The museum has a diverse list of publications.
These include:
- ‘Biographies’ of the ships in our fleet
- Catalogues of past exhibitions
- Facsimile editions of rare works in our Vaughan Evans Library
- Books on maritime history, immigration, and objects in the museum’s collection
- A digital facsimile of Captain James Cook’s Endeavour journal.
Not all of the following publications are in print; for queries, please contact publications@sea.museum.
Bligh: Hero or Villain?
The catalogue to accompany our Bligh exhibition.
|
|
Does William Bligh deserve his infamy? This book examines events of Bligh’s life and aspects of his character through objects and images. Was Bligh a hero? Was he a villain? We invite you to consider the evidence and form your own opinion. 104 pages, illustrations, maps, notes and index. |
||
|
100 Stories
Discover 100 wonderful stories from the Australian National Maritime Museum’s collection.
|
|
From a small silver medallion beautifully engraved by a First Fleet convict to a Royal Australian Navy destroyer, the Australian National Maritime Museum has an incredibly diverse collection of more than 140,000 items. Download, buy or watch this collection of fascinating stories about famous and lesser known people whose lives have been shaped by the sea.
Other ways to buy:
|
||
|
Watch on Youtube
Get a glimpse into the 100 Stories publication with these 9 videos on Youtube. These intimate tales provide a fascinating insight into the museum collection that has been growing over the past 21 years.
Selected from a collection of over 100 thousand objects, they show the nature and diversity of the museum and its continuing aspiration of understanding, interpreting and engaging with our rich maritime history and culture.
Our catalogue
Not all of these publications are currently in print.
War At Sea - The Navy in WWI by Stephen Gapps
Published by the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, 2014. ISBN 978-0-646-02594-3. 39pp.
Akarana by Diana Fletcher
Published for Australian National Maritime Museum by Beagle Press. 72 pp
A Voyage Around the World by Mary Ann Parker
Australian National Maritime Series No 1. Facsimile edition published for Australian National Maritime Museum by Hordern House. 215 pp
Hitting Home: The Japanese Attack on Sydney Harbour by David Jenkins
Published for Australian National Maritime Museum by Random Century Australia. 96 pp
The Voyage of the Batavia by Francois Pelsaert
Australian National Maritime Series No 2. Facsimile of the illustrated 1647 Amsterdam edition Ongelockige Voyagie, Van’t Schip Batavia with an introduction by Martin Terry. Published for Australian National Maritime Museum by Hordern House. ISBN 1 875567 06 2. 204 pp
An Account of the Discoveries Made In The South Pacific Ocean Previous to 1764 by Alexander Dalrymple
Australian Maritime Series No 3. Facsimile of the 1767 London edition with a foreword by Dr Kevin Fewster, Director of the Australian National Maritime Museum. Introductory essay by Dr Andrew Cook, British Library. Published for the Australian National Maritime Museum by Hordern House, Sydney, 1996. ISBN 1 875567 13 5 (ISSN 1037-1338). 188 pp. Edition limited to 950 copies.
Wharfies - A History of the Waterside Workers’ Federation by Margo Beasley
Published 1996 by Halstead Press in association with Australian National Maritime Museum (72 pp)
His Majesty’s Bark Endeavour - The Story Of The Ship And Her People by Antonia Macarthur
Published 1997 by Angus & Robertson/HarperCollins in association with Australian National Maritime Museum. ISBN 0 207 19180 8. 96 pp
A Voyage 'round The World In His Majesty’s Frigate Pandora by George Hamilton
Australian Maritime Series No 4. Published for the Australian National Maritime Museum by Hordern House, Sydney, 1998. Facsimile of the rare original edition of 1793; introductory essay by Peter Gesner, Queensland Museum, foreword by His Excellency Alex Allan, British High Commissioner. ISBN 1 875567 22 4 (ISSN 1037-1338). 204 pp, illustrated. Small octavo (220 x 140 mm); hand bound in quarter cherry Scottish calf. Edition limited to 950 copies.
