  Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Date: 1877 -
Description: Four fastenings from the barque 'Planter'. An iron spike, an iron bolt, a bent copper nail, an iron bolt with wood at one end beneath concretion of shells embedded with gravel. The items were found south of Cameron's Inlet on Flinders Island, in dry sand above high water mark. The' Planter' was a barque of 263 tons, wrecked at Babel Island, off the east coast of Flinders Island, in June 1877 while en route from Newcastle to Port Adelaide. Format: realia Material: iron; copper Titles: Planter Bolt and Rib Pins Subjects: shipwrecks People/Orgs: Planter (vessel) Places: Cameron's Inlet, Flinders Island,Tasmania Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. Object number: FHR_00264 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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