Onion bottle: large fragments of 2 case bottle and 1 onion.
Site Location Area location: xyz- SE corner Gun IS, near old guano jetty. Picked up from ground surface. GW Kendrick
Number of Items 4
Material Glass
Registration Number 5576
ID 23469
Status Commonwealth
Zeewijk was wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos on 9 June 1727. The Zeewijk did not break up immediately and goods, including the treasure chests, were transferred to Gun Island. It was obvious to the crew that the ship could never be floated from its position locked into the reef.
A rescue group of eleven of the fittest survivors and First Mate set off for Batavia in the longboat on 10 July...