HMAS Vampire at the Australian National Maritime Museum by Lindsey Shaw
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, 1999. ISBN 0 642 51867 X. 32 pp, colour illustrations
Captains Cook’s Endeavour Journal 1768–71
National Library of Australia and Australian National Maritime Museum, 1999. Digital facsimile of 700-page journal, J C Beaglehole edited transcript
Mirror of the Australian Navigation by Jacob Le Maire
Australian Maritime Series No 5. Luxury facsimile edition of the 1622 Spiegel der Australische Navigatie, Le Maire’s account of his discovery of the Cape Horn route to the Pacific with Schouten. Published for the Australian National Maritime Museum by Hordern House, Sydney, 1999. ISBN 1 875567 25 9 (ISSN 1037-1338). 196 pages, with 15 illustrations. Foolscap (302 x 196 mm) printed on Raleigh Oxford cream paper; hand bound in quarter alum-tawed goatskin with marbled paper sides. Edition limited to 900 copies.
Australia’s Immigrants: Convicts and Early Settlers (1788–1850) by Kieran Hosty
Australian National Maritime Museum. Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd, South Yarra, 2000. ISBN 0 7329 6224 2 X. 48 pp, index, colour illustrations
Australia’s Immigrants: Miners and Farmers (1850–1890) by Kieran Hosty
Australian National Maritime Museum. Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd, South Yarra, 2000. ISBN 0 7329 6225 0 X. 48 pp, index, colour illustrations
Australia’s Immigrants: Free Settlers (1891–1939) by Kevin Jones
Australian National Maritime Museum. Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd, South Yarra, 2000. ISBN 0 7329 626 9 X. 48 pp, index, colour illustrations
Australia’s Immigrants: Post-war Europeans (1940–1975) by Helen Trepa
Australian National Maritime Museum. Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd, South Yarra, 2000. ISBN 0 7329 6227 7 X. 48 pp, index, colour illustrations
Australia’s Immigrants: Migrants and Refugees (1976–1999) by Helen Trepa
Australian National Maritime Museum. Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd, South Yarra, 2000. ISBN 0 7329 6228 5 X. 48pp, index, colour illustrations
Batavia 1628–Australia 2000: Magnificent Ship, Incredible Story by Lindsey Shaw & Martin Terry
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney 2000. ISBN 0 642 32058 6. 32 pp, colour illustrations
Guide to Maritime Museums in Australia, editor Diana Fletcher
Published by Australian National Maritime Museum for the Australian Maritime Museums Council 2000. ISBN 0 646 40535 7. 44pp
Captain Cook’s Endeavour: Resource Kit For Teachers, by David Stewart
Published for the Australian National Maritime Museum and the HM Bark Endeavour Foundation. ISBN 0642 565856. 77 pp, illustrations
Food At Sea - Eating and Drinking With Sailors 1500-2000: Stories and Recipes, author and editor Bill Richards
Published by the Australian National Maritime Museum. ISBN 0642708185. 35 pp, illustrations
Banumbirr, various contributors
Published by the Elcho Island Art and Craft and Bandigan Aboriginal Art and Craft, 2002, for the Australian National Maritime Museum. 44 pp, colour illustrations
Stitches - Fare Il Punto by Ilaria Vanni and Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli
The Australian National Maritime Museum, 2001. ISBN 0642 705291. 36 pp, colour illustrations
VASA 1628 - Strange Fate Of A King’s Warship, by Erling Matz
Published by the Australian National Maritime Museum courtesy of the Vasa Museum, Sweden, 2001. ISBN 91-85168-37. 28 pp, colour illustrations
Australian National Maritime Museum Guide, writer and editor Jeffrey Mellefont
Published by the Australian National Maritime Museum, 2002. ISBN 0 642 18220 5. 28 pp, including colour illustrations
Wooden Boats, Iron Men - the Halvorsen Story, by Randi Svenson
