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.

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Enterace Gallery

Entrance Gallery

The Entrance Gallery contains artefacts from Australia's first known shipwreck, the Trial, as well as the Rapid, James Matthews and stories from shipwrecks off the Ningaloo Coast. 

Promoted Deep Dives

Patrick Baker

Patrick Baker: Exploring James Matthews

James Matthews

Delivery Time? About 100 Years or So.

Hero Objects

A Ship's Bell

Ship's Bell (Rapid 1811)

As clear as a bell

James Matthews

The Ship with Two Names

Bell from Robertina

Ship's Bell from Robertina

Bronze

Trial Cannon

A Cannon from the Trial

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.