Wooden canoe bailer from New Guinea, donated to the Port Adelaide Nautical Museum.
Wooden canoe bailer from New Guinea, donated to the Port Adelaide Nautical Museum.
Part of wind vane from the auxiliary schooner Fides
Engraving of jellyfish from a drawing by Charles- Alexandre Lesueur, artist on the voyage of French navigator Nicolas Baudin (1800 -1804)
Phillips Planisphere was used by astronomers to identify stars, constellations and planets. Two disks rotate on a common pivot that can be adjusted to display the visible stars for any time and date.
Life ring from the dredge South Australian owned by South Australia's Department of Marine and Harbors.
Epaulette from uniform. Epaulettes were introduced into the Royal Navy in 1795 and worn on the shoulders to signify rank