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BARANGAROO BOAT

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THE END OF THE ENDEAVOUR?

IN SEARCH OF CAPTAIN COOK'S SHIP: NEWPORT, RI

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THE ORIGINAL SOUTH AUSTRALIAN

SEARCHING FOR THE STATE'S OLDEST WRECK

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SEARCHING FOR AE1.

AUSTRALIA'S FIRST SUBMARINE

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DISCOVERY: 4 NEW WRECKS.

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Not-for-profit organisation supporting and promoting #maritimearchaeology in Australasia and Melanesia. Currently working on the #BarangarooBoat

#BarangarooBoat update: It's Time to get our (3D)

#BarangarooBoat update: It's Time to get our (3D) modelling on 💃🕺📸.

Once the raw scans of the shipwreck timbers have been captured by the structured light scanner, they must be processed in the appropriate software (Artec Studio) to produce the final, clean 3D model of each timber.

The process includes lining up scans of different sides of the object, removing the surrounding reference geometry, getting rid of any ‘noise’ and applying the texture.

This phase comes with its own challenges and we are fortunate to be learning the ropes from Thomas Van Damme who, along with his colleagues, literally wrote the book on this highly rapid, accurate and user friendly modelling technique for recording shipwreck timbers. Learn more about their work here: https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186/s40494-020-00417-9.

📸: © @rae.malliaros /Silentworld Foundation for #SydneyMetro 2019

#BarangarooBoat #brooboat #3Dmodel #Ubi3D #Artec3D #archaeology #archaeologylife #shipwreck #boatbuilding #historylovers #ozarchaeology #InstaArchaeology #MaritimeArchaeology #MaritimeHIstory #Conservation #ConservationPhotography #timberframe #Artefacts #InstaHertiage #igershistory

What is your planking technique? Scanning the fra

What is your planking technique?

Scanning the frame elements of the Barangaroo Boat had a few little challenges that Thomas was able to address quickly and easily. The slightly larger problem to solve came with scanning the planks. Thomas had to devise a way by which to capture the most information along with reference geometry that would help the software reconstruct what the camera was capturing.

Suspending the planks with several soft plastic tubes over a ‘busy landscape’ proved the most effective!

📸 Irini Malliaros/Silentworld Foundation; Sydney Metro

#barangarooboat #brooboat #3Dscanning #Ubi3D #Artec3D #artec3dscanner

Peekaboo, this #FindsFriday! Anyone else excited t

Peekaboo, this #FindsFriday! Anyone else excited to #dive into the weekend? 🤿 ⚓🤣

These #anchors were spotted during the #BootReef expedition in 2018. As there was no anchorage at Boot Reef, we anchored at nearby #AshmoreReef instead. The team revisited the anchors from the wreck of the #Comet to test their equipment before venturing to complete their fieldwork at Boot Reef.

📸: Julia Sumerling/Silentworld Foundation.

This project is undertaken in partnership with @sea.museum.

#Shipwrecks #Archaeology #ArchaeologyFieldwork #Anchor #Diving #Wreck #Coral #Artefacts #Sitework #ArchaeologyLovers #HistoryNerd #InstaHeritage #Artefacts #Reef #DivingLife #MaritimeHistory #MaritimePhotography #MaritimeArchaeology #OzArch #InstaArchaeology #Sea #Ocean #ArchaeologyLife #UnderwaterPhotography @seajewlz @kieranhosty @rae.malliaros

It's #FindsFriday and I spy ...🔎: - 4 archaeolo

It's #FindsFriday and I spy ...🔎:
- 4 archaeologists
- 3 iron anchors
- 1 large anchor chain

This drone shot was captured during the 2017 Pitcairn Islands expedition. The anchors, chain and iron knees which now decorate the reef and shore are from the #Bowden.

The British vessel, Bowden, under the command of Captain Law was outbound from San Francisco and headed for Queenstown, England. On April 24th, 1893 - in heavy seas - the ship ran aground on the reef surrounding the island of Oeno.

The Bowden was wrecked, though the ship was intact enough for all the crew to safely escape. Captain Law emptied the ship of much of the cargo of canned goods and beef, and left them on the island.

On April 26th, the entire crew departed for Pitcairn, and arrived there the following day.

📸: Paul Hundley/Silentworld Foundation, 2017.

#PacificHistory #PitcairnIslands #Oeno #Shipwrecks #Archaeology #ArchaeologyFieldwork #Iron #Anchor #Diving #Wreck #Artefacts #Sitework #ArchaeologyLovers #HistoryNerd #InstaHeritage #DivingLife #MaritimeHistory #MaritimePhotography #MaritimeArchaeology #Drone #DronePhotography #InstaArchaeology #Waves #Sea #Ocean

A tragic sea dragon for #FindsFriday 🐉🌊🧐.

A tragic sea dragon for #FindsFriday 🐉🌊🧐. This dragon-shaped belt buckle is from the wreck site of the #Dunbar, just off Sydney's South Head.

#OnThisDay 1857: Sydney residents awoke to the shocking news that the Dunbar had been wrecked due to a severe storm during the previous night. It would be several days until the sole survivor of the wreck - a member of ship's crew who was tossed on the cliffs at South Head - was found.

