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.
Signals Magazine Issue 139
Winter 2022
Features: Heritage restorations: Alma Doepel | Shaped by the Sea: Dual views of deep time Australia | Harald Dannevig: The father of Australian fisheries
Signals Magazine Issue 138
Autumn 2022
Features: Cook's Endeavour found: Presenting the evidence | Little penguin conservation: A ceramic solution | Blood money: Coins from the Batavia wreck
Signals Magazine Issue 136
Spring 2021
Features: Valerie Taylor: From shark hunter to protector | The Barangaroo Boat: An early colonial vessel | Brickwrecks: Sunken ships in LEGO® bricks
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Features: Valerie Taylor: From shark hunter to protector | The Barangaroo Boat: An early colonial vessel | Brickwrecks: Sunken ships in LEGO® bricks
Signals Magazine Issue 135
Winter 2021
Features: RSV Nuyina: Mighty ship of science | Great Southern Reef: Ecology under threat | The Proteus™ project: A futuristic undersea habitat
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Features: RSV Nuyina: Mighty ship of science | Great Southern Reef: Ecology under threat | The Proteus™ project: A futuristic undersea habitat
Signals Magazine Issue 134
Autumn 2021
Features: Haenyeo divers: Sea women of Korea | Fire on Water's Edge: The Black Summer bushfires | Welcoming Duyfken: New home for historic replica
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Features: Haenyeo divers: Sea women of Korea | Fire on Water's Edge: The Black Summer bushfires | Welcoming Duyfken: New home for historic replica
Signals Magazine Issue 133
Summer 2020–21
Features: Beach Couture: Fashion from trash | Chinese immigration: Pictures in porcelain | Wartime windjammers: The last great ships of sail
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Features: Beach Couture: Fashion from trash | Chinese immigration: Pictures in porcelain | Wartime windjammers: The last great ships of sail
Signals Magazine Issue 132
Spring 2020
Features: Lessons from Japan: Museums for Generation Z | The story of Spitfire: Our first homegrown warship | Mapping the ocean: New and old technology
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Features: Lessons from Japan: Museums for Generation Z | The story of Spitfire: Our first homegrown warship | Mapping the ocean: New and old technology
Signals Magazine Issue 131
Winter 2020
Features: Sydney Harbour: What's below the surface? | Captain Cook: A culture of music and dance | Cruising with COVID-19: Lockdown off Chile
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Features: Sydney Harbour: What's below the surface? | Captain Cook: A culture of music and dance | Cruising with COVID-19: Lockdown off Chile
Signals Magazine Issue 130
Autumn 2020
Features: Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Inspiring and impactful | Classic & Wooden Boat Festival - Coming again this May | Sea Shepherd - Southern Ocean whaling
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Features: Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Inspiring and impactful | Classic & Wooden Boat Festival - Coming again this May | Sea Shepherd - Southern Ocean whaling
Signals Magazine Issue 129
Summer 2019-20
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
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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