This list includes all ships known or thought to have been

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ed on the coast of what is now

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up to 1699, including those that were refloated. All of them occurred on the west coast; that is, on the coast of what is now

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List of 17th century shipwrecks in Australia

Notes

* Both the National Shipwreck Database and the Western Australian Shipwrecks Database list an unidentified ship that ran aground at

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on the south coast of

in 1627. According to the National Shipwreck Database, it was refloated. The Western Australian Shipwrecks Database lists as sources Heeres (1899) p. 51; ''The West Australian'', 4 February 1937; ''The West Australian'', 24 February 1937; and research notes of D. C. Cowan. The first of these appears to be in error, as Heeres makes no mention of a ship grounding on the south coast on that page.

References

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