Spring 2010 Art Auction Tuesday 30th November at 6.00pm WST



Approximate scale 35.0 x 51.0 cm

Visual guide only. Catalogue measurements are treated as height x width.


121. ARTIST UNKNOWN


WARATAH AND YONCALA
Oil on card
35 x 51cm (each)

Estimate: $1,200/1,800

In 1909 the Waratah was lost somewhere off the South African coast with 211 passengers and crew on board many of whom were Australians. An exhaustive private search for the ship was called off in 2004.