AIMA NEWSLETTER

1

www.aima.iinet.net.au

Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology

John Riley—or just “Riley”, as he prefered—was born on 3 September 1945 to Wilfred and Marian Riley in

the town of Halifax in West Yorkshire, England. In 1972, he became a diver and member of the British Sub-Aqua Club. Whilst serving in the Royal Air Force, he married Brenda Marshall in Cyprus on 6 September 1966. They had one child, son Garry, before divorcing in 1972, after

which Riley immigrated to Australia.

Although not a professional maritime archaeologist, Riley was internationally respected for his professionalism and his understanding of steam engines and the construction of iron and steel ships. He was surely unsurpassed in his knowledge on how iron ships break-up and deteriorate on the ocean !oor. Indeed, it was Riley who promulgated the ‘waterline’ theory in the mid 1980s, which predicts that ships will tend to settle in sand or mud to a depth equivalent to the depth at which they !oat on the ocean surface. He developed techniques to identify the size of buried engines based on their constructed cylinder dimensions, and also developed practical methodologies for surveying deep water wrecks under severely limited bottom times.

John Riley !rst shot to prominence in the national maritime archaeological community in 1985, when he presented his ‘waterline’ theory of iron ship disintegration and his iron ship rapid recording techniques at Australia’s !rst practical and theoretical seminar on steam shipwreck archaeology. Some of today’s acknowledged leaders in Australian maritime archaeology and shipwreck conservation were in attendance. All subsequently left Port Gregory and the SS Xantho excavation, around which the seminar was held, in awe. Thereafter, Riley was regularly assisting and advising maritime archaeologists in the !eld. As Shirley

Vale John Riley 1945–2011The diving and shipwreck world will undoubtedly feel the loss of John Riley, a monumental !gure in Australian iron and steel shipwreck archaeology, who passed away in September.

IssueIN THIS

Volume 30 | Issue 3 September 2011

(continued on p. 4)

John Riley and his model ofthe City of Launceston shipwreck.

1 Vale John Riley (1945–2011) A special tribute

2 AIMA News A !nal message from outgoing president, Ross Anderson, AIMA Conference wrap-up

4 Australasian News from NSW, NT, SA and WA

12 Take the Plunge Protect Australia’s Heritage

16 Conference News Maritime Museum of Victoria 2011 Conference, Asia-Paci!c Regional Conference on UCH

18 Profiles Jeremy Green: 40 years at the Western Australian Museum

AIMA2NEWSLETTER

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3 ISSN 1446–8948

NEWSLETTER3AIMA

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3ISSN 1446–8948

A farewell ... and welcome!

As I step down from my role as AIMA President, I would like to thank everyone who has supported the work of the Institute during my tenure, whether it be working as a member of the AIMA Executive and Council, administering AIMA/NAS programs and running AIMA/NAS courses, preparing our publications and contributing articles and research papers, working on conference committees, collaborating with other

agencies and institutions, or simply being a paid-up member – thanks to you all! I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as President and am proud of what we have all accomplished together. I look forward also to several long-term projects coming to fruition in the near future, such as the redevelopment of our website and the introduction of electronic publications.

I would also like to acknowledge and thank especially all members of the Executive with whom I have had the privileged to work over these past six years. The workload of the Executive has increased with the number of

activities and projects AIMA is involved in, and we are fortunate to have our Administration O"cer to assist us in this work.

In my !nal act, I would like to welcome and introduce Dr Jennifer McKinnon as your new AIMA President! I feel con!dent that, with her vision and her academic, diplomatic and pragmatic skills, Jen will be an ideal leader for AIMA. I o#er her my ongoing and wholehearted support in meeting AIMA’s future goals and challenges.

— Ross Anderson

2011September

From the President’s deskA !nal message from outgoing President, Ross Anderson

2011 AIMA Annual Conference

Queensland Museum, Brisbane1–3 September

The 2011 annual conference was held in early September at the Queensland Museum, South Bank. This year’s theme, Forging the Links, encouraged delegates to consider how maritime archaeology could develop better connections—across disciplines, with the broader community, and even in the application of new techniques and technologies. Despite a late start to preparations, the conference proved a resounding success. The conference commenced with registration and a reception on Thursday evening, during which delegates were officially welcomed

by Ms Fiona Gardiner, Director of Heritage, Department of Environment and Resource Management.

There was a good range of quality papers that reflected both the theme and the diversity of work within our sub-discipline—thank you to all those who presented. It was marvellous to see so many students attending, most notably those from Flinders University, who travelled a considerable distance and provided a significant portion of the papers. Indeed, Flinders staff and students dominated the conference awards, capturing all three major prizes.

Best Conference Paper: Dr Wendy van Duivenvoorde, “Tree rings within ship timber: the inter-disciplinary study

of Batavia’s hull remains and their connection to the Dutch fine arts”Best Student Paper: Madeline (Maddy) Fowler, “Giving a name to a place: identifying shipwrecks and exploring local attitudes in Port MacDonnell, South Australia”Best Poster: Cassandra Morris and Danielle Wilkinson, “Take the Plunge: Protect Australia’s Heritage”

There was also a high level of attendance, with approximately 60 official delegates attending during the course of the conference. On Friday afternoon, a good number of students and staff from the University of Queensland archaeology program attended a special Queensland-focussed session in lieu of their usual

seminar series. Attendance was further boosted by the solid number of walk-in attendees for the free public talks.

We were very fortunate to have three interesting and well presented public lectures as part of the conference program. These were:

“Tech diving and the collaborative investigation of deep water wrecks”, by Samir Alhafith of The Sydney Project;

“Working with government and discovering the maritime past”, by Peter Taylor of Southern Ocean Exploration; and

“The waning of Lord Elgin’s fortune: the wreck of the Mentor and the Parthenon Marbles”, by Cos Coroneos and John Fardoulis of the Kytherian Research Group.

The conference organisers would like to gratefully acknowledge our public talk presenters, who took time out of their schedules to share their knowledge and experiences.

The conference dinner was held at the Queensland Maritime Museum on the quarter deck of HMAS Diamantina, a Queensland-built WWII era River Class Frigate. Many of the delegates took the time to view the exhibits and wonderful collection

of artefacts held at the Museum, which was a most fitting venue for our conference celebrations. An inadvertent supplement to the evening was a view of the annual Riverfire fireworks display.

The conference was pulled together very quickly and would not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors, who collectively contributed staff, resources and funding. We would like to particularly acknowledge the support of the Queensland Museum, who provided a fantastic venue right on the banks of the river. Other key sponsors were the Department of Environment and Resource Management, Cosmos Archaeology and the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Mr Ian Banks also kindly provided video

footage and information posters about key Queensland wreck sites, which were displayed in the foyer of the Museum throughout the conference.

For all those who helped out, either with preparations or during the conference, a collective and hardy thanks; it was greatly appreciated.

See you next year in WA!

