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Title Description Material Number of Itemssort icon ANCODS Wreck
WI4014 - Copper/brass

Porthole rim section,twisted,bronze

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI4016 - Copper/brass

Cover, mushroom,bronze (ventilator cover?)

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI4012 - Copper/brass

Cover, round w/ 3holes, damaged, brass

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI4011 - Copper/brass

Ring,bronze

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3711 - Lead

Short scupper ?

Lead 1 Windsor
WI3710 - Lead

Flange, washer

Lead 1 Windsor
WI3705 - Copper/brass

Key or pin, brass.

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3703 - Copper/brass

Pipe coupling w/ screw.

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3702 - Copper/brass

Tap spindle, brass

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3700 - Copper/brass

Inspection port lid, brass.

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3699 - Copper/brass

Filling cap, brass.

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3698 - Copper/brass

Cap threaded w/ flange

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3697 - Copper/brass

Flange, threaded w/ 3 blades. Brass.

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3696 - Copper/brass

Flange -oval

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3695 - Copper/brass

Flange, oval w/ pipe

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3694 - Copper/brass

Flange - oval w/ pipe. Brass

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3693 - Copper/brass

Flange w/ remains of pipe. Brass

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3692 - Copper/brass

Flange, brass.

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3691 - Copper/brass

Flange, brass.

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3690 - Copper/brass

Flange remains of pipe. Brass.

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3688 - Copper/brass

Handle, brass

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WI3687 - Coal

Coal, worn by wave action.

Coal 1 Windsor
WI3686 - Unspecified

Stone, unid.

Unspecified 1 Windsor
WI82 - Bark/bamboo

Sandalwood piece

Bark/bamboo 1 Windsor
WI4019 - Copper/brass

Locking spline: bronze.

Copper/brass 1 Windsor
WB1694 - Armament

Hawse plug, wood.

Armament 1 Warren Beach
WAR1851 - Fittings

Dead eye w/ iron band.

Fittings 1 Waratah
WAR1810 - Fittings

Dead eye w/ chain plate.

Fittings 1 Waratah
WAR1807 - Copper/brass

Porthole, brass

Copper/brass 1 Waratah
WAR1851 - Fittings

Dead eye w/ iron band.

Fittings 1 Waratah
WA3815 - Sharpening/grinding

Grindstone w/ wood axle.

Sharpening/grinding 1 Wave
WA3814 - Lead

Scupper, lead.

Lead 1 Wave
WA3324 - Bricks

Brick half: grey clay.

Bricks 1 Wave
WA3319 - Ship's timber

Plank of wood, with remains copper sheathing + tacks

Ship's timber 1 Wave
WA3318 - Copper/brass

Nail, copper

Copper/brass 1 Wave
WA3322 - Bark/bamboo

Branch, sandlewood ??? For analysis.

Bark/bamboo 1 Wave
WA3332 - Animal

Bone: whale broken.

Animal 1 Wave
W3818A - Fittings

Wood top rail. 280x23x65cms

Fittings 1 Wonnerup
VDR3948 - Bricks

Brick: clay.

Bricks 1 Ville De Rouen
VDR3255 - Coal

Coke lump

Coal 1 Ville De Rouen
VDR2532 - Copper/brass

Port hole

Copper/brass 1 Ville De Rouen
UNID2616 - Fittings

Jib boom traveller

Fittings 1 Unidentified
UNID2610 - Fittings

Dead eye: wood.

Fittings 1 Unidentified
UNID2533 - Copper/brass

Porthole, small, slightly bent.

Copper/brass 1 Unidentified
UNID3888 - Glass

Pickle bottle.

Glass 1 Unidentified
UNID3828 - Ship's fittings

Anchor, wood stock - (wood not present). Unknown, from Success Harbour. Marked PWD. PROPERTY OF FREMANTLE SAILING CLUB. Returned 19/6/02

Ship's fittings 1 Unidentified
UNID3826 - Ship's fittings

Mooring anchor. Small Admiralty anchor with D-schackle and chain. NOT HISTORIC. PROPERTY OF FREMANTLE SAILING CLUB. Returned 19/6/02

Ship's fittings 1 Unidentified
UNID3529 - Tools

Harpoon head, from whaling.

