Signals is the museum's quarterly magazine, covering fascinating stories of maritime history, exhibition and events news, behind-the-scenes at the museum, member's updates, volunteer profiles, book reviews and more.
Signals is included in your membership subscription, or available for $4.95 per issue at the museum store.
23 Aug 2021
Wreck Seeker: New educational game uncovers underwater mysteries
06 Aug 2021
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima: A survivor's story
30 Jul 2021
Sea Country and the Saltwater Collection
20 Jul 2021
Fast Five: Quick questions with nature photographer Gary Meredith
15 Jul 2021
Engineering the impossible: The Proteus™ underwater habitat
15 Jul 2021
Engineering the impossible: The Proteus™ underwater habitat
04 Jul 2021
History highlights: HMAS Onslow 51 years on
28 Jun 2021
A pearling pioneer: Remembering the Manilamen
17 Jun 2021
The Laser Dinghy at half century
10 Jun 2021
Clock makers across the centuries: John Harrison and Norman Banham
27 May 2021
Fire on Water's Edge: Remembering the Black Summer of 2019–20
12 May 2021
A 1929 Ruby Princess prequel: The Aorangi quarantine incident
Signals Magazine Issue 129
Features:
Encounters 2020 - Stories from the ship and the shore | Makers and monsters - Prehistoric marine reptiles come to life | Rhode Island revisited - The search for Cook’s Endeavour continues
Signals Magazine Issue 128
Features:
Bligh in the Pacific - Polynesian threads of European stories | Reefs and rock lobsters - Drawing an underwater world | A deadly stowaway - The Spanish flu 100 years on
Signals Magazine Issue 127
Features:
The Bounty Mutiny - What happened to the mutineers? | Australian Pirates In Japan - Colonial convicts a long way from home | Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Winning images now on show
Signals Magazine Issue 126
Features:
World-first circumnavigation - Around New Guinea by traditional canoe | Barrier Reef mystery wreck - On the trail of the Jardine Treasure | Maritime Robots - The future of maritime technology
Signals Magazine Issue 125
Features:
On Sharks & Humanity - Art for social action | The Search for Endeavour - What became of Cook's famous ship? | Krait and Operation Jaywick - Marking the 75th anniversary |
Signals Magazine Issue 124
September - October - November 2018
Features:
Sharks and humanity - art and environment | The archaeology of war - at sea, on land, in the air | Revisiting AE1 - Images, data, conclusions
Signals Magazine Issue 123
June - July - August 2018
Features:
The archaeology of war - Conflict, technology, remembrance | Indigenous sea rights - Ten years since landmark decision | A generous gift - William Bradley’s First Fleet log
Signals Magazine Issue 122
March - April - May 2018
Features:
AE1 found - Navy's greatest mystery solved | Travelling our waters - indigenous watercraft symposium | Submerged - shipwreck exhibition goes on the road
Signals Magazine Issue 121
December 2017 - January - February 2018
Features:
Australian Sailing Hall Of Fame - the first inductees | Franklin's Terror - long-lost wreck found | PNG canoes - documenting traditional craft
Signals Magazine Issue 120
September - October - November 2017
Features:
Inside the box - the container revolution | Baudin's voyagers - early views of Australia | A turbulent time - rattlesnake in troubled waters