8 Jun 2011Guano and Pearls, Steamships and Suffragettes....Michael McCarthy, Curator of Maritime Archaeology How did the SS Xantho sink overloaded with lead ore at Port Gregory? Take a journey through the lives of pioneering ship merchant and businessman Charles Broadhurst, his wife Eliza an early feminist, his son Florance the award winning guano merchant and his daughter Kitty the suffragette. Chevron are a presenting partner for the "In the Wild West" lecture series.Read more Video Western Australian Museum
12 May 2011Broadhurst - Hit it with a hammerThis video features Maritime Archaeologist Michael "Mack" McCarthy talk about the restoration of the SS Xantho engine. This video is part of the online exhibition, The Broadhurst Family.Read more Video Danny Murphy
12 May 2011Broadhurst - Unearthing the XanthoThis video features Maritime Archaeologist Michael "Mack" McCarthy talk about the restoration of the SS Xantho engine. This video is part of the online exhibition, The Broadhurst Family.Read more Video Danny Murphy
12 Apr 2011The Rottnest deepwater graveyardJeremy Green, Head of Maritime Archaeology 12.30pm, Friday 11 March 2011, WA Museum – Perth The Rottnest Deepwater Graveyard has been used for the last 75 years to dispose of old unwanted ships, aircraft, munitions and military vehicles. Find out about the 80-100m deep site West of Rottnest, and the aerial surveys, technical diving and remotely operated vehicles (ROV’s) that have been revealing more about the area. Read more Video Danny Murphy
1 Mar 2011ANCODS - unpacking the final artefactsThe ANCODS Collection consists of artefacts recovered from the four Dutch East India Company ships that sank along the Western Australian coast in the 17th and 18th centuries. The collection is rich and varied including bullion, cargo and building materials, navigational equipment, arms and armament, medical supplies, personal possessions of the crew and passengers, human and animal remains, and artefacts relating to the ships, their sails and rigging.Read more Video Danny Murphy
Maritime Archaeology - A compendium of projects, programmes and publications 1971–2003Departmental resources | Updated 1 decade agoThis page contains a link to a book which is a compendium of the work of the Maritime Archaeology department carried out over the period since the Department’s formation in the 1970s up to the end of 2003. More information
Shipwreck Trail pamphletsDepartmental resources | Updated 1 decade agoThis page contains a series of Shipwreck Trail pamphlets in pdf format. More information
ANCODS working documentsDepartmental resources | Updated 1 decade agoThis series comprises catalogues of Dutch wreck material prepared as working documents for the Australian Netherlands Committee on Old Dutch Shipwrecks (ANCODS) in accordance with the Commonwealth Agreement as included in the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976. More information
Maritime Archaeology - Masters ProgramDepartmental resources | Updated 1 decade agoGRADUATE CERTIFICATE / GRADUATE DIPLOMA / MASTER APPLIED MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM)More information
Maritime Archaeology - Legal RequirementsDepartmental resources | Updated 1 years agoLegislation The Maritime Archaeology Act (1973) is currently under review by the WA Museum. As part of this review, we are consulting with government, non-government and community organisations as well as with those who have a particular interest in maritime archaeology.More information
Maritime shipwrecksCollections | Updated 1 decade agoThis pages contains historic information and photos from a selection of significant shipwrecks wrecked off the Western Australian coast, including: Trial (1622), Batavia (1629), Vergulde Draeck (1656), Zuytdorp (1712), Zeewijk (1727), Rapid (1811), James Matthews (1841), SS Xantho (1872) and Sepia (1898). More information