Tools 1 Unidentified
UNID3507 - Ship's fittings

Mast ring- internal diam: 115mm. From Two Rocks unid.

Ship's fittings 1 Unidentified
UNID3488 - STONE

Flaked point??? From Two Rocks.

STONE 1 Unidentified
UNID3485 - TIMBER

Wood frags, eroded. From Two rocks, found 1.5 meters from Cliff top.

TIMBER 1 Unidentified
UNID3484 - TIMBER

Wood sample w/ copper screw, tacks+ fabric remains. From Two Rocks.

TIMBER 1 Unidentified
SEB3304 - Copper/brass

Ring, brass. Sea Bird unid.

Copper/brass 1 Sea Bird
UNID3303 - Glass

Bottle, glass, dark. Found Stirling Camp? Sulpher Bay.

Glass 1 Unidentified
UNID3300 - Clay pipes

Clay pipe bowl.

Clay pipes 1 Unidentified
UNID3299 - Clay pipes

Clay pipe TW. Pt. Walter - Swan River.

Clay pipes 1 Unidentified
UNID3289 - Bricks

Brick, 'white'

Bricks 1 Unidentified
UNID3257 - Ship's fittings

Anchor, iron. Trotman pattern anchor (Maraldi)

Ship's fittings 1 Unidentified
FBU3253 - Ship's timber

Wood section- with some copper & nails, lower hull.

Ship's timber 1 Frenchman Bay Unidentified
UNID3244 - STONE

Rock.

STONE 1 Unidentified
UNID3233 - MISCELLANEOUS

Latex sample

Miscellaneous 1 Unidentified
UNID3105 - TIMBER

Spar, w/ iron fastenings

TIMBER 1 Unidentified
UNID3104 - TIMBER

Wood

TIMBER 1 Unidentified
GEO3097 - Ship's timber

Trail board: carved wood.

Ship's timber 1 Georgette
UNID3095 - Ship's fittings

Anchor

Ship's fittings 1 Unidentified
UNID2714 - FERROUS

Echo sounder, German. Elac Laze 35 - C 1945. Recording paper in situ.

FERROUS 1 Unidentified
PE1004 - Bricks

Brick, broken -red Found inside reef Pt. Cloates by Edgar Lefroy- Ningaloo Stn.

Bricks 1 Perth SS
PE1003 - Copper/brass

Tube, bent - eroded copper

Copper/brass 1 Perth SS
UNID1000 - Glass

Bottles + frags (1 glass stopper). Found Balla Balla Creek bottle dump. Dump from old pub, closed 1914.

Glass 1 Unidentified
UNID637 - Armament

Cannon ball: large.

Armament 1 Unidentified
UNID355 - FERROUS

Wind mill fan, hub only: found between West Point and Nth Yanchep

FERROUS 1 Unidentified
UNID343 - Stoneware

Bellarmine fragment including seal: identical to seal fragment GT 655 and similar to the seal on bellarmine jug GT 87. Mr Gepp also saw cannon balls in same spot in late 1930's.

Stoneware 1 Unidentified
UNID20

Bell shaped brass object w/ hexagonal stem and thread at end. Found at Green Island at foot of cliffs at South End, Anchorage. Collected by Lean McLay

1 Unidentified
UNID3 - Ship's structure

Mast ring, found c.4 miles North of Moore River, on beach.

Ship's structure 1 Unidentified
TR3716 - Glass

Green glass fragment from Trial cannon.

Glass 1 Trial
TR3482B - Rope/leather/etc.

Wadding in concretion.

Rope/leather/etc. 1 Trial
TR3716 - Glass

Unidentified green glass fragment. Reputed to be from bore of the Trial cannon.

Glass 1 Trial
TR3483 - Armament

Core samples (from Trial Cannon?)

Armament 1 Trial
TR3481 - Armament

Cannon ball.

Armament 1 Trial
TR3480 - Armament

Tampion edge: outside section only.

Armament 1 Trial
TR3268 - Lead

Sounding lead: part only, very eroded.

Lead 1 Trial
TR3267 - Lead

Ingot lead.

