Strangers on the Shore

Strangers on the Shore is an electronic database containing all known European and Asian shipwrecks around Western Australia's where survivors have had Indigenous social contact.

Title	Associated Tribe	Location	Year	View
Atlantis Seaplane Float	Miwa, Yiiji	Kimberley	1932	view
Batavia	Nhanta	Houtman Abrolhos	1629	view
Belinda	Wudjari, Ngatjumay, Mirning	Middle Island Recherche Archipelago	1824	view
Benan	Thalanyji	Pt Cloates	1888	view
Bertha	Thalanyji	Point Cloates	1874	view
Boat from de Goede Hoop	Yuat	Near Moore River mouth	1656	view
Boat from the Geographe	Wardandi	Wonnerup Inlet	1801	view
Boat from Waeckende Boey	Yuat	Near Moore River mouth	1658	view
Brothers	Thalanyji	North West Cape	1867	view
Calliance	Worora	Camden Harbour	1865	view
Carib	Ngatjumay/ Mirning	Great Australian Bight	1837	view
Cervantes	Yuat, Wajuk	Jurien Bay	1844	view
Chofuku Maru	Thalanyji	Pt Cloates	1931	view
City of York	Unknown	Rottnest Island	1899	view
Corrieo de Azia	Thalanyji	Pt Cloates	1816	view
Cumberland	Wardandi, Kaniyang, Pinjarup	Cape Hamelin	1830	view
Duchess of Kent		Cervantes Island	1895	view
Dulverton	Gamberre, Miwa, Kwini, Wunambul	West Bay	1956	view
Emma	Thalanyji	Dirk Hartog Island	1867	view
Enchantress	Worora	Champagny Island	1872	view
Fairy Queen	Watjarri ? Nhanta ? Malkana	Y Island reef	1875	view
Georgette		Calgardup Bay	1876	view
Governor Endicott	Wardandi	Toby’s Inlet, Geographe Bay	1840	view
Henry	Wunambul	Cape Voltaire	1929	view
Koolama	Gamberre, Miwa, Kwini	Wyndham	1942	view
Leander	Amangu	near Irwin	1853	view
Macey’s Wreck	Nhuwala or Martuthunira	Mardie Station	1880 ca.	view
Maid of Lincoln	Amangu or Yuat	Hill River	1891	view
Mariano	Jaburrarra	Jarman Island	1878	view
Mary Island Lugger	Kulari, Gambre	Mary Island	1920	view
Mercury	Weelman (?Nhanta or Malkana)	? Shark Bay, ? Greenough	1833	view
Minnie		Fortescue Island	1872	view
Mountaineer	White Cockatoo, Murray and Will-Men (?Wudjari and Goreng)	Thistle Cove	1835	view
Napier Broome Bay Cannon	Gamberre	Carronade Island		view
Nautilus	Jaburrara	Nickol Bay	1868	view
Occator	Thalanyji	N W Cape, Muiron Island	1856	view
Ocean Queen	Yuat or Wajuk	Houtman Abrolhos	1842	view
Perseverant		Shark Bay	1841	view
Stefano	Payungu, Jinirigudi	Pt Cloates	1875	view
Sunbeam	Gamberre, Miwa	Osborne Island, Admiralty Gulf	1892	view
Swan	Bardi, Djaw	King Sound	1883	view
Three Whale Boats from the Russell	Nhanta, Amangu, Yuat, Wajuk	Gantheaume Bay	1839	view
Twilight and Bunyip	Ngatjumay, Mirning	Twilight Cove	1877	view
Unidentified at Eyre	Ngatjumay, Mirning	East of Scorpion Bight	1810-20	view
Unnamed	Wudjari	Victoria Harbour near Esperance	1600s	view
Vergulde Draeck	Yuat	Ledge Point, north of Fremantle	1656	view
Vianen		near Barrow Island	1628	view
Voladora	Miriwoong	Buckle Head	1926	view
Wanderer	Worora	Rogers Strait	1915	view
Whaleboat Pt D’Entrecasteaux	Bibbulman	Pt D’Entrecasteaux	1831	view
Xantho		Port Gregory	1872	view
Zuytdorp	Nhanta	near Murchison River mouth	1712	view

This resource was developed with the assistance of Lesley Silvester and Mike Murray.