Attempting to name the nameless: Copper alloy analysis of artefacts from unidentified shipwreck sites on Greater Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef

Aurora Philpin; Maddy McAllister; Wendy van Duivenvoorde

Attempting to name the nameless: Copper alloy analysis of artefacts from unidentified shipwreck sites on Greater Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef

Aurora Philpin, Maddy McAllister, Wendy van Duivenvoorde

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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Abstract

The Queensland Museum (QM) houses the state maritime archaeology collection, including artefacts collected from various shipwrecks within the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. This paper analyses collection material from an unidentified shipwreck (Greater Detached Reef 1) on Greater Detached Reef in the northern Great Barrier Reef. Six copper alloy fastener artefacts are selected and sampled for elemental analyses using a Scanning Electron Microscope to reveal the composition of each. Additionally, the results combined with archaeological analysis of the wreck site and historical records are used to address claims that the unidentified site is the wreck site of Aert van Nes, which wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef in 1854.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	75–87
Number of pages	13
Journal	Australasian Journal of Maritime Archaeology
Volume	45
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

Shipwrecks
Great Barrier Reef
Archaeometallurgy
Copper Alloys
Muntz' Metal

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Attempting to name the nameless: Copper alloy analysis of artefacts from unidentified shipwreck sites on Greater Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef

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