Author: Michael Nash
Publisher: UWA Publishing
ISBN: 9780980296433
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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Includes wrecks associated with early exploration, colonial trade, whaling and the introduction of steam technology.

Author: Mark Staniforth
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780387769851
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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Subject areas discussed in this book include shipwrecks and abandoned vessels, underwater site formation processes, maritime infrastructure and industries such as whaling, submerged aircraft and Australian Indigenous sites underwater. The application of National and State legislation and management regimes to these underwater cultural heritage sites is also highlighted. The contributors of this piece have set the standard for the practice in Australia from which others can learn.

Author: Graeme Henderson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Author: Graeme Henderson
Publisher: UWA Publishing
ISBN: 9781920694883
Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 364

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An invaluable guide for maritime archeologists, recreational divers, historians and others interested in the drama adventure and romance of Western Australia's rich maritime history.

Author: Mark Staniforth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Author: Brad Duncan
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 149392642X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253

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This book explores the historical and archaeological evidence of the relationships between a coastal community and the shipwrecks that have occurred along the southern Australian shoreline over the last 160 years. It moves beyond a focus on shipwrecks as events and shows the short and long term economic, social and symbolic significance of wrecks and strandings to the people on the shoreline. This volume draws on extensive oral histories, documentary and archaeological research to examine the tensions within the community, negotiating its way between its roles as shipwreck saviours and salvors.

Author: Graeme Henderson
Publisher: National Library of Australia
ISBN: 0642278946
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Published in Association with the Western Australian Museum 'Swallowed by the Sea' tells the stories of Australia's greatest and most tragic shipwrecks, lost in raging storms, on jagged reefs, under enemy fire, or through human error, treachery or incompetence. It includes wrecks from all corners of Australia, from 1622 to as recently as 2010, from clipper ships to colonial schooners to East Indiamen. Read about the oldest known wreck in Australian waters, the Tryal, driven into a maze of sunken rocks by the inept Captain Brookes, and about the loss of emigrant barque Cataraqui, which struck a reef off King Island in the middle of a stormy night, drowning more than 400 people. The violent wrecking of ships is only part of the story. Maritime archaeologist Graeme Henderson has personally located and dived many of the shipwrecks in this book. Alongside his accounts are colour underwater photographs of the dive sites with specially written recollections by members of the diving crew.

Author: Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780642203694
Category : Shipwrecks
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Author: Mike McCarthy
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0306463652
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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In the early 1980s the author was asked to investigate the newly discovered wreck of the Xantho, an iron screw steamship active off the Australian coast during the period 1848 to 1872, and to develop a strategy to stop the looting that was occurring at the site. This relatively straightforward assignment turned into a long-term research program for applying maritime archaeology to the conservation of iron-hulled wrecks.

Author: Mike Lefroy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781920843465
Category : Shipwrecks
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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This is a true story of a shipwreck and treasure lost at sea. When a mystery wreck is discovered at Madmans Corner, a remote area of Australia's vast coast, maritime archaeologist set to work to unlock its secret. Their patient detective work uncovers the surprising story of the ship and its captain, and of a desperate episode in Australian history. Shipwreck at Madmans Corner is both an exciting mystery and adventure story, but also provides accurate and fascinating detail on the work and processes involved with maritime archaeological and historical research.