Maritime Heritage Online
 

Welcome to Maritime Heritage Online
On this day:
The following shipwrecks are having their anniversary:
Favorite 1852
Ellen Simpson 1866
Rob Roy 1878
St Albans 1882
Saxonia 1898
Tuggerah 1919
Emu 1949

With its rugged coastline and immense inland river systems, New South Wales has an extraordinary maritime heritage. The State boasts some 1800 historic shipwrecks, from a World War One battlecruiser, HMAS Australia (1910-1924), a Japanese Type A Midget Submarine, M24 (1942), Scottish clipper ships, to colonial trading vessels, steamships and harbour craft. The remains of ports, shipyards, coastal defences and other maritime infrastructure sites, add to the colourful archaeological record of our past.

Maritime Heritage Online allows you to search this rich history through interactive maps, a searchable database, photographs, videos, archaeological reports and activity guides.

An Office of Environment and Heritage (NSW Department of Premier & Cabinet) project.

 
 
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generously supported by:

Environment Australia Website
Australian National Maritime Museum Website

 

 


 
  Shipwreck Graphs
Wrecks by Country Built
Wrecks by Rig
Wrecks by Construction Type
Wrecks by Region
Wrecks by Industry
Wrecks by Decade
Wrecks by Month
 
  Videos & Panoramas
Click here to view shipwreck videos and Quicktime VR panoramas .




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