Sail, steam and Suez views
17 Nov 2020
This week marks the 151st anniversary of a great historic coincidence – the opening of the Suez Canal and the launch of the British tea clipper Cutty Sark.
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Discover stories behind the latest exhibitions, fascinating explorations into maritime science and archaeology, and the surprising details of what happens inside (and outside) a modern working museum.
Reflecting on the child migrant apology
16 Nov 2020
Eleven years ago today, the Australian government made a long-awaited national apology to the thousands of former child migrants whose lives were impacted by government-sponsored child migration schemes.
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The Greycliffe ferry disaster
03 Nov 2020
The sinking of the Greycliffe ferry on 3 November 1927 remains the most significant accident on Sydney Harbour to date. Forty lives were lost when the ferry collided with the Union Steamship Company’s liner Tahiti.
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Fast Five: Quick questions with artist Tawhai Rickard
26 Oct 2020
We caught up with Māori artist Tawhai Rickard, one of the 20 leading Aotearoa New Zealand artists featured in the free exhibition HERE: Kupe to Cook.
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The art of making: New immigration acquisitions
12 Oct 2020
There are more than 10,000 objects in the museum’s collection relating to Australia’s rich immigration history. But the museum is also committed to contemporary collecting about immigration. Curator Kim Tao discusses three new acquisitions that explore the art of making through activism and sustainable socially engaged design.
Read more.jpg?h=1080&la=en&w=2160 "Dr Carlie Wiener (second from left) speaking at the House Committee Hearing. Image courtesy Catherine Anderson")
Fast Five: Quick questions with Dr Carlie Wiener
29 Sep 2020
We caught up with Dr Carlie Wiener, Director of Communications and Engagement Strategy at Schmidt Ocean Institute before she joins the panel at this Thursday's virtual Ocean Talk on exploring Australia's deep sea.
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Operation Jaywick
24 Sep 2020
On the night of 26 September 1943, Australian and British Z Special Unit commandos paddled folding kayaks into Japanese-occupied Singapore Harbour, blowing up and severely damaging seven ships.
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Tribal Warrior Aboriginal Corporation: Supporting self-determination and shifting narratives
23 Sep 2020
From humble beginnings in the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern, Tribal Warrior Aboriginal Corporation has grown into Australia’s only maritime training organisation that is fully owned and run by Aboriginal people.
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The PS 'Herald' VR Experience: Seven students, one virtual dive
14 Sep 2020
How do you share a historic shipwreck with those who aren't divers or maritime archaeologists? The museum's Curator of RAN Maritime Archaeology, Dr James Hunter, teamed up with Professor Holger Deuter and seven masters students from Germany's University of Applied Sciences, Kaiserslautern to allow anyone to participate in a 'virtual dive' on PS Herald, a wrecked sidewheel steamship that lies off North Head at the entrance to Sydney Harbour.
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Submerged secrets: Life thrives beneath Sydneys waterways
11 Sep 2020
Beneath the surface of Sydney's waterways and coastal strip is a surprising and wild marine metropolis waiting to be discovered, writes photojournalist and marine biologist Justin Gilligan.
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