Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

S2867 - Glass

Star

Bottle fragments.

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 26

Material Glass

Museum Reference

Registration Number 2867

ID 16249

Status Commonwealth

Star

The Star  with Charles Brennan in command supposedly left Shark Bay on 5 April 1876 for Geraldton, and disappeared.  This report must have originated with a short article in The Western Australian Times, 9 May 1876: 3c stating it was 32 days overdue and feared lost.

However, in the WA Times of 12 May 1876: 3a, the owner, Wallace Bickley, hotly disputes this, stating that the Star left...