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The Department of Maritime Archaeology is responsible for the management of Western Australia’s historic shipwrecks, and the dissemination of information to gain the support of an informed public for historic shipwrecks as a cultural resource. Maritime archaeologists have legal and ethical responsibilities to comply with the requirements of various international treaties concerning the conduct of their profession, and must adhere to the standards of relevant professional bodies.

A principal requirement is that the results of all maritime archaeological research—field investigations, excavation, in situ preservation, archival and oral history, etc.—is presented in professional reports as well as non-technical popular publications such as magazines, books (including children’s books), brochures, exhibits, television and radio shows, videos and slide shows.

The objective is to interpret material on shipwrecks and associated relics for all interest groups—including divers and non-divers of all age groups; the general public; primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions; and, professional practitioners.

Importantly, the literature produced should be readily accessible to interested readers, allowing both the public and the academic community to keep up to date with advances and ideas that the Museum has developed, and for independent researchers to avail themselves of the resource. Published and unpublished literature is available through various outlets:


This is a list of the Shipwreck Trail pamphlets in pdf format:



This series comprises catalogues of Dutch wreck material prepared as working documents for the Australian Netherlands Committee on Old Dutch Shipwrecks (ANCODS) in accordance with the Commonwealth Agreement as included in the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976.



The following is a list of some of the reports published by the Maritime Archaeology Department of the Western Australian Museum. These reports are available as Adobe PDF files;