— Paddy Waterson

AIMA Conference Organising Committee

A wrap-up of the 2011 AIMA Annual Conference

John Fardoulis (L) and Cos Coroneos (R) presented a public lecture on the Mentor shipwreck.

The Quarter Deck of HMAS Diamantina in readiness for the conference dinner.

Conference delegates enjoying dinner onboard HMAS Diamantina.

AIMA4NEWSLETTER

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3 ISSN 1446–8948

NEWSLETTER5AIMA

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3ISSN 1446–8948

Strachan recently observed “he was always enthusiastic, insightful, independent with unique perspectives and full of fun and repartee; but calm when the going got rough”. He also made an indelible impression with his telling of the “Parrot and Magician” joke (see the sidebar). Riley gained notoriety during the Xantho !eldwork for being a very long-legged ‘giant’ who pursued women archaeologists around the camp, earning him the nick name “Riley, Ace of Thighs” (a play on words of the title of the 1983 television spy miniseries starring Sam Neill).

Regularly diving alone, often in deep water with poor visibility, and armed with the realisation that iron ships were built with standard ‘imperial’ scantlings (e.g., frame spacings of 18, 24 or 36 inches), Riley cleverly abandoned $exible metric tapes and instead used rigid poles graded to the same scantlings to which the particular ship he was investigating had been built. These he knew because his dives were always preceded by exhaustive archival research. Once then on site, all he had to do was lay his pole along the frames, deck, keel or other part of the hull and count each time its length was repeated. Moving to the extremities, he would do the same, only adjusting for the variations at the stem and stern. He would then work on the

deckhouses and superstructure, and then the machinery. He excelled with the latter and was without peer in its understanding. At the Xantho seminar, to illustrate how his recording method worked, he produced an isometric drawing of the vessel’s remains in a few short hours; one that remains the wreck’s de!nitive representation to this day.

Adding further to his enormous contribution was Riley’s ability to present what he saw and recorded in ‘isometric’ projections. His renderings brought to life in three dimensions that which lay below on the seabed. His drawings were easily understood and proved invaluable for dive brie!ngs, for illustrative purposes and for ‘!xing’ the location of any particular feature that was earmarked for further study or excavation. Topping it all o# was his ability to produce three-dimensional, cardboard models of the sites he recorded and drew. Common in the holdings of many of the states’ maritime archaeological units, some are of such high quality that they now grace the galleries of museums. He created them from cat litter and cereal boxes, and typically would modify and !ne-tune them after subsequent dives. As SCUBA diving progressed into ever-deeper waters in the 1990s and beyond, the ‘technocrat’ Riley, a master of things electronic, went as

well, investigating iron and steel wrecks that, in contrast to their shallow-water counterparts, remained largely intact. There again he applied his great skills and understandings.

Riley’s achievements in the !eld of shipwreck discovery and his contribution to their management under the Historic Shipwrecks Act of 1976 could !ll many pages. Based in Sydney, Riley was a pivotal member of the Maritime Archaeology Advisory Panel (MAAP) of the Heritage Council of NSW, from its inception until his retirement in 2002. His advice and technical expertise was highly valued by the Maritime Archaeological sta# of the NSW Heritage Branch. When the NSW Maritime Archaeology Program was established in 1988, it was Riley’s knowledge of located shipwrecks, compiled in a !rst commissioned report “Riley’s Wrecks” (based on Riley’s 1988 unpublished manuscript, “Shipwrecks

New South Wales

of NSW”), that laid the foundation for the NSW Shipwreck Database managed by the Heritage Branch (and accessible through the Australian National Shipwreck Database). “Riley’s Wrecks” was also published as a series in Dive Log magazine and received an enthusiastic reception from the diving public. The complimentary Shipwreck Atlas of New South Wales (out of print) and the current database Maritime Heritage Online were built up around Riley’s knowledge of known losses, the condition of the sites, and their engineering heritage signi!cance. He provided continuous technical insights to the work of the Heritage Branch during their !eldwork activities, and shared his expertise with all of the maritime archaeology States-based programs throughout the country. In 2010, the Heritage Branch purchased Riley’s research notes, graphical records and !eld notebooks as an irreplaceable heritage library asset—the John Riley Memorial Collection.

Tim Smith, Deputy Director–Heritage NSW, recalls that Riley was renowned for his expert drawing of complex iron and steel shipwrecks; his brilliantly clear, isometric scaled drawings of sites that so many divers have used as guides; for his knowledge of shipwreck collapse sequences; and for his techniques of determining the size of buried engines based on the constructed dimensions of their cylinders. His knowledge in marine engineering and propulsion were exemplary and will be extremely

di"cult to replace.

Riley was highly regarded by maritime practitioners from all over the country and participated in numerous !eldwork projects, where his skills were highly valued. Riley worked with maritime archaeologists in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. His early work outside NSW included a 40m+ dive on the SS Nord in Tasmania, where, together with then conservator Shirley Strachan, he recorded the vessel’s triple expansion steam engine. In 1986, Riley assisted Strachan on the Western District Shipwrecks Project, which lead to the magnetometer mapping of Warrnambool Harbour.

According to Peter Harvey (Heritage Victoria Maritime Manager), Riley was an integral part of !eldwork in Victoria for many years. He was a major contributor to the understanding and interpretation of Victorian shipwrecks, especially with his wreck modelling skills, which he applied to wrecks such as Clonmel, City of Launceston and Monumental City.

Less well known was his enthusiasm for his hobby of collecting model steam

trains. Ross Anderson recalls one particular incident when, coming back from a Port Albert trip to the Clonmel shipwreck, Riley took him on a tour of the hobby shops of east Melbourne searching for vintage train sets!

From 1997–2000, Riley was a key part of the !eldwork on SS City of Launceston. His three-dimensional model of the wreck incorporated sand line pro!les and served as an invaluable aid for brie!ng

divers prior to the daily work on the low-visibility site. Riley’s substantial contributions are credited in the monograph about the wreck (Anderson, R., ed. 2010. Final Report on SS City of Launceston (1863–1865) Excavation and Conservation 1997–2009.) and in the Maritime Heritage Unit’s work on it involving interstate expertise (Strachan, S. 2000. Silts in the Sight Glass: Protectors and Raiders of the SS City of Launceston). His Victoria !eldwork projects testify as well to his contribution to recording shallow shipwreck sites as well as the more challenging deeper sites that he is better known for in the wider world of wreck diving. Riley was also a regular speaker at prominent dive gatherings in Victoria, including the Sunken Assets seminars at RMIT in Melbourne in the late 1990s, and, of course, was a regular participant at AIMA gatherings.

Ian McLeod shared some happy memories of times in South Australia with Riley, Bill Je#ery, Terry Arnott and others diving the iron wrecks of Gulf St Vincent and Spencer Gulf. As he recalls, “Riley hardly ever breathed air while underwater, or so it seemed to me at least, as one who sucks it as if it was going out of style.”

