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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

13 Mar 2015

Ashmore Reef Expedition 2015 – Part Six
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27 Feb 2015

Ashmore Reef Expedition 2015 – Part Five
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23 Feb 2015

‘The fate that launched a thousand ships’: What happened to the Franklin expedition?
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23 Feb 2015

Ashmore Reef Expedition 2015 – Part Four
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13 Feb 2015

Ashmore Reef Expedition 2015 – Part Three
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12 Feb 2015

Ashmore Reef Expedition 2015 – Part Two
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09 Feb 2015

Ashmore Reef Expedition 2015 - Part One
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03 Jul 2014

Silent Anzac – Inside submarine AE2 for the first time in 100 years
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14 May 2014

Possible discovery of Columbus’s flag ship SANTA MARIA (1492)
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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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