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Australian aviation - Australia's Culture PortalAviation has been very significant in Australia. As a country with large distances to cross and a sparse population, aviation was an ideal way to provide services such as mail, transport, medical support and goods supply. All around Australia, a large n...
Until the Second World War Australia was one of the world's leaders in aviation in terms of both air mileage and prominent aviation pioneers. Since the early development of powered flight in Australia in 1910, air services developed passenger and cargo t...
Building materials varied from locally quarried stone, as well as concrete, in addition to pre-fabricated iron and timber structures where local materials were unsuitable. The management, preservation and restoration of lighthouses is now shared variously...
Mr Salchany, lighthouse keeper of Neptune Islands signals a passing ship, 1963. In Australia, lighthouses are built in harbours, on islands, coral reefs and beaches. Courtesy of the Australian Heritage Photo Library, Department of Environment, Water Her...
International Museum Day is celebrated on 18 May each year. Australian museums vary from the small, the privately owned, the community museums, to the large, government enterprises. International Museum Day was established in 1977 by the International C...
Some trading ships were going to the East Indies for spices and lost their way in high winds and seas - literally 'bumping' into Australia's west coast. From 1788, English ships brought convicts and settlers to the colonies. Australia's first known ship...
This includes Pleistocene era Aboriginal body fossils, many of which were removed and sent overseas. Riversleigh, north-west Queensland, one of the most important fossil sites in the world. The Riversleigh fossil site, near Mount Isa Queensland, is reco...
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Australian National Aviation Museum (more info)
Owned and operated by the Australian Aircraft Restoration Group, the Australian National Aviation Museum has saved a number of significant examples of Australia's aviation heritage. The website includes a history of the museum, opening hours, a listing of
Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) (more info)
The museum explores the diversity of Australia's maritime heritage. The website includes virtual reality museum tours, details of exhibitions and visitor programs, visitor information, research library, and what's new.
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Senior curator of Maritime Technology, Exploration and Naval History, Lindsey Shaw, will speak on "Antarctica at the Australian National Maritime Museum". The Australian National Maritime Museum has a varied collection of material relating to the history...
Senior curator of Maritime Technology, Exploration and Naval History, Lindsey Shaw, will speak on "Antarctica at the Australian National Maritime Museum". The Australian National Maritime Museum has a varied collection of material relating to the history...
Senior curator of Maritime Technology, Exploration and Naval History, Lindsey Shaw, will speak on "Antarctica at the Australian National Maritime Museum". The Australian National Maritime Museum has a varied collection of material relating to the history...
SELECT A COLLECTION or LOCATION... Discover the Dunbar Shipwreck Collection, excavated from the immigrant ship Dunbar that was wrecked off the south head to Port Jackson in 1857. Discover the Beardman jugs, named after the bearded face on the neck that we...
SELECT A COLLECTION or LOCATION... Discover the Dunbar Shipwreck Collection, excavated from the immigrant ship Dunbar that was wrecked off the south head to Port Jackson in 1857. Discover the Beardman jugs, named after the bearded face on the neck that we...
Includes entry to HM Bark Endeavour replica, the former RAN destroyer HMAS Vampire & audio guide, the former RAN submarine HMAS Onslow and the barque James Craig. Includes entry to the ex HMAS Vampire & audio guide and the ex HMAS Onslow. Includes entry t...
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