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Maritime Archaeology

Maritime Archaeology

Discover stories behind the latest exhibitions, fascinating explorations into maritime archaeology and the surprising details of what happens inside (and outside) a modern working museum.

 

 

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Screenshot from the PS 'Herald' VR experience

The PS 'Herald' VR Experience

How do you share a historic shipwreck with those who aren't divers or maritime archaeologists?

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James Hunter (left) and Kieran Hosty use baseline-offset mapping to record the hull structure in South Australian's bow

South Australia's oldest known shipwreck found

Nearly 200 years after its loss, the barque 'South Australian' was relocated and an award-winning virtual dive has been developed in colboration students from Kaiserslautern, Germany.

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A small selection of the museum's Dunbar collection, purchased with the assistance of the Andrew Thyne Reid Charitable Trust

The melancholy wreck of the 'Dunbar'

With the loss of 121 passengers and crew, the wreck of the 'Dunbar' remains one of Australia's worst maritime disasters in peacetime.

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Articles

08 Jan 2019

Rusticles and wrecks
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James Cameron

16 Oct 2018

A tale of two watches
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James Cameron

10 Oct 2018

Three ways to embrace your inner sea scientist
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On March 26 2012 Cameron made a record-breaking solo dive to the earth’s deepest point, the bottom of the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. Image: Mark Thiessen/NatGeoCreative.

28 Sep 2018

Full Ocean Depth
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HMAS AE1 Report

18 Sep 2018

Solving Australia’s most enduring Naval mystery
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Boomgates at Darwin

15 Aug 2018

Nationwide support for Maritime Heritage
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04 Jun 2018

Identifying the cannons from HMS Bounty
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23 May 2018

New Ideas on Old Wars - The Archaeology of War
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21 Mar 2018

Finding AE1
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The shipwreck of Itata

ABC Radio: Shipwreck of Itata interview

Maritime Archaeologist Dr James Hunter discusses Itata, the ship that wouldn't sink in Newcastle Harbour, in 1906.
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Events and Exhibitions

Habitat

Exhibition

A Graphic Tale of Shipwreck: Rediscovering South Australian
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Habitat

Exhibition

HMB Endeavour Cannon
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Habitat

Exhibition

Diver
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Underwater divers. Image iStock
Deep Dive
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Signals spring 2019
Signals magazine
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maritime archaeological finds - ceramic fragments
Wrecks and Relics
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Kieran Hosty getting ready to dive for Clean Up Australia Day
Clean Up Australia Day
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Drafting an archaeological site plan
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Searching for Royal Charlotte shipwreck, 2012
Searching for Royal Charlotte Shipwreck
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