Discover the Beardman jugs, named after the bearded face on the neck that were excavated from the VOC ship Vergulde Draeck that was wrecked on the Western Australian coast in 1656.
more details »Discover the Lapérouse Museum’s collection of objects from the ill fated expedition of Jean François de Lapérouse in 1785 -88, France’s great voyage of discovery of the Pacific. La Pérouse met the British First Fleet and Aboriginal people at Botany Bay NSW on the 26th January 1788.
more details »Discover the model fishing boat Kie Gang Kg 02979 made by Lai Duc while staying at Pu Lau Bi Dong, an island refugee camp in Malaysia, in the 1980s.
more details »Discover the Japanese Himitsu-Bako puzzle box which was recovered from one of the Japanese midget submarines that was involved in the attack on Sydney Harbour on the night of 30-31 May 1942.
more details »Discover the cast iron bow anchor and cannon from HMS Sirius (1780 – 1790). HMS Sirius escorted the British First Fleet on their historic journey to Botany Bay in 1787- 88.
more details »Discover the Dunbar Shipwreck Collection, excavated from the immigrant ship Dunbar that was wrecked off the south head to Port Jackson in 1857.
more details »Discover the Dirk Hartog plate, left by Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog when he landed at Shark Bay, Western Australia in 1616.
more details »Discover the dugout canoe Störtebeker that was made by German World War One prisoners of war at Berrima internee camp in 1915.
more details »Tu Do has historic value as tangible evidence of Vietnamese Refugees in a key phase of Australia’s migration history.
more details »The wax casts are historically significant because they interpret the story and provide evidence of the experience of those quarantined at the North Head Quarantine Station.
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