What's on now at Shipwrecks

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    Shipwreck

    0 Special Event | Updated 3 weeks ago

    Presented by Contemporary Performance Students (2nd Year), Edith Cowan University,

    Directed by Dr Alan Hancock.
    Celebrating National Archaeology Week 2012 and Fremantle Heritage Festival 2012

    Join us for an original theatre presentation that uses drama, music and movement to bring to life the Shipwreck Galleries.

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    Woodblock Gallery

    0 Long Term Exhibition | Updated 2 weeks ago

    This gallery features artefacts, charts, documents and books from Australia's early Dutch explorers. It explores the journeys of Hartog through to de Vlamingh showcasing 100 years of Dutch explorations of Australia.

    The Woodblock Gallery also features the Dirk Hartog Plates, the replica Duyfken, and a replica of the original Pelsaert’s journal – which documented the horror of the Batavia mutiny.

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    Dutch Wrecks Gallery

    0 Long Term Exhibition | Updated 2 weeks ago

    Discover the fascinating stories and relics from the Dutch wrecks Zuytdorp, Zeewijk, Vergulde Draeck and Batavia. This gallery includes coins, lace, cannons, maps and pottery recovered from these wrecks.

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    Entrance Gallery

    0 Long Term Exhibition | Updated 2 weeks ago

    The Entrance Gallery contains artefacts from Australia's first known shipwreck, the Trial, as well as the Rapid, James Matthews and stories from shipwrecks off the Ningaloo Coast.

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    Xantho Gallery

    0 Long Term Exhibition | Updated 2 weeks ago

    See the conservation and restoration of the SS Xantho steam engine after it spent more than a century underwater, and learn about the remarkable story of the Broadhurst family.

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    Batavia Gallery

    0 Long Term Exhibition | Updated 2 weeks ago

    The Batavia Gallery is the centrepiece of the Shipwreck Galleries. The gallery houses the reconstructed remains of the VOC ship Batavia, excavated by archaeologists in the 1970s.

    After an extensive treatment and restoration process, the remains of the ship’s stern were rebuilt in this gallery.

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