The Western Australian Museum acknowledges and respects the Traditional Owners of their ancestral lands, waters and skies.

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Patrick Baker: Exploring James Matthews

James Matthews was a colonial ship that was wrecked in 1841, about 8 or 9 km from the WA Maritime Museum, at Woodman Point. The ship was carrying a group of settlers coming out from the United Kingdom. They were, quite literally, as Patrick Baker points out, ‘on the doorstep of their new home’ when the ship sank.

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James Matthews

The Ship with Two Names

The Western Australian Museum acknowledges and respects the Traditional Owners of their ancestral lands, waters and skies.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this digital guide may include images, sounds, and names of now deceased persons.