Riley’s knowledge of wrecks and his meticulous models in$uenced many divers to further their own interests in shipwrecks. His close friend Mark Spencer, photographer for the Sydney Project, remembers seeing Riley at

NEWSAustralasia

Scaled model of the City of Launceston wreck, by John Riley.

(continued from p. 1)

Riley on Leo fieldwork at Newcastle. (Photo by David Nutley)

Riley on a Flinders University field school project. (Photos courtesy Ross Anderson)

Isometric drawing of the Xantho shipwreck, by John Riley. (Courtesy NSW Heritage Branch)

AIMA6NEWSLETTER

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3 ISSN 1446–8948

NEWSLETTER7AIMA

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3ISSN 1446–8948

the occasional dive congress back in the mid-1980s. Invariably, he could be found behind a table of impeccable models that he had constructed of various shipwrecks found o# the NSW coast. “Riley was a diver who had unusual talents and amazing knowledge concerning the ‘anatomy’ of a shipwreck,” Mark relates, “and he could make sense of the scrambled jigsaw puzzle of many old wrecks. He knew how those bent and corroded pieces of metal !tted together.” Mark engaged him to construct models of the Birchgrove Park and Catterthun shipwrecks. An Australian Geographic artist was able to use the latter model to create an unprecedented painting of a historic wreck with a detailed explanation of its torn-up parts. Through quality publication media, such as Australian Geographic and Sport Diving Magazine, Riley was instrumental in deciphering the mystery of shipwrecks and making them accessible to the average reader and diver.

Riley was a con!dent, safety-conscious and reliable dive buddy. He often related how he carried a juice box and chocolate bar in case he missed the boat when he surfaced from a dive and was left $oating on the open ocean

waiting for rescue. Despite his generous nature, he made it abundantly clear to one of his mates, Mark Spencer, that there were some things he was not prepared to share, and his emergency stash was one of them!

Riley was an integral member of the initial AE2 expedition to Turkey, where he helped con!rm the wreck of the Australian WWI submarine with divers Richard Taylor, Mark Spencer and Merv Maher; the sub’s Turkish discoverer, Selçuk Kolay; and maritime archaeologist Tim Smith. Riley’s model of the AE2 submarine, as it then lay on the $oor of the Sea of Marmara, has been of immeasurable help in telling the extraordinary story of this “Gallipoli” submarine to the Australian public. It was a remarkable archaeological expedition, and one that secured deep respect for Riley from his Turkish collaborators.

Immediately after that 1998 expedition to Turkey, Riley gathered some Trimix-quali!ed divers to investigate his discovery of the Tasman shipwreck o# Tasmania. Later, he and Kevin Denlay were the !rst to dive on the Keilawarra shipwreck o# North Solitary Island, which was found by local retired

!sherman Darcy Wright in 2000. Identifying such a deep wreck—it lay in 72m of water—was standard fair for Riley.

Riley teamed up with other keen wreck diving friends over the years. Peter Fields and he discovered the wreck of Myola o# Sydney in July 1994. In more recent years, Riley dived often with other Sydney diving buddies—Paul Wright, John Black and Frits Breuseker. Paul, “Blacky” and Riley located the Tuncurry shipwreck o# Sydney and, as a group, were still actively identifying wrecks o# the NSW coast. Cos Coroneos recalls Riley’s fascination with the Leo shipwreck in 2007, “He absorbed that wreck, crawling all over it, measuring things and whacking bits with a 6-lb hammer. One thing I learned about Riley is that he was generous with sharing his knowledge.”

In mid 2009, Riley went on a world tour to dive on shipwrecks in various countries. He attended a conference in Valparaiso with the local Heritage Department, and dived on wrecks in Recife (Brazil), the Caribbean, British

Remains of the propeller and shaft of Monumental City (1853) and the replica model built by Riley (insert). (Photos courtesy Heritage Victoria)

Riley in Turkey on the AE2 Project, discussing with the sub’s finder, Selçuk Kolay. (Photo courtesy NSW Heritage Branch)

Virgin Islands, Martinique, Cuba and Miami, where he spent Christmas. The following April, he went to Argentina for a !eld trip to Peninsular Valdes to inspect a steel ship on the shore, but being cold, returned to London. Whilst in England, he spoke about modelling shipwrecks at the International Shipwreck Conference held at the University of Plymouth. He returned

to the water, diving in Portugal, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Rhodes and Cyprus, and then dived on WWI and WWII wrecks and planes in Malta, Gallipoli, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and Croatia. He continued his travels through the UK, Scandinavia and Northern Europe. Upon returning to Australia in 2010 he retired from the security industry. Riley continued to investigate wreck sites

along the NSW coast until his untimely passing in September of this year.

Riley will be greatly missed by all who knew him!

Rest in Peace.

— Mark Spencer, Mack McCarthy, Tim Smith, Shirley Strachan, Peter

Harvey, Ian MacLeod, Brad Duncan, Paul Wright and Ross Anderson

MaritimeNews

Site Inspections

M24 Midget Submarine Survey

Data from two recent multi-beam sonar surveys undertaken in September and October utilising O"ce of Environment and Heritage Water and Coastal Science Section Survey vessel RV Bombora and the Sydney Port Corporation survey vessel MV Investigator, has now been received by the Heritage Branch. The surveys were undertaken under the archaeological guidance of Tim Smith. The surveys aimed to accurately plot the wreck site within its seabed setting in high detail. Presentation of the data allows a virtual visit to the Japanese submarine and a virtual $y-over around its hull. The Branch has won an international UNSECO Culture and Heritage Award of Distinction and a National Trust (NSW) Heritage

Award for its work at the site, identi!ed as setting a global benchmark in shipwreck management.

Royal Shepherd/ Dunbar Inspection

Brad Duncan joined Kieran Hosty, Paul Hundley, Nigel Erkine and Lee Graham of the maritime team from the Australian National Maritime Museum to undertake and inspection of Royal Shepherd and Dunbar in September.

Ettalong beach Inspection

Brad Duncan undertook an inspection of a recently reported site which has been exposed on the foreshore near the Ettalong Beach Ferry Pier (see photo next page). The site was reported by Gosford City Council Heritage Program Co-ordinator Rebecca Cardy. The site evidenced the remains of at least two piers, a leeway cradle and possible a timber seawall or rowing/ boat club landing ramp piles. Initial indications are that the sites date to approximately the 1930s, and was used for a boat shed. Kieran Hosty of the Australian National Maritime Museum is undertaking further research on this site on behalf of the Gosford Council.

Berrima Canoe Survey

Following the most recent side scan survey conducted this month (September), in conjunction with SeaSee Pty Ltd, the Heritage team (along with Diving Supervisor Colin Browne from Manly Hydraulics Laboratory) will return to Berrima on 12–14 December to conduct diving operations in the listed area. The aim

is to dive several ‘targets’ identi!ed in the side scan data in an e#ort to locate more of the sunken watercraft fashioned by the German Internees in WW1.

