Sealers, whalers and shipwrecks of Western Australia’s south coastPublic Lecture | Updated 1 decade ago Shipwrecks Photo by Patrick Baker Sealers, whalers and shipwrecks of Western Australia’s south coast: The archaeology of sealing and whaling sites in the Archipelago of the Recherche Ross Anderson, Assistant Curator, Department of Maritime Archaeology, WA Museum 6.00pm, Friday 4 March, NWS Shipping Theatre Early sealers and whalers once subsisted and traded in the remote bays and islands along Western Australia’s southern coast. The WA Museum recently conducted archaeological surveys and excavations at the historic site in Middle Island in the Recherche Archipelago, and a sealers’ cave. Middle Island is the location of the Belinda (1824) a pre-colonial sealing shipwreck, and was also home to Black Jack Anderson, an Afro-American sealer described as Western Australia’s first pirate! COST: $12 per person (pay at the door) - Please join us for refreshments after the lecture BOOKINGS: Essential on 9431 8455, RSVP by 5pm, Wednesday 2 March WA Maritime Museum Fri 4 Mar 2011 6:00pm – 8:00pm