Kingston Spit missing ran aground after calling in to rottnest to offload official sand supplied. Sold to H Atwell ( of Atwell Arcade in Fremantle fame) he was initially successful, but later lost his diving equipment and ‘hard hat’ in...