Outreach Programs & Presentations

NSW Government 2011 Heritage Volunteer Awards

Do you know of an individual or organisation that has contributed to the conservation, management or promotion of heritage in your local community? Would you like to pay tribute to the men and women who volunteer their time and personal commitment to ensuring that our State’s unique history and heritage are protected for future generations? The Heritage Council of NSW and the NSW Government invite you to nominate your ‘heritage hero’ as a recipient in the 2011 NSW Government Heritage Volunteer Awards. Awards will be presented in 10 broad categories, including maritime heritage.

A Heritage Volunteer Award formally recognises the outstanding performance by individuals and community groups who have signi!cantly improved the pro!le of heritage management in their local communities, successfully motivated and managed heritage projects and promoted the value of heritage by

General view of the M24 wreck site. (Photo courtesy NSW Heritage Branch/Royal Australian Navy)

AIMA8NEWSLETTER

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3 ISSN 1446–8948

NEWSLETTER9AIMA

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3ISSN 1446–8948

Northern Territory

signi!cant means and through exemplary work.

Whether their contribution is through education, fundraising, historical research, interpretation, management, physical conservation, promotion or undertaking surveys and studies, this is the community’s chance to acknowledge the wonderful work undertaken by volunteers.

Nominations are welcome from community groups, individuals, heritage consultants and advisors, local councils, conservation and heritage organisations and government agencies.

The nomination form and list of criteria for the 2011 NSW Government Heritage Volunteer Awards program can be downloaded from the Heritage Branch website at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/09_subnav_05.htm.

Alternatively, contact the Heritage Branch, O"ce of Environment and Heritage on 02 9873 8500 and a nomination form can be mailed to you.

The closing date for nominations is Friday 28 October 2011.

Reports

M24 Ordnance Survey Report

Brad Duncan is reviewing new information that was discovered recently in the National archives by author Steven Carruthers, which

documents the type of explosives used in the two scuttling charges. Robert Curran and Terry Milham (former Logistic Manager and Storage Manager, respectively, and both formerly of Newington Armoury), John Perryman (Australian Sea Power Centre) and Commander Damien Allen (LSDSPO Director, RAN) have been assisting with analysis of the report. This information is being used to formulate an assessment outlining the risks posed by unexploded ordnance on the site.

HMAS Australia Report

A report on the results and interpretation of the 2007 inspection of the HMAS Australia was released in July on the NSW Maritime Heritage website, available at: http://maritime.heritage.nsw.gov.au/documents/HMAS_Australia_Part1.pdf.

The report provides a background history for the ship, which was the !rst $agship and largest capital ship (until HMAS Melbourne)

of the Royal Australian Navy, and provides conclusive evidence to identify the wreck as HMAS Australia. The shipwreck, the largest historic shipwreck in Australia protected by the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976, is of likely National signi!cance as the only relatively intact example of its class, and is the best surviving example of a battlecruiser in the world.

Database Upgrade

Brad Duncan has begun preparing a GIS version of the NSW Shipwreck Database. Besides shipwrecks, the database also will contain information pertaining to dumping sites, aircraft crash sites, non-historic shipwrecks and other maritime infrastructure sites. The work has been assisted by Kevin Slade and Anne Hoogvliet of the Australian Hydrographic O"ce, who have kindly supplied GIS Geoti# charts and other information about coastal dumping sites around NSW.

— Tim Smith, Brad Duncan and Sarah Ward

Historic photo of a forward scuttling charge (in foreground). (Photo from Australian War Memorial, AWM54, 505/6/7, Plate XIII)

Recently exposed remains of piers and leeway cart on Ettalong Beach. (Photo-mosaic courtesy Heritage Branch)

Identi!cation of the Hudders!eld wreck: the Frances Bay puzzle solved

A wreck !rst reported in 1996 and then rediscovered in 2009 has !nally been identi!ed as Hudders!eld. The vessel was a three-masted, wooden copper

sheathed schooner It was built by Dent in Jervis Bay, NSW in 1919 and sank 10 years later. Hudders!eld was brought up to the Northern Territory to service an intra-State shipping contract, but became embroiled in a disastrous police operation in Arnhem Land in 1924. The Queensland mail steamer Douglas Mawson disappeared somewhere in the Gulf of Carpentaria

in 1923. Rumours reached Darwin that survivors had made it to Arnhem Land, but local Aborigines had killed the men and taken the women as wives. A punitive police expedition was organised, and Hudders!eld was chartered to transport the force. Hudders!eld proved to be ill-suited for the job, being so slow as to be described as “that notorious snail”. The government’s response was further ridiculed when it was discovered that the rumours were unfounded. In its !nal years, the ship used as $oating storage by pearlers in Darwin harbour, before it sank at its moorings.

In July 2010, a wreck inspection by a collaborative team, made up of the NT Heritage Branch, Flinders University and NT Water Police, resulted in a detailed and accurate plan of the site. The report narrowed down the possible vessels, with the most likely candidate being Hudders!eld. However, the hot bulb engine of the wreck was damaged, and so it was di"cult to determine its con!guration and con!rm that it matched Hudders!eld’s engine.

Furthermore, there was evidence of burning, but stories of the Hudders!eld sinking make no mention of !re. Lastly, the wreck is located in what was an active bay for mooring, careening and repairing, and so there was always the possibility that this was another vessel altogether.

The answer in part lay in interpreting the engine of the wreck. With guidance from experts found through the Old Marine Engine forum, Scott Allen (with assistance from David Steinberg and Toni Massey) inspected the engine in August 2011. Scott was able to con!rm that the engine is a two-cylinder hot bulb engine with the same dimensions as the Hudders!eld speci!cations. Then a reference to Hudders!eld was found buried in the obituary of its !nal owner,

Huddersfield. (Photo courtesy of the Lady Denman Maritime Museum)

Historic photo collage (clockwise from left): crewman who first reported the story; Huddersfield at anchor; some of the police on the expedition. (Photos from the Western Mail, 9 October 1924)

Exposed cylinder workings, which lead to Huddersfield’s identification. (Photo courtesy NT Heritage Branch)

Tony Massey and Scott Allen over the Huddersfield wreck site in August 2011. (Photo courtesy NT Heritage Branch)

AIMA10NEWSLETTER

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3 ISSN 1446–8948

NEWSLETTER11AIMA

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3ISSN 1446–8948

V. R. Kepert, detailing that he was forced to use explosives on the wreck to clear the waters for shipping. This explained why the wreck structure is partly burnt and the engine damaged.

