Armed and Ready
The Weapons Cabinet. But What is a First Nations 'Fire Stick'?
Hartog to de Vlamingh Gallery
This gallery features artefacts, charts, documents and books from Australia's early Dutch explorers. It explores the journeys of Hartog through to de Vlamingh showcasing 100 years of Dutch explorations of Australia.
The Hartog to de Vlamingh Gallery also features the de Vlamingh plate, the replica Duyfken, and a replica of the original Pelsaert’s journal – which documented the horror of the Batavia mutiny.
The gallery's floor is built from wooden blocks made of jarrah, a local Western Australian timber crucial to the development of the State. These formed part of the Museum’s original convict-constructed building.
Promoted Deep Dives
Jarrah Paving Blocks
Look down at what you are walking on.
Just a Mess Dish
de Vlamingh Plate
Really, the Earth is Flat?
The Backstaff
Easy on your eyes
The Mariner's Astrolabe
Measuring the Heavens
What do all those nails mean?
Hamelin's Post
What Lies Under - The Ship's Lead
The Ship's Heaving Lead and Line
Blocks underground in Fremantle
A recent archaeological find
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