James Hunter is the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Curator of Naval Heritage and Archaeology. He has been involved in the field of maritime archaeology for nearly three decades and participated in the investigation of several internationally significant shipwreck sites. Since being appointed to the museum, he has participated in several of its premier maritime archaeology projects, including shipwreck surveys of Australia’s first submarine AE1 and Second World War light cruiser HMAS Perth (I), as well as the search for, and identification of, the wreck site of HMB Endeavour.
Using digitised Lloyd’s Register archives to analyse and identify historic shipwreck sites in Australia
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