Hudders!eld is the only located copper-sheathed, wooden wreck in Darwin

Darwin High Students at the Brisbane shipwreck. (Photo courtesy of NT Heritage Branch/DERM)

A similar two-cylinder, hot bulb engine as that identified on the Huddersfield wreck and critical to its identification. (Photo courtesy of Old Marine Engines, http://www.old engine.org/members/diesel/marine/bolinder.htm)

Harbour, and is one of the few located wooden wrecks in the Northern Territory. Its operational history recalls an episode in Northern Territory history in which white society’s fears and misconceptions about Aboriginal people fuelled titillating rumours of murder and enslavement. The wreck is automatically protected under the Commonwealth’s Historic Shipwrecks Act. It is also nominated to the NT Heritage Register, and an assessment will be presented to the NT Heritage Advisory Council in December 2011.

A number of people contributed to this research. The July 2010 inspection team included Jennifer McKinnon, Jason Raupp, Sam Bell, Matt Hanks, Toni Massey and Sarah Nahabedian. Many thanks to Scott Allen for his identi!cation of the engine. Thanks also to Andy Munns from the Sydney Heritage Fleet; Graham Hinton from the Lady Denman Maritime Museum and

Ross Anderson from the WA Maritime Museum.

AIMA Photography Competition: !eld trip to the Brisbane Shipwreck

On 30 September, the Heritage Branch took advantage of the extreme Spring tides and led an expedition of year 11 photography students from Darwin High School to the wreck of Brisbane (1874–1881). Chartering a boat to Fish Reef, the students were able to explore and photograph the forward section of the wreck that is exposed at low tide. The students will enter their images in the AIMA photography competition, in both the monthly ‘Above Water’ category and the end of year ‘Junior’ category. Heritage Branch will directly assist various schools across the Top End of the Northern Territory to access and photograph exposed wrecks and other maritime sites in their locality.

— David Steinberg

Flinders University

Flinders University maritime archaeology sta# and students attended the AIMA conference in brisbane in the !rst week of September. Wendy van Duivenvoorde, who was appointed to the Department of Archaeology of Flinders University in April, won the award for Best Conference Paper, for her presentation entitled “Tree rings within ship timber: the interdisciplinary study of Batavia’s timbers and their connection to the Dutch !ne arts”. Wendy has been studying the iconic Australian-Dutch East India Company shipwreck since

2005. Honours student Madeline Fowler won the award for Best Student Paper, talking about her thesis research on historic shipwrecks in Port McDonnell, South Australia. Cassandra Morris and Daniella Wilkinson won the Best Poster prize for their “Take the Plunge: help protect Australia’s cultural heritage” poster. Cassandra was also the recipient of the prestigious AIMA 2011 Scholarship to support her Master’s research into South Australian museums and the way they display maritime archaeological collections.

At the Institute’s annual general

meeting, Jennifer McKinnon was elected president of AIMA by acclamation. She will bring to the role a wealth of experience in both Australia and overseas; she has been studying World War II aircraft crash sites in the Paci!c and working on maritime heritage trails in the Northern Territory. PhD student Debra She! is the new treasurer, while Jason Raupp continues in his role as secretary.

— Wendy van Duivenvoorde

South Australia

Taking the Plunge

“Take the Plunge – Protect Australia’s Heritage” is an initiative by Flinders students, with the aim of raising awareness and support for the Australian government’s rati!cation of the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.

Principles of the Convention set an international standard for best practice to preserve underwater cultural heritage, consider in-situ preservation as the preferred option, prevent commercial exploitation for trade, and promote sharing of information with other countries. Australia was involved in writing the !nal form of the Convention and already follows these principles.

Current Commonwealth legislation, the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976, does not protect underwater cultural heritage in its entirety. Examples of unprotected sites include submerged aircraft wrecks and their associated human remains, shipwrecks in international waters, and submerged Indigenous landscapes and seascapes. The de!nition of underwater

cultural heritage in the Convention includes all of these sites.

Despite a review of legislation in 2009 and an Agreement between all the governments of Australia in 2010, Australia has yet to ratify.

The ‘Take the Plunge’ initiative began with a Facebook page called “Take the Plunge – Protect Australia’s Heritage”. A letter was written to the Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, which contained an argument for rati!cation and included examples of shipwreck sites not protected by current Commonwealth legislation. This letter was made available for download from the Facebook page. After receiving feedback from various sources, another !ve letters were written to other governmental !gures. All of these letters can be downloaded from the Facebook page, and email addresses are supplied to send them electronically.

Funding for this initiative was received

from the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA), the Society for Underwater Historical Research (SUHR) and other sources. With this support, ‘Take the

Plunge’ was able to print letters and purchase envelopes and stamps, and team members have distributed these letters at various events. This has resulted in a greater number of letters being sent, and is the most e#ective method for raising support.

Members of ‘Take the Plunge’ were able to attend the AIMA Conference in Brisbane to raise support for rati!cation. Danielle Wilkinson presented a paper about the initiative and she and Cassandra Morris also presented a poster, which won the prize for Best Poster. Through the e#orts of ‘Take the Plunge’ and all the attendants at the conference, more than 100 letters were signed during the weekend. Feedback received from AIMA members at the conference was most encouraging and has spurred further action.

Plans for ‘Take the Plunge’ are growing, with advertising posters to be printed and distributed, an updated version

AIMA12NEWSLETTER

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3 ISSN 1446–8948

NEWSLETTER13AIMA

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3ISSN 1446–8948

TAK

E TH

E P

LUN

GE

PROTECT AU

STRALIA’S H

ERITAGE

AIMA14NEWSLETTER

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3 ISSN 1446–8948

NEWSLETTER15AIMA

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3ISSN 1446–8948

of the letter to be written, and !ve additional government members to be addressed.

If you have any ideas or feedback, please contact ‘Take the Plunge’ at TakethePlunge2001@gmail.com.

For more information, visit our Face-book page at www.facebook.com.

— Danielle WilkinsonFlinders University

Maritime Archaeology Program

Archaeological Investigations of Shipwreck and Maritime Infrastructure Landscapes at Port MacDonnell, South-East South Australia

In July 2011, Flinders University Maritime Archaeology Programme (MAP) students undertook investigations into various themes of the maritime cultural landscape of Port MacDonnell in South Australia’s south-east. The one week of !eld work gave students experience in recording a historic shipwreck site and jetty, as well as communicating with locals to seek information on these features and also document their attitudes towards the maritime cultural heritage in the region.

Although detailed research of the Port MacDonnell lighthouse was conducted in 2008, little archaeological investigation has been made into the shipwrecks in the region since the 1980s. Aims of the July !eldwork were twofold. Firstly, to record the shipwreck landscape including identifying a nineteenth century wooden shipwreck located in the sandy intertidal zone of the beach, record features associated with but spatially distinct from shipwrecks within the town and conduct oral history interviews with locals. Second was to record the maritime infrastructure of the town, in particular the jetty built in 1861, and compare this with historic photographs to identify changes in the landscape over time.

