WRECK INSPECTION REPORT Dunsborough Unidentified (c. 1920-50s)

Author/s R. Anderson

Year of publication 2012

Report Number: No. 295

This wreck inspection report describes a well-preserved example of a small wooden boat wreck in Dunns Bay (Dunsborough). It is likely to be representative of a type of vessel used in the fishing industry along the southwest Western Australian coast, sometime between 1920 and 1960.  Historical information is provided on the history of commercial and recreational fishing in the Dunsborough and Busselton area. The site has local historical significance in relation to the development of Dunsborough, as evidence of local fishing and boat-building industries, and of the exploitation and management of fishing resources in the southwest region generally.