Shipwreck fragment, "Agnes" schooner

Description
Piece of the keel from the Schooner "Agnes", accompanied by a hand-written note from Joseph Angus Mackay: "Piece of keel of the 'Agnes' wrecked at on other mouth of Turanganui river, Gisborne, on 23 June 1867 and recovered in July 1926 during excavation of river outlet diversion cut." This is an excerpt from 'Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast NI:NZ"" (pp 62-63", which Mackay authored.
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Description
Piece of the keel from the Schooner "Agnes", accompanied by a hand-written note from Joseph Angus Mackay: "Piece of keel of the 'Agnes' wrecked at on other mouth of Turanganui river, Gisborne, on 23 June 1867 and recovered in July 1926 during excavation of river outlet diversion cut." This is an excerpt from 'Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast NI:NZ"" (pp 62-63", which Mackay authored.
Production date
23 Jun 1867
01 Jul 1926
Measurements
Dimensions: 240 x 105 x 50mm: 0 - Whole
Subject person
Subject categories
Shipwrecks
Shipping
Schooner
Rivers
River diversion
Department
Social History - Puna Pāpori
ID number
46200

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