Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

S2951 - Patterned Earthenware

Star

Sherds: green and white printed pottery. One sherd w/ part of printed pattern mark and impressed maker's mark.

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 4

Material Patterned Earthenware

Museum Reference

Registration Number 2951

ID 16323

Status Commonwealth

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...