S2797A - Ship's timber
Star
Timber: eroded. 14 pieces cut into sections for analysis
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 14
Material Ship's timber
Museum Reference
Registration Number 2797
ID 108643
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
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...