Lead 1 Trial
TR3211 - Ballast stone

Ballast rocks: fragments only.

Ballast stone 1 Trial
TR3210 - Lead

Lead sheet.

Lead 1 Trial
TR3208 - Lead

Sounding lead.

Lead 1 Trial
TR3207 - Armament

Ship Cannon (similar to Swedish Finnbanker guns) w/ clover leaf mark.

Armament 1 Trial
TR3206 - Lead

Musket ball.

Lead 1 Trial
TR639 - FERROUS

Iron fragment: unidentified.

FERROUS 1 Trial
TR635 - FERROUS

Iron fragment: unidentified.

FERROUS 1 Trial
TR631 - Bronze

Bronze fragment: unidentified.

Bronze 1 Trial
TR630 - Ballast stone

Ballast stone.

Ballast stone 1 Trial
TR628 - Ballast stone

Ballast stone.

Ballast stone 1 Trial
TR340 - Ship's fittings

Anchor fluke.

Ship's fittings 1 Trial
TR0 - Armament

Cannon ball: recovered from cannon.

Armament 1 Trial
TR724 - FERROUS

Unidentified wrought iron piece (Replica of Anchor Fluke found in MAC-092 Tray 10).

FERROUS 1 Trial
TR968 - Bronze

Pulley sheave: bronze.

Bronze 1 Trial
TR636 - Ballast stone

Ballast stone: very worn.

Ballast stone 1 Trial
TR634 - Concretions

Iron concretion.

Concretions 1 Trial
TR629 - Ballast stone

Ballast stone.

Ballast stone 1 Trial
TR342 - Ballast stone

Stone: large and grey. (SW England origin).

Ballast stone 1 Trial
TR339 - Lead

Lead ingot: semi-circular cross-section (small section cut out of side possibly for analysis).

Lead 1 Trial
TR3716 - Glass

Green glass fragment from Trial cannon.

Glass 1 Trial
TPB3677 - Ship's timber

Pulley block, no sheave. Wooden.

Ship's timber 1 Two People Bay Unidentified
TPB3585 - Ship's timber

Planking w/ sq. nail hole

Ship's timber 1 Two People Bay Unidentified
TPB3540 - Ship's timber

Knee

Ship's timber 1 Two People Bay Unidentified
TPB3539 - Ship's timber

Timber attached to knee

Ship's timber 1 Two People Bay Unidentified
TPB3677 - Ship's timber

Pulley block, no sheave. Wooden.

Ship's timber 1 Two People Bay Unidentified
TMR3243 - Copper/brass

Fastening spike, brass -eroded.

Copper/brass 1 Three Mile Reef
TB3578 - TIMBER

Wood debris samples, dredged up by water jet

TIMBER 1 Tagon Bay
TAM2591 - Copper/brass

Unidentified. copper end piece with flange + screw hole.

Copper/brass 1 Tamerlane
TAM2589 - Ship's fittings

Fitting, unidentified

Ship's fittings 1 Tamerlane
SY3952 - Miscellaneous/Unidentified

Jack's Day Badge 1941, featuring HMAS Sydney (1 shilling). Printed on metal-b/w. Diam 1".

MH rego: NG 1308

Miscellaneous/Unidentified 1 Sydney II (HMAS)
SY3900 - Textile

Newspaper- Western Mail Dec. 4th 1941. Report on HMAS Sydney II after declared missing.

MH rego: NG 1307

Textile 1 Sydney II (HMAS)
SY3993 - Miscellaneous

Model of HMAS Sydney: very small.

MH rego: NG 1309

Miscellaneous 1 Sydney II (HMAS)
SW1692 - Ship's timber

Timber sample, sleeper sample- Euc. Marginatu- Jarrah

Ship's timber 1 Swift [Bunyip/Twilight]
SW1691 - Ship's timber

Timber sample- frame: Euc. Paniculata- iron bark.

Ship's timber 1 Swift [Bunyip/Twilight]
SW1690 - Ship's timber

Timber sample, ceiling: Euc diversecolor-Karri.