Methods included conducting a systematic probe survey of the shipwreck site to determine its extent. Timber samples were also taken to aid in identifying the wreck based on timber species used in its construction. Features within the town including anchors, memorials, street names and house names relating to shipwrecks were photographed and their location recorded using a GPS. The oral

history interview questions sought to understand the attitudes of locals towards shipwrecks, protection and conservation.

While the shipwreck site in the beach could not be positively identi!ed, it has been narrowed down to an Australian built ship; possibilities being Lotus, Countess, Flinders, Adelaide and Bandicoot. Recording features associated with shipwrecks within town has revealed the value of moving away from site speci!c research to more fully understand the way in which shipwrecks impact on communities from the wrecking event into the present day. Finally, the oral history interviews revealed that the community of Port MacDonnell has a strong sense of maritime identity drawn from a history of responding to and exploiting shipwrecks and more recently memorialising the past. The results of the archaeological investigation of the jetty and the process of reconstructing its changes over time are still being completed.

— Maddy FowlerFlinders University

Maritime Archaeology Program

The heritage of Perth’s rivers

On 5 July 2011, the National Trust of Western Australia (NTWA) conducted a heritage audit workshop for seventeen Perth metropolitan government authorities to identify heritage sites and values of the Swan, Canning and Helena Rivers. Ross Anderson attended the workshop to provide input on shipwrecks and other maritime/UCH values. The

workshop was part of a wider project being undertaken for the Swan River Trust to comprehensively identify Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural values. The project aims to generate greater awareness of the cultural values of Perth’s rivers with associated beneficial outcomes for heritage management, cultural tourism and community development.

Historic Shipwrecks Inspector Training July 2011

Jennifer Rodrigues (WA Museum), Stephen Lavelle, Matthew Marshall,

Andy Viduka and Grant Luckman (all from SEWPAC) recently ran three Historic Shipwreck Inspector training courses in Shark Bay, Mandurah (South Metropolitan) and Albany. A total of 35 new inspectors from Department of Fisheries, Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC), and WA Water Police were appointed this year, which will translate to a much wider region of WA being covered for the first time.

AIMA/NAS course news

WA Museum personnel ran an AIMA/NAS Part I course in August as part

Western Australia

of the South Fremantle Senior High School Year 12 Marine Studies program. The school has had a Marine

Studies program (Years 8–10) for more than six years. It is not taught as a separate entity to the other subject areas, but as a component of regular subject courses. It is incorporated into the science and physical education programs and integrates Science, Mathematics, Technology & Enterprise and other subject areas.

This offering follows the AIMA/NAS course taught last November at Rockingham Senior High School. RSHS is the only registered Maritime Specialist School in Western Australia. Acknowledged as a leader in Maritime studies, it is the only secondary facility in Australia that offers middle schooling students the opportunity to participate in an integrated, cross-curricular Maritime Studies Program.

The SFSHS course began on Saturday, 20 August, with introductions for the class and teacher Julie Miller, and a day of lectures in the Shipwreck Galleries of the WA Museum. Ross Anderson spoke on maritime archaeology and legislation, Jen Rodrigues lectured on principles of archaeology, Pat Baker talked about underwater photography, Jon Carpenter about conservation and Jeremy Green discussed search and survey techniques. For the practical on Sunday, the SFSHS students went for a dive at Robbs Jetty, and although the students did well to lay the baseline in 1–2m visibility, the poor visibility combined with a northerly current saw the students abandon the dive and instead conduct dry land surveys of Robbs Jetty, the Wyola tug wreck and a timber barge wreck. Afterwards, the

students returned to class to draw up their results. The students plan to develop their skills further in the swimming pool and on the Omeo wreck. Other sites the students have dived as part of their training course are HMAS Perth at Albany and SS Mildura at Exmouth.

Thanks to Pat Baker and Darren Miller for assisting with the dive and survey.

Congratulations to Part 1 graduates Shasa Chadderton, Imogen Grice, Mitchell Cullen, Kelly Dominish, Jim Fitzgerald, Samantha Gough, Alex King, Shona Porteous, Teagan Staines, Tom Stubbs, Cody Thomason, Jasmine Vince and Amy Wadsworth!

Batavia exhibition in Lelystad, Netherlands

The Department of Maritime Archaeology (WA Museum) and the Nieuwland Erfgoed collaborated to produce a yearlong exhibition of Batavia artefacts at the Nieuw Land Museum, Archive and Study Centre, beginning in October this year. This centre is located opposite to where the reconstruction of the 17th- century East Indiaman Batavia was built.

Conference Papers

Jen Rodrigues recently completed her PhD at the University of Western Australia on the impact of private collecting on Australia’s shipwreck sites prior to and following the introduction of protective shipwreck legislation in Australia. She is continuing research on the project and recently

worked on a joint paper with Vicki Richards (Department of Materials Conservation, WA Museum) on the specific impact that private collecting has on archaeological material removed from the marine environment. Jen presented this paper in September at the IKUWA4 Conference on Managing the Underwater Cultural Heritage (http://ikuwa4.com/) in Zadar, Croatia.

Also at the conference, the Australian contingent of Jen Rodrigues, Wendy van Duivenvoorde, Arianna Traviglia, Andy Viduka and Michael Gregg entered a bid for IKUWA6 to be held in Perth, Western Australia, in 2016. With formal support from nearly 30 different academic, professional, government and amateur organizations and institutions around the world, Australia won the bid by unanimous vote from all the delegates present. Preparations to host this conference have already begun and information will be available immediately after IKUWA5 in Europe. Follow us on Facebook (IKUWA6) to see when the website for this conference is up and running. The 2016 conference theme is ‘Sharing Heritage’ and we will be calling for session themes and paper abstracts further down the road.

— Jen Rodrigues and Ross Anderson

At the IKUWA4 conference in Croatia: (Left–right) Michael Gregg, Wendy van Duivenvoorde, Arianna Traviglia, Jen Rodrigues and Andy Viduka lobbying for IKUWA6 Perth.

AIMA16NEWSLETTER

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3 ISSN 1446–8948

NEWSLETTER17AIMA

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3ISSN 1446–8948

Discover Our Maritime Heritage – Past, Present and Future

The Maritime Museum of Victoria (MMV) is holding its 2011 conference at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria on Saturday 29 October.

The MMV represents 14 Melbourne and regional Victorian maritime museums. The interesting programme includes eight key note speakers and is designed to discuss Victoria’s maritime heritage – in the Past, Present and Future. Hence, by reference to the Koskie Art Collection and to the Navy, the signi!cance of the sea, boats and ships in the development of Australia as an island nation will be appreciated. In addition, the emphasis on safety at sea will be illustrated by reference to the age-old importance of lighthouses and lifeboats. Literature will be available describing the MMV and the preservation and interpretation of the material and region for which the organisation is responsible.

The conference lea$et is reprinted on the opposite page. A brochure describing the MMV and member institutions can be downloaded from the MMV website.

All of us at MMV look forward to seeing you there.

