SS Koombana: Oceans and Secrets

SS Koombana: Oceans and Secrets is a collection of momentos by West Australian jeweller and object maker Helena Bogucki. The collection responds to the centenary of the sinking of the SS Koombana off the North West coast in 1912 which is being commemorated by the Port Hedland Historical Society in March this year. Bogucki has spent months researching the wreckage focusing on an urban myth of a rare black pearl that supposedly sunk with the vessel and the seventy-three crew members who perished on board to create a collection of precious momentos that document the sinking of the ship.

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