Australian National Maritime Museum

World War II split families apart and threw people together across oceans and cultures. Some relationships blossomed into marriage, others were casual affairs, and some withered with the war’s end.

The hidden work keeping Duyfken shipshape

This new acquisition offers a rare window into the European quest to discover and understand the imagined ‘Great South Land’.

Endeavour carries nearly 30 km of handmade rope, hundreds of blocks, and complex standing and running rigging systems.

This is the ship’s most significant midlife rigging overhaul since 2010–11 and is essential for ongoing safety, performance, and historical integrity of the vessel. 

Reconstructing Sydney’s extraordinary early colonial boat and solving a mystery two centuries in the making.