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Western Australian Museum - Shipwreck Database

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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A database was created by the WA Museum to provide easy access to information on more than 1450 documented shipwrecks in Western Australian waters. The database contains shipwrecks dating from 1622 and can be searched by: - name, - date, - type of vessel, - found/not found, - builder, - master, - owner, - region, or - any related keyword.

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Title Western Australian Museum - Shipwreck Database
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/f7688fd0-822d-4cb8-bf0a-d61dd28e1f5b
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
Morgan.Strong@museum.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1622
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        112.5,
        -35.5
      ],
      [
        129.0,
        -35.5
      ],
      [
        129.0,
        -13.5
      ],
      [
        112.5,
        -13.5
      ],
      [
        112.5,
        -35.5
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Western Australian Museum - Shipwreck Database". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/western-australian-museum-shipwreck-database