AR / ITEM / 00100129

Stream anchor from Matthew Flinders' Investigator

Maker unknown

Stream anchor cut away from HMS Investigator in the Recherche Archipelago during Matthew Flinders' circumnavigation of Australia and recovered from Goose Island Bay in 1973.

Date
early 19th century; lost 1803
Collection
National Museum of Australia

Plate not recorded
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Provenance and history

  1. early 19th century; lost 1803

    CreatedA

  2. 1803-05

    Cut away from InvestigatorA

    The anchor was cut away in the Recherche Archipelago during Flinders' voyage.

  3. 1973

    Recovered from Goose Island BayA

    Recovered from the seabed in 1973.

In the Tapestry

Associated with
Matthew FlindersA

Record

Origin
United Kingdom

Sources

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