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Western Australia

Zuytdorp wreck, Zuytdorp Cliffs

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1712 VOC ship

VOC ship carrying freshly minted silver coins wrecked at the base of the cliffs between Kalbarri and Shark Bay; a 'massive silver deposit' seen in 1967 had largely disappeared by 1986.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

cliffs, heavy surf, extreme remoteness

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