Local Government
Ravensthorpe
Region
Goldfields
Offshore Ravensthorpe
Wave, Agnes, Alita, Mary Ann, Kepler, Leata, Croydon, Seaway.
Ravensthorpe
Goldfields
Constructed from 1848, Constructed from 1954
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 10 Jul 1998 | ||
"Wave"- wrecked 4.7.1848. Two masted brigantine, 103 tons , British (Port Adelaide) "Agnes" - steam lighter wrecked not far from Bremer Bay "Alita" - sailing lugger four tons "Mary Ann" - Topsail schooner 104 ions was built at North West Bay in Tasmania in 1849 and was owned in Hobart during the 1950*s. The mariner and grazier Captain James Dempster bought the schooner in 1868 and he had her fitted out in Melbourne for the North Wesl pearl fishery. However when the vessel arrived at Fremanlle he also contemplated using her for collecting beche-de-mer (sea cucumber) and lie later traded with her to Mauritius. In 1869 the Mary Ann struck a rock at Rocky Passage - salvaged. Bought by George Hewlett who traded between Fremantle and Singapore. In 1871 she carried mother of pearl shell and sandalwood 10 Singapore and sugar to Fremantle. In July 1871 Mary Ann was damaged when driven ashore at Champion Bay and Hewlett had to throw cargo overboard. The Mary Ann was eventually wrecked south of Lake Shaster and west of Rocky Island. "Kepier" - steam barge 64 tons, British (Fremantte). Wrecked at Hopetoun Jetty in 1910. In ApriJ 1973, the 3/4 ton 9ft Kepler anchor was raised at Hopetoun by divers Kim Parata, Bob Bubb and Ron Baker and taken lo Esperancc. The anchor, Esperance Express report and photographs of its recovery are on display in the Esperance Museum, "Leata" - a cutter, November 1917 shipwrecked at Mary Ann Point, Hopetoun Harbour "Croydon" - February 1905 saw the sinking of the coastal steamer in Hopetoun Harbour "Seaway" - 1954, 24ft yacht with 25ft mast fishing boat made of wood, with two cabs and a toilet, 7ft draught owned by Charlie Chipperfield of Hopeloun and formerly Esperance. Dragged its mooring in a storm at Starvation Bay and broke when it hit the beach halfway between the camp area and the end of the No 1 Rabbit Proof Fence,
Site
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| L Cairns & G Henderson; "Unfinished Voyages of WA". | WA Maritime Musuem | ||
| "Newspaper Article". | Esperance Express |
Historic Site
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| Present Use | Transport\Communications | Water: Other |
| Original Use | Transport\Communications | Water: Other |
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| TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | River & sea transport |
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