— Tim HortonPresident, MHAV

CONFERENCE NEWSWorkshopsSymposiaExpos

Discover Our Maritime Heritage – Past, Present and Future

The Inaugural Asian Academy for Heritage Management Asia-Paci!c Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage is fast approaching. Conference News includes an extended Call for Posters and important information on accommodation, visas and registration. Stay tuned for a schedule of Public Events. This conference is sure to be a success!

The Conference will take place in the Museum of the Filipino People which is part of the National Museum of the Philippines. The National Museum is the premier institution and repository of Filipino heritage dedicated to the mission of collecting, preserving, studying, interpreting and exhibiting the cultural and natural history specimens of the Philippines, from historic times to the present. The Museum is fully committed to its role as the only institution in the country that carries out work in underwater cultural heritage. Its sta# of underwater archaeologists, who regularly participate in international training courses to enhance their skills and knowledge, contribute greatly to the goals of the institution. The National Museum is a place that inspires people to learn from our traditions so as to help shape a better future. It is anchored on the basic philosophy that the Filipino nation is kept uni!ed by a deep sense of pride in its own

identity, cultural heritage and nature patrimony. The national identity of the Filipino must be developed and enhanced, while imbibing the spirit of nationalism and strong commitment in the protection and dissemination of its legacy. The interdisciplinary nature of the work at the Museum encourages the exchange of information and collaborative strategies towards achieving its goals as a cultural, scienti!c, and educational institution. We invite everyone to engage and commit themselves in the continuous endeavors of heritage preservation, not only in the Philippines, but throughout the world. We are honored and proud to host the inaugural Asian Academy for Heritage Management Asia-Paci!c Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage, a pioneering event in underwater cultural heritage management.

— Jeremy BarnsDirector

National Museum of the Philippines

AIMA18NEWSLETTER

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3 ISSN 1446–8948

NEWSLETTER19AIMA

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3ISSN 1446–8948

The People of AIMAJeremy Green40 years at the Western Australian Museum

Jeremy Green needs no introduction to AIMA members or, indeed, to anyone involved in maritime archaeology in Australasia or anywhere else in the world. As one of the true pioneers of the !eld, Jeremy’s work and many accomplishments speak for themselves. His book, Maritime Archaeology: A Technical Handbook, originally published by Academic Press in 1990 and now in its updated 2nd edition (2004), is a must-have in any institutional or practitioner’s library. Rather, this Pro!le is more of a celebration of Jeremy’s 40 years in maritime archaeology at the WA Museum; a remarkable career, not just for its longevity, but for its undiminished enthusiasm and continued contribution to the !eld.

On April Foul’s Day of this year, WA Museum sta#, friends and associates gathered at Roma Restaurant in Fremantle to celebrate Jeremy Green’s 40th anniversary heading the Department of Maritime Archaeology at the WA Museum. Today, the haze of time and memory shrouds the exact details of that beginning—speci!cally, its precise date (see the March 2011

AIMA Newsletter, Vol. 30, No. 1, p. 13). Su"ce it to say, sometime after presenting a paper at the 23rd Symposium of the Colston Research Society (4–8 April 1971) at the University of Bristol and September of that year, Jeremy left England to take up a position with the WA Museum in Fremantle. The circumstances that lead Jeremy to Australia—indeed, to the !eld of maritime archaeology—are related by his wife, Susan.

Jeremy became involved in the !eld of maritime archaeology in 1967, when he took a job at the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art at the University of Oxford. He had recently graduated from Oxford with a BA (Hons) in Physiology, after earning a BSc (Hons) in Physics at the University of Hull in 1963. Jeremy was to be given the task of analysing pigments of paintings that were suspected of being forgeries. On his !rst day, Jeremy was being shown around the Laboratory by its !rst director, Professor E. T. (“Teddy”) Hall, and introduced to his co-workers and their research. As luck would have it, they came upon a fellow who was !ddling with a large piece of equipment that, as Hall explained, was a prototype underwater metal detector that the Laboratory was developing. Jeremy, in his inimitable style, burst out laughing and said “that will never work!” When Hall queried him, he pointed out that the apparatus was far too heavy and cumbersome to be manipulated under

water. Teddy then inquired if he knew how to dive, and when Jeremy replied that he did, Teddy asked, “How would you feel about putting aside the other [painting analysis] job and coming to Turkey next week with me instead?” Teddy Hall was going to an underwater archaeological excavation in Turkey to try out the metal detector that Jeremy had mocked and thought that Jeremy might be a useful addition to the team. Jeremy didn’t hesitate in accepting and, as it turned out, he did prove useful!

From this turn of fate, Jeremy became closely involved in the development of an underwater metal detector, also researching the development of a sea-going proton magnetometer and several systems of underwater photogrammetry. He tested and !ne-tuned these techniques and

PROFILES

Jeremy Green. (Photo by Glen Martin)

Beacon Island, in 1973. (Photo by Geo! Shaw)

NEWSLETTERAIMA

instruments in !eld situations around the United Kingdom and eastern Mediterranean.

Between 1967 and 1970, Jeremy worked on expeditions investigating the Byzantine wreck at Yassi Ada in Turkey, the Hellenistic shipwreck at Kyrenia in Cyprus, the 1588 Spanish Armada ships Santa Maria de la Rosa and Trinidad Valencera in Ireland, and the Dutch East Indiaman Amsterdam (1749) in England. Increasingly, Jeremy became interested in developing his own projects. In 1969 and 1970, under the auspices of the Laboratory, he led successive expeditions to Cape Andreas

in Cyprus, testing out new techniques for underwater surveys. Jeremy and his team discovered more than 14 Classical and Byzantine shipwreck sites over the two seasons! Working with and inspired by people such as George Bass, Michael Katzev and Colin Martin, it didn’t take long for Jeremy to realize that doing archaeology under water was a far more exciting career path to follow.

A year or so later, he was contacted by the WA Museum to start a maritime archaeology programme in Fremantle. He accepted the o#er of a job ‘down under’—albeit with some apprehensions. When Jeremy arrived in Perth (sometime in mid 1971), his !rst task was to survey Australia’s oldest shipwreck, Trial (1622), at the Monte Bello Islands. Unbeknownst to Jeremy, the islands were still radioactive from atomic bomb tests in the 1950s.

At the end of his 10-month trial contract, Jeremy came to the realisation that not only was the climate in Perth similar to the Mediterranean, but also the opportunities for developing maritime archaeology in Australia were some of the best in the world. And indeed they were: Jeremy’s work on Batavia became internationally recognized, so too his use of remote sensing techniques to locate and analyse shipwrecks, both in Australia and around the world.