Published by Halstead Press in association with the Australian National Maritime Museum, 2004. ISBN 1 920831 11 8. Jacketed hardcover, 176 pp, over 100 photographs in colour and black & white
Sailor Style - Art Fashion Film, exhibition catalogue, editor Dr Wendy Wilkins, designer Jeremy Austen, essays by Dr Fiona Allon and Rosie Nice
ISBN 0 9751428 1 X. 40 pp, 52 illustrations in colour and black & white
HMAS Onslow - Cold War Warrior by Lindsey Shaw
Australian National Maritime Museum. ISBN 0 9751428 4 4. 28 pp
Endeavour: Australia’s Flag Ship
Published for Australian National Maritime Museum by Ticktock Media Ltd, Kent, England, 2006. ISBN 1 86007 051 5. 32 pp
Dutch Connections: 400 Years of Australian–Dutch Maritime Links 1606–2006, editors Lindsey Shaw and Dr Wendy Wilkins
ISBN 0 9775471 0 8. 175 pp
Cook, The Discoverer [Cook, der Entdecker]
Australian Maritime Series Volume 6, translated facsimile edition published in association with Hordern House. First published in Berlin in 1787 by German naturalist Georg Forster (1754–1794) who sailed with Captain Cook. ISBN 9781875567492; ISBN 978 187556 7 50 8 (deluxe edition). 276 pp
Mrs Cook’s Book of Recipes For Mariners In Distant Seas, author John Dunmore
Australian National Maritime Museum and Exisle Publishing, 2006. ISBN 0 908 98864 8. 95 pp
The River - Life on the Murray–Darling, travelling exhibition catalogue, Michelle Linder and Bill Seager
;ISBN 0 975 14285 2. 32 pp, 2006
Dunbar 1857 - Disaster On Our Doorstep by Kieran Hosty
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, 2007. ISBN 978 097754 7 11 1. 153 pp
HMAS Vampire - Last Of The Big Guns by Lindsey Shaw
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, 2007. Second edition, ISBN 0 642 51867 X. 28 pp
In The Wake Of The Beagle - Science In The Southern Oceans From The Age of Darwin, edited by Iain McCalman and Nigel Erskine
Published by UNSW Press in association with the Australian National Maritime Museum, 2009. ISBN 978 I 921410 94 9. 192 pp
Oskar Speck 50,000 Kilometres by Kayak, by Penny Cuthbert
A booklet on the epic kayaking voyage of German Oskar Speck in the 1930s
Heroic, Forceful and Fearless - Australia’s Tugboat Heritage by Randi Svenson
Australian National Maritime Museum in association with Citrus Press, Sydney, 2012. ISBN 978 0775 35644. 256 pp
100 Stories from the Australian National Maritime Museum
Australian National Maritime Museum in association with NewSouth Press, Sydney, 2012. ISBN 978 174223 320 8 (pbk) / 978 174224 158 6 (ebook; epub). 258 pp
Published by the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, 2014. ISBN 978-0-646-02594-3. 39pp.
Akarana by Diana Fletcher
Published for Australian National Maritime Museum by Beagle Press. 72 pp
A Voyage Around the World by Mary Ann Parker
Australian National Maritime Series No 1. Facsimile edition published for Australian National Maritime Museum by Hordern House. 215 pp
Hitting Home: The Japanese Attack on Sydney Harbour by David Jenkins
Published for Australian National Maritime Museum by Random Century Australia. 96 pp
The Voyage of the Batavia by Francois Pelsaert
Australian National Maritime Series No 2. Facsimile of the illustrated 1647 Amsterdam edition Ongelockige Voyagie, Van’t Schip Batavia with an introduction by Martin Terry. Published for Australian National Maritime Museum by Hordern House. ISBN 1 875567 06 2. 204 pp
An Account of the Discoveries Made In The South Pacific Ocean Previous to 1764 by Alexander Dalrymple
Australian Maritime Series No 3. Facsimile of the 1767 London edition with a foreword by Dr Kevin Fewster, Director of the Australian National Maritime Museum. Introductory essay by Dr Andrew Cook, British Library. Published for the Australian National Maritime Museum by Hordern House, Sydney, 1996. ISBN 1 875567 13 5 (ISSN 1037-1338). 188 pp. Edition limited to 950 copies.
