About this episode

The episode discusses the legal battle over the ownership of treasure from a shipwreck off the coast of Western Australia.

A ship is wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. It’s cargo sank with it. Many of those on board perished in the tragedy. Who owns what remains on board the ship at the bottom of the Ocean? Back in the 1970s, one man decided to find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• treasure recovery
• shipwreck
• maritime law

Keywords

• Western Australia
• shipwreck
• cargo
• ocean

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