Importantly, Jeremy had the initiative to draw the attention of the public to the signi!cance of maritime archaeology and encourage their involvement. In 1973, he co-founded the Maritime Archaeological Association of Western Australia (MAAWA), whose volunteer assistance continues to this day. He was the foundation president of the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA) and has been Editor of its Bulletin and Special Publications since 1977. Jeremy also initiated the development of post-graduate studies in maritime archaeology in collaboration with

academics at Curtin University, the University of Western Australia, James Cook and Flinders Universities. He has been involved in research in over 15 countries, and has developed training programmes, including UNESCO regional workshops, to advance the preservation and management of underwater cultural heritage in countries such as China and Sri Lanka. Since 1994, Jeremy has been head of the Australian National Centre for Excellence in Maritime Archaeology.

Jeremy holds numerous positions and awards, including membership of the Council for Nautical Archaeology,

Batavia excavation, 1974. (Photo by Patrick Baker)

Hollandia excavation, 1975. This may be the only time that Jeremy has been seen in a full wetsuit in more than 40 years, and probably was his last dive in British waters. (Photo by Rex Cowen)

Batavia excavation, 1975. (Photo by Patrick Baker)

Sorting ceramic sherds in Thailand, 1985. (Photo by Brian Richards)

AIMA20NEWSLETTER

AIMA Newsletter | September 2011 | Volume 30 | Issue 3 ISSN 1446–8948 AIMA Newsletter ISSN 1446–8948

Ross AndersonWA Museum, Dept. of Maritime Archaeology47 Cli# StreetFREMANTLE, WA 6160Ph: (08) 9431 8442Fax: (02) 9891 4688E-mail: Ross.Anderson@museum.wa.gov.au Jason RauppeFlinders University, Department of ArchaeologyGPO BOX 2100ADELAIDE, SA 5001Ph: (08) 8386 3056Fax: (08) 8201 2784E-mail: jason.raupp@$inders.edu.auJun KimuraFlinders University, Department of ArchaeologyGPO Box 2100ADELAIDE, SA 5001Ph: (08) 8201 2385Fax: (08) 8201 2784E-mail: kimu%%%8@$inders.edu.au Cosmos CoroneosCosmos Archaeology Pty Ltd46 Gale Rd, MAROUBRA, NSW 2035Phone: 0408711645E-mail: cosmosc@ozemail.com.au Jennifer RodriguesWA Museum, Dept. of Maritime Archaeology47 Cli# StreetFREMANTLE, WA 6160Ph: (08) 9431 8445Fax: (02) 9891 4688E-mail: Jennifer.Rodrigues@museum.wa.gov.au Andy VidukaDepartment of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the ArtsGPO Box 747 CANBERRA, ACT 2601Ph: (02) 6274 2116 Fax: (02) 6274 2731E-mail: Andrew.Viduka@environment.gov.au

Bill Je#ery, Vivian Moran,Ed SlaughterBrad Duncan, David Nutley, Tim

EDITOR’S NOTE

New Zealand Northern Territory Tasmania South Australia

Western Australia

Victoria

Public O"cer

AIMA/NAS Senior Tutor

Publications Committee

Website Administrator

Newsletter Editor

AIMA/NAS Committee

Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Inc. Registration No. A0820044JWestern Australian Associations Incorporation Act 1987 Section 18(6)Newsletter Registered by Australia PostPublication No. WBH 1635

Smith, Sarah WardAndy DoddDavid SteinbergMike NashPeter Bell, Adrian Brown, Terry Drew, Amer Khan, Jennifer McKinnon, Jason Raupp, Debra She!Vicki Richards, Wendy van DuivenvoordePeter Taylor, Peta Knott

Corioli Souter

Cassandra Philippou

Jeremy Green, Kieran Hosty, Bill Je#rey, Mike Nash, David Nutley, Mark Polzer, Nathan Richards, Myra Stanbury

Jennifer Rodrigues

Mark Polzer

Ross Anderson, Andy Dodd Amer Khan, Peta Knott, Jason Raupp, Ed Slaughter, Corioli Souter, Mark Staniforth, David Steinberg, Hanna Steyne, Sarah Ward

O"cers President

Secretary

Treasurer

Senior Vice President

Vice President

Vice President

State Councillors Queensland

New South Wales

EXECUTIVEAIMA 2010–2011

recipient of the Keith Muckelroy Prize for Achievement in the Field of Maritime Archaeology, Honorary Fellow of the Centre for Prehistory at the University of Western Australia, Honorary Research Fellow of the Institute of Archaeology at Oxford University, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, Research

Associate of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Advisory Editor of the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, and Adjunct Associate Professor at Curtin University of Technology and James Cook University. In 2007, he was awarded the Rhys Jones Medal for outstanding contribution to Australian Archaeology.

Of course, any pro!le of Jeremy would be incomplete without mention of his other great passion—FOOD! Anyone who knows Jeremy is well aware of the enormous pleasure he takes in preparing interesting gourmet dishes—whether at home or in the !eld—and then sharing them with friends and family; enjoyed, of course, with wine, beer, gin and tonic or other appropriate libation.

Jeremy’s reasons for learning to cook, however, were hardly lofty; no grand ideals of producing great food were involved. Rather, when Jeremy was studying physics at the University of Hull, he lived in typical student digs and shared the house with a group of other students. In an e#ort to economise, they all agreed to combine their resources and share in the shopping, cooking and cleaning chores. Sensing that some of his housemates were reluctant to cook, which to Jeremy looked like fun, and harbouring a !rm dislike for washing dishes, Jeremy came up with a plan. He would take on the shopping and cooking duties in exchange for not having to do dishes and clean up. It was the best

kind of plan...mutually agreeable. And from that humble beginning, Jeremy’s prowess in the kitchen grew to become legend.

Many thanks to Susan Green, Myra Stanbury, Jennifer Rodrigues and

Patrick Baker for their contributions.

Dear members, the Newsletter is a great place to share your association’s or individual research, !ndings,

interesting stories, curious artefacts, activities or any other maritime-related bit of news with your friends and fellow enthusiasts in AIMA. Everyone is encouraged to become involved in the e#ort and to submit content for the Newsletter.

Send your submissions, images, or other comments and suggestions to the editor at markpolzer@gmail.com.

The Great Basses wreck, Sri Lanka, 1993. (Photo by Patrick Baker)

In 2007, Jeremy was awarded the Rhys Jones Medal in recognition of his

pioneering work in developing maritime archae-ology in Australia. The Rhys Jones Medal is the highest award o"ered by the Australian Archaeological Association. It was established in honour of Rhys Jones (1941–2001) to mark his enormous contribution to the development and promotion of archaeology in Australia. The Medal is presented annually to an individual who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to the !eld.

Jeremy’s ‘mobile computer access unit’, 2011—his typi-cal hideout on surveys. (Photo by Patrick Baker)

Beach probing, 2009. (Photo by Patrick Baker)

The WA Museum Ningaloo team, 2004. (Photo by John Mokrzycki)

!e AIMA Newsletter is supported by:

THE HISTORIC SHIPWECKS PROGRAM

AIMA NewletterVolume 30, Number 3

September 2011