Wharfies - A History of the Waterside Workers’ Federation by Margo Beasley
Published 1996 by Halstead Press in association with Australian National Maritime Museum (72 pp)
His Majesty’s Bark Endeavour - The Story Of The Ship And Her People by Antonia Macarthur
Published 1997 by Angus & Robertson/HarperCollins in association with Australian National Maritime Museum. ISBN 0 207 19180 8. 96 pp
A Voyage 'round The World In His Majesty’s Frigate Pandora by George Hamilton
Australian Maritime Series No 4. Published for the Australian National Maritime Museum by Hordern House, Sydney, 1998. Facsimile of the rare original edition of 1793; introductory essay by Peter Gesner, Queensland Museum, foreword by His Excellency Alex Allan, British High Commissioner. ISBN 1 875567 22 4 (ISSN 1037-1338). 204 pp, illustrated. Small octavo (220 x 140 mm); hand bound in quarter cherry Scottish calf. Edition limited to 950 copies.
HMAS Vampire at the Australian National Maritime Museum by Lindsey Shaw
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, 1999. ISBN 0 642 51867 X. 32 pp, colour illustrations
Captains Cook’s Endeavour Journal 1768–71
National Library of Australia and Australian National Maritime Museum, 1999. Digital facsimile of 700-page journal, J C Beaglehole edited transcript
Mirror of the Australian Navigation by Jacob Le Maire
Australian Maritime Series No 5. Luxury facsimile edition of the 1622 Spiegel der Australische Navigatie, Le Maire’s account of his discovery of the Cape Horn route to the Pacific with Schouten. Published for the Australian National Maritime Museum by Hordern House, Sydney, 1999. ISBN 1 875567 25 9 (ISSN 1037-1338). 196 pages, with 15 illustrations. Foolscap (302 x 196 mm) printed on Raleigh Oxford cream paper; hand bound in quarter alum-tawed goatskin with marbled paper sides. Edition limited to 900 copies.
Australia’s Immigrants: Convicts and Early Settlers (1788–1850) by Kieran Hosty
Australian National Maritime Museum. Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd, South Yarra, 2000. ISBN 0 7329 6224 2 X. 48 pp, index, colour illustrations
Australia’s Immigrants: Miners and Farmers (1850–1890) by Kieran Hosty
Australian National Maritime Museum. Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd, South Yarra, 2000. ISBN 0 7329 6225 0 X. 48 pp, index, colour illustrations
Australia’s Immigrants: Free Settlers (1891–1939) by Kevin Jones
Australian National Maritime Museum. Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd, South Yarra, 2000. ISBN 0 7329 626 9 X. 48 pp, index, colour illustrations
Australia’s Immigrants: Post-war Europeans (1940–1975) by Helen Trepa
Australian National Maritime Museum. Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd, South Yarra, 2000. ISBN 0 7329 6227 7 X. 48 pp, index, colour illustrations
Australia’s Immigrants: Migrants and Refugees (1976–1999) by Helen Trepa
Australian National Maritime Museum. Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd, South Yarra, 2000. ISBN 0 7329 6228 5 X. 48pp, index, colour illustrations
Batavia 1628–Australia 2000: Magnificent Ship, Incredible Story by Lindsey Shaw & Martin Terry
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney 2000. ISBN 0 642 32058 6. 32 pp, colour illustrations
Guide to Maritime Museums in Australia, editor Diana Fletcher
Published by Australian National Maritime Museum for the Australian Maritime Museums Council 2000. ISBN 0 646 40535 7. 44pp
Captain Cook’s Endeavour: Resource Kit For Teachers, by David Stewart
Published for the Australian National Maritime Museum and the HM Bark Endeavour Foundation. ISBN 0642 565856. 77 pp, illustrations
