3 Jun 2015Documents Documents relating to the location of HMAS Sydney (II). Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
3 Jun 2015Crew Photos A collection of photographs of the crews and captains of HMAS Sydney (II) and HSK Kormoran. Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
3 Jun 2015Wreck Photos Photographs by David Mearns documenting the wreckage of HMAS Sydney (II). Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
3 Jun 2015Vessel Photos A collection of images and diagrams of vessels relevant to the history of HMAS Sydney (II), including HMAS Sydney (II) and HSK Kormoran. Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
21 May 2015Postgraduate research: exploring patterns of diversity in marine gastropods in the PilbaraThis blog entry was written by Kara Layton, a Marine Biology PhD student at the University of Western Australia.Read more Blog entry Lintette Umbrello
11 May 2015Explore our Egg CollectionThe Western Australian Museum is home to a large egg collection that has been put together over many years by the Museum's Curator of Ornithology, Ron Johnstone, and others. The egg plates in this gallery are from the Museum's collection and were photographed by Douglas Elford for the Handbook of Western Australian Birds - Volume IRead more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
6 May 2015Exciting postgraduate research projects studying the genetic diversity of Pilbara faunaThe Western Australian Museum Molecular Systematics Unit is supporting the research of four PhD students, who are supervised by Research Scientists Dr Joel Huey and Dr Nerida Wilson, and funded through the Net Conservation Benefits fund. Each student and their research project will be introduced in these blog entries and we will provide exciting updates as their research progresses. To start, here is my blog. Linette Umbrello - PhD student at the University of Western AustraliaRead more Blog entry Lintette Umbrello
4 May 2015HMAS Sydney (II) and the HSK Kormoran survey expedition 4 May 2015An expedition to survey the historic World War II shipwrecks of HMAS Sydney (II) and the German raider HSK Kormoran. The wrecks lie in 2,500 metres of water, 20km apart, about 200km west of Steep Point (Shark Bay). The $2.4 million survey expedition is supported by the Australian Government, Western Australian Museum, Curtin University, DOF Subsea, the Western Australian Museum Foundation, GMA Garnet Group and the Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in WA Torsten Ketelsen, and Prospero Productions. Read more Video Western Australian Museum
4 May 2015WA Bugs - what to watch out for Western Australia has a diverse array of life that has developed in a stable environment over many millennia. One of the most successful groups is arachnids, many of which look quite scary – but are they really as bad as they look? Keep reading to find out more. Scorpions One group that has benefitted from the harsh Western Australian conditions are scorpions.Read more Blog entry Western Australian Museum
1 May 2015HMAS Sydney (II) survey expedition 1 May 2015 An expedition to survey the historic World War II shipwrecks of HMAS Sydney (II) and the German raider HSK Kormoran. The wrecks lie in 2,500 metres of water, 20km apart, about 200km west of Steep Point (Shark Bay). The $2.4 million survey expedition is supported by the Australian Government, Western Australian Museum, Curtin University, DOF Subsea, the Western Australian Museum Foundation, GMA Garnet Group and the Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in WA Torsten Ketelsen, and Prospero Productions. Read more Video Danny Murphy
13 Apr 2015Returning a 300-year-old cannon to its former glory: an insight into our materials conservation departmentAfter a long period of time spent underwater, sometimes more than three centuries, metal artefacts undergo critical transformations. Over time they become covered in corrosion products and start rusting. It belongs to the Western Australian Museum to preserve this historic metalwork and, thus, preserve the State’s scientific and cultural heritage. In this video conservator Jon Carpenter is talking about the methods employed by the Materials Department of the Museum to clean up and stabilise cannons excavated off the Western Australian coast. Read more Video Western Australian Museum
31 Mar 2015A Brief Timeline of Dampier's Life Monday 3 April 2017 Below is a revised and corrected version of the Dampier timeline by M. McCarthy, from Dampier’s accounts and a number of sources, notably Baer, 1966; George 1999; Gill, 1997; Marchant, 1988; McCarthy, 2002; Mitchell, 2010; Preston and Preston, 2004, Rogers, 1925. Published in The Great Circle vol.37. no.1 2015. VI-XII. 1651 Born the second son of a tenant farmer at East Coker, Somerset, England. 1658 His father George dies.Read more Blog entry Western Australian Museum