maritime Archives

On this day: One of Australia’s worst maritime disasters

The loss of the SS Yongala – now a Great Barrier Reef dive site – was a puzzling mystery for almost 50 years.

One of Australia’s most recent artifical reefs, the HMAS Adelaide shipwreck is a diver’s dream.

From a maritime disaster south-east of Townsville in 1911, a vibrant reef was born.

The 1850 wreck of the colonial-built Clarence has been buried in Victoria’s Port Phillip Bay to preserve it.

On the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we look back at the six Australians aboard that fateful night.

Captain Cook stopped in Far North QLD to repair the Endeavour in 1770, and the cultural significance is now up for debate.

As one of the only working steam ships in the Southern Hemisphere, the TSS Earnslaw continues to win hearts.