Archaeologists investigating the wreck of the colonial South Australian barque near Victor Harbor have published a new article about the English vessel. In the Historical Archaeology journal, Flinders University graduate Dr James Hunter, from the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM), and colleagues provide fresh insights into South Australia's oldest known European shipwreck which holds clues to some of the State's early settlement and whaling history. Flinders University Associate Lecturer of Archaeology Dr James Hunter, ANMM's Curator of Naval Heritage and Archaeology, says: "The South Australian's historical and archaeological significance cannot be overstated.

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