>Here below is a book recently published by the Australian Institute for
>Maritime Archaeology it will be of interest to people wanting to know
>about fastenings.
>>
>>HMS Sirius 1790. An illustrated catalogue of artefacts recovered from the
>>wreck site at Norfolk Island. Myra Stanbury.
>>
>>109 pp. + xiv, illustrated, paperback.
>> Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Fremantle, Special
>>Publication No. 7, 1994, A$20 + A$10.20 postage, ISBN 0-9588-496-1-7
>>Available from: AIMA publications, c/- WA maritime Museum, Cliff Street,
>>FREMANTLE  WA 6160
>>
>>Built as the Baltic trading ship Berwick in 1780-81, HMS Sirius is known
>>to most Australians as the principal naval escort to the First Fleet,
>>which brought the first European settlers, mostly convicts, to Botany Bay
>>in 1788. Wrecked off Norfolk Island in 1790, the Sirius wreck site has
>>been investigated by maritime archaeologists since 1983. The artefacts
>>are described and presented in this catalogue in the context of the ship
>>as a whole. Analytical findings and preliminary data analyses are
>>discussed in relation to the principle research objective of the Sirius
>>Project, which is to establish whether the Sirius was an appropriate
>>choice of vessel for the first phase of British colonisation of
>>Australia.
>>
>
 
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