Food At Sea - Eating and Drinking With Sailors 1500-2000: Stories and Recipes, author and editor Bill Richards
Published by the Australian National Maritime Museum. ISBN 0642708185. 35 pp, illustrations
Banumbirr, various contributors
Published by the Elcho Island Art and Craft and Bandigan Aboriginal Art and Craft, 2002, for the Australian National Maritime Museum. 44 pp, colour illustrations
Stitches - Fare Il Punto by Ilaria Vanni and Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli
The Australian National Maritime Museum, 2001. ISBN 0642 705291. 36 pp, colour illustrations
VASA 1628 - Strange Fate Of A King’s Warship, by Erling Matz
Published by the Australian National Maritime Museum courtesy of the Vasa Museum, Sweden, 2001. ISBN 91-85168-37. 28 pp, colour illustrations
Australian National Maritime Museum Guide, writer and editor Jeffrey Mellefont
Published by the Australian National Maritime Museum, 2002. ISBN 0 642 18220 5. 28 pp, including colour illustrations
Wooden Boats, Iron Men - the Halvorsen Story, by Randi Svenson
Published by Halstead Press in association with the Australian National Maritime Museum, 2004. ISBN 1 920831 11 8. Jacketed hardcover, 176 pp, over 100 photographs in colour and black & white
Sailor Style - Art Fashion Film, exhibition catalogue, editor Dr Wendy Wilkins, designer Jeremy Austen, essays by Dr Fiona Allon and Rosie Nice
ISBN 0 9751428 1 X. 40 pp, 52 illustrations in colour and black & white
HMAS Onslow - Cold War Warrior by Lindsey Shaw
Australian National Maritime Museum. ISBN 0 9751428 4 4. 28 pp
Endeavour: Australia’s Flag Ship
Published for Australian National Maritime Museum by Ticktock Media Ltd, Kent, England, 2006. ISBN 1 86007 051 5. 32 pp
Dutch Connections: 400 Years of Australian–Dutch Maritime Links 1606–2006, editors Lindsey Shaw and Dr Wendy Wilkins
ISBN 0 9775471 0 8. 175 pp
Cook, The Discoverer [Cook, der Entdecker]
Australian Maritime Series Volume 6, translated facsimile edition published in association with Hordern House. First published in Berlin in 1787 by German naturalist Georg Forster (1754–1794) who sailed with Captain Cook. ISBN 9781875567492; ISBN 978 187556 7 50 8 (deluxe edition). 276 pp
Mrs Cook’s Book of Recipes For Mariners In Distant Seas, author John Dunmore
Australian National Maritime Museum and Exisle Publishing, 2006. ISBN 0 908 98864 8. 95 pp
The River - Life on the Murray–Darling, travelling exhibition catalogue, Michelle Linder and Bill Seager
;ISBN 0 975 14285 2. 32 pp, 2006
Dunbar 1857 - Disaster On Our Doorstep by Kieran Hosty
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, 2007. ISBN 978 097754 7 11 1. 153 pp
HMAS Vampire - Last Of The Big Guns by Lindsey Shaw
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, 2007. Second edition, ISBN 0 642 51867 X. 28 pp
In The Wake Of The Beagle - Science In The Southern Oceans From The Age of Darwin, edited by Iain McCalman and Nigel Erskine
Published by UNSW Press in association with the Australian National Maritime Museum, 2009. ISBN 978 I 921410 94 9. 192 pp
Oskar Speck 50,000 Kilometres by Kayak, by Penny Cuthbert
A booklet on the epic kayaking voyage of German Oskar Speck in the 1930s
Heroic, Forceful and Fearless - Australia’s Tugboat Heritage by Randi Svenson
Australian National Maritime Museum in association with Citrus Press, Sydney, 2012. ISBN 978 0775 35644. 256 pp
100 Stories from the Australian National Maritime Museum
Australian National Maritime Museum in association with NewSouth Press, Sydney, 2012. ISBN 978 174223 320 8 (pbk) / 978 174224 158 6 (ebook; epub). 258 pp