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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

28 Feb 2022

The sad fate of HMAS Perth (I)
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shipwreck, vessel, sea

12 Dec 2021

Sanyo Maru shipwrecked off Arnhem Land
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Wreck Seeker, an educational game by the Australian National Maritime Museum

23 Aug 2021

Wreck Seeker: New educational game uncovers underwater mysteries
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Screenshot from the PS 'Herald' VR experience

14 Sep 2020

The PS 'Herald' VR Experience: Seven students, one virtual dive
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A small selection of the museum's Dunbar collection, purchased with the assistance of the Andrew Thyne Reid Charitable Trust

20 Aug 2020

The melancholy wreck of the 'Dunbar'
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Kieran Hosty at Boot Reef in December 2018. Image Julia Sumerling/Silentworld Foundation

15 Jul 2020

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

22 May 2020

Bound for 'South Australian': South Australia's oldest known shipwreck found
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Black and white photograph of a ship

21 Dec 2019

Digitising our history: The tragedy of SS Federal
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Photograph showing archaeological remains underwater

13 Dec 2019

Rhode Island revisited: The search for Cook's Endeavour continues
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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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