S2981 - Rope/leather/etc.
Star
Shoe heel: leather (in 3 fragments).
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 3
Material Rope/leather/etc.
Museum Reference
Registration Number 2981
ID 16350
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...