Ship's timber 1 Swift [Bunyip/Twilight]
SW1689 - Copper/brass

Fastening bolt, brass

Copper/brass 1 Swift [Bunyip/Twilight]
SW1687 - Ship's fittings

Bracket, flat bar, w/ bolts

Ship's fittings 1 Swift [Bunyip/Twilight]
SW1692 - Ship's timber

Timber sample, sleeper sample- Euc. Marginatu- Jarrah

Ship's timber 1 Swift [Bunyip/Twilight]
SU781 - Copper/brass

Bolt: copper.

Copper/brass 1 Success HMS
SU780 - Copper/brass

Cleat nail: copper.

Copper/brass 1 Success HMS
SU79 - Ship's fittings

Anchor: small from Cockburn sound. Encrustation from end of cross bar.

Ship's fittings 1 Success HMS
SU64 - Fittings

Boom spar w/ iron hoop and fittings attached.

Fittings 1 Success HMS
SU58 - FERROUS

Dolphin striker? iron.

FERROUS 1 Success HMS
SU55 - Copper/brass

Bolt: long. Copper.

Copper/brass 1 Success HMS
SU53 - Copper/brass

Rod: thin. Copper.

Copper/brass 1 Success HMS
SU51 - Lead

Sheeting w/ copper stain: Lead.

Lead 1 Success HMS
SU50 - Lead

Sheathing w/ copper nails: lead w/ copper inlay.

Lead 1 Success HMS
SU49 - Copper/brass

Rod: bent. Copper.

Copper/brass 1 Success HMS
SU47 - Copper/brass

Bolt: thin. Copper.

Copper/brass 1 Success HMS
SU44 - Copper/brass

Bolt w/ wood: copper.

Copper/brass 1 Success HMS
SU43 - Copper/brass

Bolt w/ wood: copper.

Copper/brass 1 Success HMS
SU42 - Copper/brass

Bolt: copper.

Copper/brass 1 Success HMS
SU40 - Copper/brass

Rod: copper.

Copper/brass 1 Success HMS
SU38 - Copper/brass

Rod: bent. Copper.

Copper/brass 1 Success HMS
SU35 - Fittings

Stopper: round w/ nails in edge.

Fittings 1 Success HMS
SU34 - Bronze

Rudder pintle pin: bronze.

Bronze 1 Success HMS
SU57 - Bronze

Gudgeon arm

Bronze 1 Success HMS
SU56 - Bronze

Rudder Gudgeon: bronze.

Bronze 1 Success HMS
SU54 - Lead

Sheeting: lead w/copper sheathing, nails and wood holding onto the nails. White substance between lead and copper, black substance between copper and wood.

Lead 1 Success HMS
SU52B - Copper/brass

Copper sheathing.

Copper/brass 1 Success HMS
SU48 - Lead

Sheeting: lead

Lead 1 Success HMS
SU782 - Armament

Cannon ball: small.

Armament 1 Success HMS
ST3997 - Copper/brass

Staunchion on pipe support w/ square base: copper. 5 mm diam fastening holes in each corner. Central, circular holder for 21 mm diameter tubular support. [Probably part of surveying instrument with ST3998]

Copper/brass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST4009 - Silver

Pocket watch case back: silver.

Silver 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST4008 - Stoneware

Jar rim sherd.

Stoneware 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST4007 - Earthenware

Earthenware sherd w/ blue and white Asiatic Pheasant pattern.

Earthenware 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST1666 - Slate

Slate fragment.

Slate 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST1846 - Copper/brass

Tap: copper.

Copper/brass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST3249 - Ship's timber

Wood sample: Jarrah.

Ship's timber 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST2677 - Armament

Carronade.

Armament 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST825 - Porcelain

Sherd blue /white china.

Porcelain 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST823 - NON-FERROUS

Unidentified: circular metal object.

NON-FERROUS 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST821 - Copper/brass

Circular fitting w/ 2 'broad arrow' marks. Copper.

Copper/brass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST820 - Lead

Unidentified: circular object w/ hole in centre. Lead.

Lead 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST816 - Copper/brass

Button: copper w/ ornamented edge.

Copper/brass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST797 - NON-FERROUS

Knob: metal unidentified.

