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Mary Ellis (1897–1907): Workhorse of the South Australian Mosquito Fleet |
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| Authors: | Rick Bullers Debra Shefi |
| Affiliation: | Flinders University, Department of Archaeology, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia; Bureau of Archaeological Research, 500 South Bronough Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32302, USA |
| Abstract: | In 2006, as part of the Flinders University Maritime Archaeology Field School, Department of Archaeology staff and students excavated and recorded the remains of the Australian-built ketch Mary Ellis . Colonial-period Australian shipbuilding has, for the past 20 years, been considered one of the most important themes in Australian maritime archaeology. This paper presents a summary of field investigations and a preliminary interpretation of the shipwreck, which adds to the slowly-building dataset on this theme of Australian maritime archaeology. © 2008 The Authors |
| Keywords: | ketch Australian shipbuilding 19th century timber analysis |