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Maritime Archaeology

Meet our maritime archaeologists and discover fascinating stories of shipwrecks

Watch the archaeological team search for the ship Royal Charlotte
 

 

Discover the latest on shipwrecks and archaeological investigations 

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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James Hunter conducts a photogrammetric survey of Herald’s starboard boiler. A lighting array was used to illuminate the wreck site and resulted in imagery that was a vast improvement over photographs collected by the team in 2019. Image Irini Malliaros

01 Dec 2019

PS Herald Revisited
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