S2876 - Copper/brass
Star
Knife handle made of bone w/ brass ferrule and iron blade (seven fragments).
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 9
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 2876
ID 16257
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...