Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Australian National Maritime Museum
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Bounded as it is by the sea,
Australia's history is inextricably
linked to maritime traditions. The
museum displays material in a broad
range of permanent and temporary
thematic exhibits, many with inter-
active elements. As well as artifacts
relating to the enduring Aboriginal
maritime cultures, the exhibits
survey the history of European exploratory voy-
ages in the Pacific, the arrival of convict ships,
successive waves of migration, water sports and
recreation, and naval life. Historic vessels on show
at the wharf include a flimsy Vietnamese refugee
boat, sailing, fishing and pearling boats, a navy
patrol boat and a World War II commando raider.
1602 Willem
Blaeu Celestial
Globe
Museum Façade
The billowing steel roof design
by Philip Cox suggests both
the surging sea and
the sails of a ship.
Eora - First People
traces the seafaring
traditions of Aboriginal
peoples and Torres Strait
Islanders.
The Tasman
Light
was used
in a Tasmanian
lighthouse.
Passengers
The model of the
Orcades
reflects the
grace of 1950s liners. This display
also charts harrowing sea voyages
made by migrants and refugees.
The
Sirius
anchor
is from a
1790 wreck off
Norfolk Island.
Main entrance
(sea level)
.
Navigators
This 1754 engraving of an
East Indian sea creature is a
European vision of the un-
charted, exotic “great south”.
KEY TO FLOORPLAN
The Navy exhibit
examines naval life
in war and peace,
as well as the history
of colonial navies.
Navigators and Eora - First People
Passengers
STAR EXHIBITS
.
HMAS Vampire
Commerce
Watermarks
Navy
.
Navigators and Eora -
First People
Linked by the Sea
honours
enduring links between the
US and Australia. American
traders stopped off in Aust-
ralia on their way to China.
Linked by the Sea: USA Gallery
Temporary exhibitions
.
Watermarks
Non-exhibition space
