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Australian shipwrecks - Australia's Culture PortalSome 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...
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...
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...
Cable Beach, Broome, north-west Kimberley Coast, Western Australia. Most of Australia's population lives close to the coastline and the beach has long occupied a special place in the Australian identity. Based on this definition, the Coastal Studies Uni...
Image courtesy of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The Great Barrier Reef, off the east coast of Australia, is one of the wonders of the natural world - it is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem. In 2003, the previous Australian Governm...
Blue Lake, Kosciuszko National Park. Australia has over 500 national parks. Most of our national parks are managed by the States and Territories of Australia; however the Commonwealth of Australia manages six national parks and a further 13 marine parks...
Internationally recognised Australian icons include buildings like the Sydney Opera House (architect Jørn Utzon) and the new Parliament House in Canberra (architect Romaldo Giurgola). Distinctive Australian architecture is also recognisable in the rural ...
Australian folklore, its traditions, customs and beliefs are based on both Indigenous and also non-Indigenous people's knowledge and experience of history in Australia. Some of Australia's folklore remembers the relationship between Europeans and Aborigi...
World Heritage-listed Fraser Island. However, Australia is actually made up of more than 8,000 islands, including the island state of Tasmania. Norfolk Island is located far off the east coast of Australia. ...
Bardi people, Cape Leveque, Kimberley region, Western Australia Pearl shell, red pigment. Australia's pearling industry began long before European settlement. Northern Australian coastal dwelling Aborigines harvested the abundant pearl shell from the shal...
In 1788 the First Fleet landed at Camp Cove in Port Jackson with the 'cargo' of convicts which helped establish the penal colony of New South Wales. One in five of the convicts to arrive in the penal colony (1788-1823) was female and they made up the lar...
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National Shipwreck Database Australia (more info)
The Australian National Shipwreck Database is a joint project between the Commonwealth, States and Territories, and the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Search the database which includes all known shipwrecks in Australian waters. Also inc
The Legend of the Stradbroke Island Galleon (more info)
This website explores the Stradbroke Island Galleon and other Australian shipwreck legends such as Victoria's Mahogany Ship, the Gympie Pyramid, the Marloo and the Chang Chow.
Heritage Council Victoria (more info)
The Victorian Heritage Register is a comprehensive listing of Victoria's most significant places, objects and historic shipwrecks. The Heritage Inventory lists all known historic archaeological sites and relics. The website allows searching the Heritage R
Milton Ulladulla Local and Family History Site (more info)
Find out everything you want to know about the Milton Ulladulla (NSW) region on this site. The site includes information on local history groups, cemeteries, the Ulladulla Lighthouse and shipwrecks, the Tabourie Lake Museum, a local history message board
Maritime Heritage Online New South Wales (more info)
Website of the Maritime Heritage Program, NSW Heritage Office. Explore New South Wales maritime history by following the links to Regions, Features, Research Centre or by using the Search facility.
Australian Heritage Fleet (more info)
The Fleet's mission is "to build and maintain an internationally recognised centre of excellence in maritime heritage for the benefit of all Australians by presenting through research, acquisition, conservation, restoration and operation, our continuing m
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Historic shipwrecks programme - 2007-08 project summaries (website(s) Our House: Histories of Australian homes Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts )The following projects were funded in 2007-08 by the Historic Shipwrecks Programme. Assists in the administration of the statutory responsibilities under the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 including response to wreck and artefact reports, enforcement, publi...
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the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, provisionally declare the article or articles to be a historic relic or historic relics. (6) For the purpose this section, the prescribed notice in relation to an article means a notice in writing desc...
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