 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Creator(s): unknown Description: Fragment from a china plate. The plate has a blue chain print and blue rope print around the outside, and the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company flag is also featured. Recovered from the 'Southern Cross,' the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company's steamship, which sailed for Melbourne with a cargo of potatoes and 40 passengers in 1889. She was impaled on an unchartered rock and wrecked at Rocky Cape. The TSN sold out to the Union Steam Navigation Company of New Zealand in 1891. Format: realia Object: plates (dishes) Material: chinaware Titles: China Plate Fragment Subjects: shipwrecks; plates (dishes) People/Orgs: Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company Institution: George Town and District Historical Society Inc. Object number: GTH_PS0175 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by George Town and District Historical Society Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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