S2958 - Copper
Star
Coin/Penny: plus two pieces of coin mould (S2958R)
Date: 1876
Marked VICTORIA
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 2
Material Copper
Museum Reference
Registration Number 2958
ID 16330
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...