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Home, Projects & Activities, Arnhem Land & Beyond and More.....
PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES
First Contact - A collection of accounts of first contact between Aboriginal people and outsiders.
HMS Beagle
Subject Pages - Watch Vessel No. 7 and Paglesham Parch Marks
Subject Pages - Watch Vessel No. 7 and Paglesham Parch Marks
HMAS Patricia Cam - The story of the sinking of the Pat Cam
Subject Pages - 75th Anniversary of the sinking - The Men & Their Families - Ship's Knee MH7 - Beatie's Yard - The Lady Yetive - The Sandy Sanford Story - Sanford & Pat Cam Memorial
Subject Pages - 75th Anniversary of the sinking - The Men & Their Families - Ship's Knee MH7 - Beatie's Yard - The Lady Yetive - The Sandy Sanford Story - Sanford & Pat Cam Memorial
Macassans - Trepang Fishermen from Indonesia - mostly based at Makassar on Sulawesi Island.
Subject Pages - Pobassoo Island - Sea Gypsies
Subject Pages - Pobassoo Island - Sea Gypsies
Matther Flinders - The Long Way Home
Subject Pages - Flinder & HMS Cumberland
Miscellany - Assortment of oddities
Subject Pages - Capt. Cook Bad Hair Day
Subject Pages - Capt. Cook Bad Hair Day
Mystery Objects - People send in images of their finds & we attempt to identify them.
NT History in 100 Images - not looking promising
NT Image Makers & Takers - Notable artists & photographers
Subject Pages - Paul Foelsche Centenary 2014 - NT Painters & Sketchers - William Westall
Subject Pages - Paul Foelsche Centenary 2014 - NT Painters & Sketchers - William Westall
OSL Beach Dating - Optically Stimulated Luminescence
PM Papers, Notes & Insights
Shell Mounds & Middens
Territory Treasures
Subject Pages - Boustead Jar & Shell Dunes - Dundee Beach Swivel Gun
Subject Pages - Boustead Jar & Shell Dunes - Dundee Beach Swivel Gun
Top End Timeline -
ARNHEM LAND & BEYOND
This discovery of the Adelaide River by the men of the Beagle & subsequent attempt at settlement by the South Australian Government.
Darwin Harbour - A notional cruise on Port Darwin from Cullen Bay to Frances Bay
Subject Pages - Top End Heritage Park [Darwin Heritage Assets - Historic Statues & The Pre-fabrication of Australian History]
Channel Island Centenary Quarantine to Lazarette - Doctor's Gully - East Point Reserve - Goyder's Camp & Early Darwin - Government House {The Govt. House Gun} - Overland Telegraph & Undersea Cables - Naval Fuel Depot WW2 - Victoria Hotel - Wagait Beach - Z Special & Catalina Base.
Subject Pages - Top End Heritage Park [Darwin Heritage Assets - Historic Statues & The Pre-fabrication of Australian History]
Channel Island Centenary Quarantine to Lazarette - Doctor's Gully - East Point Reserve - Goyder's Camp & Early Darwin - Government House {The Govt. House Gun} - Overland Telegraph & Undersea Cables - Naval Fuel Depot WW2 - Victoria Hotel - Wagait Beach - Z Special & Catalina Base.
Down The Track - Heritage Council Field Trip - Sept. 2014
Elcho Island Portrait - A pictorial history of Elcho Island
Subject Pages - Elcho Past Muster - Workshop, Finds & Losses - Galiwin'ku Community
Subject Pages - Elcho Past Muster - Workshop, Finds & Losses - Galiwin'ku Community
Gove Peninsular
Subject Pages - Catalina Beach WW2 - Control Tower Museum - Gove Airfield - Gunyangara - Heritage Rangers - Nhulunbuy township - Wurrawurrawuy Stone Pictures - Yirrkala
Subject Pages - Catalina Beach WW2 - Control Tower Museum - Gove Airfield - Gunyangara - Heritage Rangers - Nhulunbuy township - Wurrawurrawuy Stone Pictures - Yirrkala
Gapuwiyak {Lake Evella)
Subject page - NE Arnhem Land community
Subject page - NE Arnhem Land community
Goulburn Island Centenary
Groote Eylandt
Subject Pages - Angurugu - Bickerton Island - Emerald River - Umbakumba
Subject Pages - Angurugu - Bickerton Island - Emerald River - Umbakumba
Milingimbi
Subject Pages - Rangers & WW2 Airstrip
Subject Pages - Rangers & WW2 Airstrip
Oenpelli - Gunbalanya
Subject Pages - Oenpelli Mission 1953 - 1985 - Oenpelli Mission the Early Days - Oenpelli the Buffalo Days with Paddy Cahill
Subject Pages - Oenpelli Mission 1953 - 1985 - Oenpelli Mission the Early Days - Oenpelli the Buffalo Days with Paddy Cahill
Ramingining
Subject page - NE Arnhem Land community
Subject page - NE Arnhem Land community
Timor & Oecussi
The TIWI Islands
Subject page - Bathurst Island MIssion - Carslow beach & the Dutch Landing in 1710 - Fort Dundas on Melville Island at Garden Point 1824-1829 - Snake Bay - Milikapiti community on Melville Island
Subject page - Bathurst Island MIssion - Carslow beach & the Dutch Landing in 1710 - Fort Dundas on Melville Island at Garden Point 1824-1829 - Snake Bay - Milikapiti community on Melville Island
Wessel Islands
Subject Pages - Ancient Coins in Arnhem Land - Australians Bay - Hopeful Bay - Kora Kora 2023 - Mary Bryant Story - Wessels 2018 - Wessel Islands Radar 312RS, Wildcard Expedition 2019.
Subject Pages - Ancient Coins in Arnhem Land - Australians Bay - Hopeful Bay - Kora Kora 2023 - Mary Bryant Story - Wessels 2018 - Wessel Islands Radar 312RS, Wildcard Expedition 2019.
MORE.............
Publications & Articles
Contacts
The website is intended as a reference facility, primarily viewed on a desktop monitor. Images are large as the detail is important. Images are by Michael B. Owen except where stated. Pages currently under construction may be password protected to give the impression that something is actually happening. Some pages are still at the stage of being unconsolidated repositories for images, quotations and links to resources - others are aspirational - some are just curiosities.
Please assist with corrections & additional detail - it is important to get this history documented as it may be a long time before it is again accorded its due.
Please assist with corrections & additional detail - it is important to get this history documented as it may be a long time before it is again accorded its due.