A basic dugout canoe constructed in an ancient and universal style called the ‘5 part canoe’. Continue reading
Objects Through Time: boats
Discover the Dutch Vergulde Draeck Collection excavated from the VOC ship Vergulde Draeck that was wrecked on the Western Australian coast in 1656. Continue reading
Discover the Lapérouse Museum’s collection of objects from the ill fated expedition of Jean François de Lapérouse in 1785 -88, France’s great voyage of discovery of the Pacific. La Pérouse met the British First Fleet and Aboriginal people at Botany Bay NSW on the 26th January 1788. Continue reading
Discover the model fishing boat Kie Gang Kg 02979 made by Lai Duc while staying at Pu Lau Bi Dong, an island refugee camp in Malaysia, in the 1980s. Continue reading
Discover the Japanese Himitsu-Bako puzzle box which was recovered from one of the Japanese midget submarines that was involved in the attack on Sydney Harbour on the night of 30-31 May 1942. Continue reading
Discover the cast iron bow anchor and cannon from HMS Sirius (1780 – 1790). HMS Sirius escorted the British First Fleet on their historic journey to Botany Bay in 1787- 1788. Continue reading
Discover the Dunbar Shipwreck Collection, excavated from the immigrant ship Dunbar that was wrecked off the south head to Port Jackson in 1857. Continue reading
Discover the Dirk Hartog plate, left by Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog when he landed at Shark Bay, Western Australia in 1616. Continue reading
Discover the dugout canoe Störtebeker that was made by World War I prisoners of war at Berrima Internment Camp in 1915. Continue reading
Tu Do has historic value as tangible evidence of Vietnamese Refugees in a key phase of Australia’s migration history. Continue reading
The wax casts are historically significant because they interpret the story and provide evidence of the experience of those quarantined at the North Head Quarantine Station. Continue reading
The North Head Quarantine Station post office stamp is historically significant because it is evidence of the experience of those quarantined at the North Head Quarantine Station. Continue reading
Discover the Endeavour cannon, thrown overboard when Cook’s ship struck a coral reef. Continue reading
Discover the Secret Instructions in a letterbook to Lieutenant James Cook, dated 1768.
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Discover the Sextant used by Captain James Cook on his third Pacific voyage that is from the British National Maritime Museum, London, UK. Continue reading