NON-FERROUS 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST795 - Copper/brass

Coin: copper. Identification not possible.

Copper/brass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST793 - Lead

Musket ball.

Lead 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST790 - NON-FERROUS

Key: metal unidentified.

NON-FERROUS 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST784 - Copper/brass

Pipe fitting: threaded copper.

Copper/brass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST783 - Bricks

Brick fragment: red.

Bricks 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST757 - Copper/brass

Knob: copper.

Copper/brass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST753 - Glass

Glass lens w/ plano-corvex.

Glass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST750 - CERAMICS

Fragment of Chinese blue and white ceramic.

CERAMICS 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST749 - Earthenware

Earthenware fragment.

Earthenware 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST748 - Stoneware

Jar fragment: stoneware.

Stoneware 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST529 - Lead

Sheet of thick lead.

Lead 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST516 - Copper/brass

Evaporating tray: copper.

Copper/brass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST515 - Copper/brass

Rudder pintle: copper.

Copper/brass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST514 - Copper/brass

Rudder gudgeon: copper. One piece has adjoining section of stern post timber.

Copper/brass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST513 - Copper/brass

Rudder gudgeon: copper. One piece has adjoining section of stern post timber, copper bolts, felt, copper sheathing and nails.

Copper/brass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST511 - Ship's timber

Stern-post plates w/ copper nails holding timbers together.

Ship's timber 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST499 - Ship's timber

Pulley sheave w/ copper bearing

Ship's timber 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST476 - FERROUS

Iron piece.

FERROUS 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST18 - Earthenware

Plate. Blue and white transfer ‘pastoral scene’. Marked JE - possibly Joseph Clemenston 1839-64, pattern 'si......'.

Earthenware 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST813 - Glass

Glass seal from bottle: marked 'Margaux Medoc' illustrated w/ a bunch of grapes.

Glass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST751 - Lead

Weight: lead.

Lead 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST503 - Animal

Toothbrush head: no bristles or handle. Bone.

Animal 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST501 - Porcelain

Blue and white Porcelain bowl sherd: Asian (as ST 473).

Porcelain 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST477B - Copper/brass

Spike: square headed. Copper.

Copper/brass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST477A - Copper/brass

Spike: ragged. Copper.

Copper/brass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST473a - Porcelain

Blue and white porcelain fragment (goes w/ ST 501).

Porcelain 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
ST5095 - Copper/brass

Timber/Wooden spike

Copper/brass 1 Lancier [Stragglers]
SS3984 - Bronze

Fish plate: bronze.

Bronze 1 Silver Star
SR3867 - Ship's fittings

Boilerm Scotch type- circular.

Ship's fittings 1 Swan River Site
SR3866 - Ship's fittings

Iron boiler: locomotive type.

Ship's fittings 1 Swan River Site
SR3867 - Ship's fittings

Boiler: circular Scotch type.

Ship's fittings 1 Swan River Site
SP3809 - Bronze

Ship’s bell, bronze, section base missing. Marked: 'M. SMITH.HOWRAH 1873'. Indian.

Bronze 1 Samuel Plimsoll
SMW1849 - Bronze

Rudder gudgeon w/ bush

Bronze 1 South Mole Wreck
SMW1850 - Bronze

Rudder gudgeon

Bronze 1 South Mole Wreck
SIB2550 - Fittings

Mast section, wooden. Probably James Service

Fittings 1 Singelton Beach
SGT3969 - Copper/brass

Sheathing sample: copper w/ one tack hole

Copper/brass 1 Solglyt
SF3514 - Bronze

Ship's bell: marked 'Stanford'.

Bronze 1 Stanford MV
SE3976 - Porcelain

Vase: small white porcelain.

Porcelain 1 Sepia
SE3974 - Stoneware

Ink bottle: small, stoneware.

Stoneware 1 Sepia
SE3973 - Stoneware

Stoneware bottle w/ wide mouth.

Stoneware 1 Sepia
SE3972 - Stoneware

Stoneware bottle: ink?

Stoneware 1 Sepia
SE3971 - Glass

Ink bottle: glass.

Glass 1 Sepia