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The Western Australian Museum's Shipwreck Galleries is recognised as the foremost maritime archaeology museum in the southern hemisphere. Dive into the history of Australia's oldest shipwrecks!
The Museum is housed in 1850s-era Commissariat building and has since been restored to its historic glory.
Steeped in history, the galleries house hundreds of relics from ships wrecked along WA’s treacherous coastline, including the original timbers from the Batavia (wrecked in 1629), the de Vlamingh plate, and also countless artefacts from the Dutch shipwrecks Zuytdorp, Zeewijk and Vergulde Draeck.
The museum was originally built to store the food, clothing and supplies of the Swan River colony. In 1979 it opened to the public as a Shipwrecks museum.
Theres lots of tours to go on too!
Including a Tactile Tour, where you get to touch and examine object, Objects and Memries Tour, Highlights Tour and Our Shared Stories Tour where you'll explore the nature and impact of interactions between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
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