📸: @rae.malliaros /Silentworld Foundation, 2018.

#SydneyHistory #IgersSydney #SecretHistory #Shipwrecks #Archaeology #ArchaeologyFieldwork #Copper #Dragon #Diving #Wreck #Artefacts #Sitework #ArchaeologyLovers #HistoryNerd #InstaHeritage #DivingLife #MaritimeHistory #MaritimePhotography #MaritimeArchaeology #OzArch #InstaArchaeology #Waves #Sea #Ocean #UnderwaterPhotography

This ship bell is chiming for a #FindsFriday post

This ship bell is chiming for a #FindsFriday post 😃🔔🎵.

Dr James Hunter (@sea.museum) #spotted this copper bell during the collaborative #KennReefs expedition in 2017. It was laying on its side, with approximately one-half of its circumference exposed among chunks of broken limestone and coral rubble. It's over 40cm in diameter and weighs approximately 40kg.

The bell was deemed a diagnostic artefact and, in accordance with the expedition's permit, was raised by the team after careful insitu documentation. It has since been conserved and we're currently running some scientific tests on it to determine its origin and the ship to which it once belonged.

📸: @seajewlz /Silentworld Foundation.

#Bell #Copper #Shipwrecks #Archaeology #ArchaeologyFieldwork #ShipBell #Diving #Wreck #Coral #Artefacts #Sitework #ArchaeologyLovers #HistoryNerd #InstaHeritage #Reef #DivingLife #MaritimeHistory #MaritimePhotography #MaritimeArchaeology #OzArch #InstaArchaeology #Waves #Sea #Ocean #UnderwaterPhotography #GreatBarrierReef #Artifacts

Hooray for #FindsFriday! 🤿⚓️🌊 Time for a

Hooray for #FindsFriday! 🤿⚓️🌊 Time for a throwback to December 2009, when the team visited the aptly named Wreck Reefs in search of the wrecks of #HMSPorpoise and #Cato, as well as the survivor camp, where over 80 men spent 8 weeks awaiting rescue. Here is Toni Massey, inspecting an old Admiralty long-shank anchor, one of three bower anchors carried by Porpoise.

Both Porpoise and Cato wrecked in 1803, during celebrated navigator Matthew Flinder's first attempted journey to return to England. Yes, Flinders named the site 'Wreck Reefs' because of the incident.

Flinders was on board Porpoise with his precious - and unpublished - charts of the Australian coast. Porpoise was in company with two other vessels, Cato, an English armed merchant of 430 tonnes and Bridgewater, a 32 gun East India company vessel of 750 tonnes.

When Porpoise struck the rocks the two other vessels tacked to avoid the same fate but unfortunately, they tacked towards each other. Cato changed course to avoid collision and consequently also hit the reef. Bridgewater escaped the rocks and seemed to make an attempt to return and provide assistance but subsequently departed and left them to their fate.

This project is undertaken in partnership with @sea.museum, and with support from @flindersuniversity and the Sydney Insitute Marine of Science (SIMS).

📸: Xanthe Rivett/Silentworld Foundation.

#Shipwrecks #Archaeology #ArchaeologyFieldwork #Anchor #Diving #Wreck #Coral #MatthewFlinders #Artefacts #Sitework #ArchaeologyLovers #HistoryNerd #InstaHeritage #Artefacts #Reef #DivingLife #MaritimeHistory #MaritimePhotography #MaritimeArchaeology #OzArch #InstaArchaeology #Waves #Sea #Ocean #Snorkeling #ArchaeologyLife #UnderwaterPhotography

#Spotted: Conservator Heather Berry cleaning a car

#Spotted: Conservator Heather Berry cleaning a carved wooden figure from the Solomon Islands.

She's using a soft brush and vacuum cleaner to gently remove any dust from the surface of the figure. There's a mesh over the head of the vacuum to prevent any larger particles from escaping into the vacuum unnoticed, this way only dust is taken from the object.

This old figure is from an important sacred shrine belonging to the Viva tribe of Vella La Vella Island in the Western Solomons. It is called Matu Bangara, and is considered the 'God of War'.

Silentworld Collection SF001331.

#Conservation #ConservationCleaning #MaritimeConservation #Cleaning #Shrine #ShrineDoor #ObjectoftheWeek #MuseumObject #BehindTheScenes #Preservation #Conservator #OnMyBench #Treatment #WoodConservation

Happy #FindsFriday! In 2009 our expedition team

Happy #FindsFriday!

In 2009 our expedition team #spotted this pulley wheel on the #HMCSMermaid 🧜‍♀️⛵️ wrecksite at Flora Reef.The government broad arrow can be seen at the top of the wheel.

This project is undertaken in partnership with @sea.museum.

📸: Xanthe Rivett/Silentworld Foundation.

#Shipwrecks #Archaeology #Archaeologyfieldwork #Copper #Diving #Wreck #Sand #Artefacts #Sitework #ArchaeologyLovers #HistoryNerd #InstaHeritage #GreatBarrierReef #Artifacts

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