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Names

Name PrimaryWestern Australia Historic Shipwrecks

IDs

ID LocalWAM 29

ID UriOffline Only

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionWestern Australia has 830 known wrecks, of which 103 have been located and are protected under State or Federal legislation and currently come under Museum legislation or administration. The earliest site is the English East India Company ship Trial lost off the Montebello Islands in1622. Four Dutch East India Company shipwrecks include the Batavia lost in the Houtman Abrolhos in 1629, the Vergulde Draak, lost north of Perth in 1656; the Zuiddorp lost north of Kalbarri in 1712 and the Zeewijk lost in the Houtman Abrolhos in 1727. Four nineteenth century ships were lost before European settlement in Western Australia that occurred in 1829: the British whaler Lively (c. 1809); the American China trader Rapid (1811); the Portuguese advice boat Correio da Azia (1816); and the British sealer Belinda (1824). Wrecks continue to be reported and discovered and in the last year three new sites were recorded.

Full DescriptionWestern Australia has 830 known wrecks, of which 103 have been located and are protected under State or Federal legislation and currently come under Museum legislation or administration. The earliest site is the English East India Company ship Trial lost off the Montebello Islands in1622. Four Dutch East India Company shipwrecks include the Batavia lost in the Houtman Abrolhos in 1629 which is associated with the infamous massacre of over 125 men, women and children; the Vergulde Draak, lost north of Perth in 1656; the Zuiddorp lost north of Kalbarri in 1712 and the Zeewijk lost in the Houtman Abrolhos in 1727. Four nineteenth century ships were lost before European settlement in Western Australia that occurred in 1829: the British whaler Lively (c. 1809); the American China trader Rapid (1811); the Portuguese advice boat Correio da Azia (1816); and the British sealer Belinda (1824). Wrecks continue to be reported and discovered and in the last year three new sites were recorded.

Subjects

localBatavia; Belinda; Correio da Azia; Dutch East India Company; English East India Company; Historic; Lively; Maritime archaeology; Rapid; Shipwreck; Trial; Vergulde Draak; Wreck; Zeewijk; Zuiddorp

person_orgDutch East India Company; English East India Company

scotMarine archaeology; Maritime history; Ships; Shipwrecks; Water transport

pontShips; Watercraft

aptShipwreck artefacts; Shipwrecks; Vessels (watercraft)

Coverage Spatial

TextHoutman Abrolhos; Kalbarri; Western Australia; Montebello Islands; Houtman Abrolhos; Perth, Western Australia

Coverage Temporal

From1622

To1824

Related Collections

Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:42

Date Created in MME2011-03-31 00:17