BataviaDepartmental resources | Updated 1 decade agoAs part of the Australian Government's Gifts to the Nation, the Western Australian Museum received a grant to investigate land sites associated with the wreck of the Batavia. This subsite explores all of these wrecks and the story behind the Batavia: http://museum.wa.gov.au/research/research-areas/maritime-archaeology/batavia-cape-inscription/bataviaMore information
Maritime Archaeology Research SubsitesDepartmental resources | Updated 1 decade agoThe following research subsites have been prepared to provide insight into the research the WA Musuem has performed at some significant sites around the Western Australian coastline. Batavia This subsite explores the story behind Western Australia's most famous shipwreck - the Batavia.More information
The Broadhurst FamilyDepartmental resources | Updated 1 decade agoThe Broadhurst Family website was developed to showcase the history of this extraordinary family and their impact in Western Australia's history. www.museum.wa.gov.au/broadhurst/ More information
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