All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 March New book investigates WA's most important shipwrecks New book investigates WA's most important shipwrecks 23/03/2021 | 3 MINS Some of the earliest and most important shipwrecks in Western AustraliaΓÇÖs history are the subject of a new book edited by Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs Professor Alistair Paterson and LIT Honorary Doctorate recipient Jeremy Green. The book Shipwrecks of the Roaring 40s, saw experts from across Australia and overseas join together in an Australian Research Council project to reveal new information about shipwreck sites that were first excavated in the 1970s and 1980s. Professor Paterson, who leads a team of researchers at the WA Museum with Mr Green, said the work was conducted in various settings including museums, computer laboratories, archives and from fieldwork at selected sites on the coast and offshore islands of WA. ΓÇ£The Batavia was wrecked on Morning Reef in the Abrolhos Islands off the coast of WA in 1629 with 300 people on board,ΓÇ¥ Professor Paterson said. ΓÇ£It is one of WAΓÇÖs most signific
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 March New book investigates WA's most important shipwrecks New book investigates WA's most important shipwrecks 23/03/2021 | 3 MINS Some of the earliest and most important shipwrecks in Western AustraliaΓÇÖs history are the subject of a new book edited by Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs Professor Alistair Paterson and LIT Honorary Doctorate recipient Jeremy Green.
The book Shipwrecks of the Roaring 40s, saw experts from across Australia and overseas join together in an Australian Research Council project to reveal new information about shipwreck sites that were first excavated in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Professor Paterson, who leads a team of researchers at the WA Museum with Mr Green, said the work was conducted in various settings including museums, computer laboratories, archives and from fieldwork at selected sites on the coast and offshore islands of WA.
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ΓÇ£The Batavia was wrecked on Morning Reef in the Abrolhos Islands off the coast of WA in 1629 with 300 people on board,ΓÇ¥ Professor Paterson said.
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