Tureen (2/3 rd): green and white transfer print of pictorial scene, possibly of a place near Mt. Kulat, Kalimantan, Borneo. Fits w/ S 2999 plate rim sherd.
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 3
Material Earthenware
Registration Number 2789
ID 16176
Status Commonwealth
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...