S2868ABCd - Patterned Earthenware
Star
A) 3 x sherds of pale blue and white ‘Floral’ printed pottery (possibly a mug). B) 1 x mauve and white printed pottery sherd, flower pattern. C) 3 x white stoneware fragments. D) 7 x green and white fishing/floral printed pottery
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 14
Material Patterned Earthenware
Museum Reference
Registration Number 2868
ID 16250
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...
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