Local Government
Rottnest
Region
Rottnest
Dyer Island Via Rottnest Island
Rottnest
Rottnest
Constructed from 1878
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage List | YES | 08 Mar 2007 |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | ||||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Sep 2000 | Historic Site - recognise | |
| Register of the National Estate | Registered | 21 Mar 1978 | ||
The wreck of the Lady Elizabeth lies in Bickley Bay at Rottnest Island. She had sailed from Fremantle heading for Shanghai with a cargo of sandalwood and one passenger when she was caught in a gale and sank on 30 June 1878. No lives were lost in the wreck. The vessel, built by Robert Thompson in Sunderland UK in 1869, was a 48.7 metre timber and iron barque owned by Messrs Wilson & Oliver and under the command of Captain Thomas Scott. Artefacts including a rudder gudgeon, ship’s timbers and the ship’s bell, marked ‘Lady Elizabeth, 1869, London’, have been salvaged from the wreck site. Latitude 32˚01.0524 Longitude 115˚32.9676
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | Transport\Communications | Water: Other |
| Original Use | OTHER | Other |
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | River & sea transport |
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