Star of Greece Exhibition at Courthouse Museum
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Within a single cell of the heritage-listed courthouse complex is the
Star of Greece exhibition which houses a collection of the clipper ship's artefacts as well as information about that horrific wreck early in the morning on Friday the 13th of July 1888. Aground by daybreak, onlookers sighted the wreck approximately 200 metres from shore but were unable to help these stricken sailors in the raging seas. Eighteen men, including the captain, tragically lost their lives. The remains of the clipper ship still lie in five metres of water at Port Willunga until this day.
Some of its artefacts though are on display at the
Courthouse Museum in the nearby township of Willunga. These include an elaborate brass seahorse on which the compass binnacle stood, one of the set of twelve fire buckets bearing letters of its name, a dingy bow-fender, decorative nut cover, ornamental trim and porthole cover. I learned of the significance of this vessel as it was fitted with that rare binnacle support.
Although just tiny, the exhibition does capture the essence of one of South Australia's worst maritime disasters. It is open to the public on the second Sunday of each month between 1pm and 4pm. Books about the
Star of Greece are also available for purchase if you happen to have some cash in your stash on the day. And, once you're finished with the exhibition, why not hop over to the
slate museum next door to continue discovering more of what had happened in the past.
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217891 - 2023-06-16 07:39:19