Hoop iron fragments (11); glass CB (1); and bone (2). Bag 8.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Found Gun Island, near southern camp. 6 m North of “bed springs”. No strata measurements but ‘just off the bottom”.
Number of Items 14
Material FERROUS
Registration Number 866
ID 20061
Status Commonwealth
Zeewijk was wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos on 9 June 1727. The Zeewijk did not break up immediately and goods, including the treasure chests, were transferred to Gun Island. It was obvious to the crew that the ship could never be floated from its position locked into the reef.
A rescue group of eleven of the fittest survivors and First Mate set off for Batavia in the longboat on 10 July...