e/Shipwrecks of Western Australia

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has glosseng: Over 1400 ships have been wrecked on the coast of Western Australia. This very large number of Shipwrecks of Western Australia is due to a number of factors, including * a long and very rocky coastline * at certain times of the year powerful storms and gales are very common * the tendency of sailors in the 1600s and 1700ss to reduce their travel time by keeping their ships in the "Roaring Forties" for as long as possible; ships that failed to turn north in time were wrecked on the coast of Western Australia.
lexicalizationeng: Shipwrecks of Western Australia
subclass of(noun) a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
shipwreck
has instancee/Rottnest Island shipwrecks

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