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Shipwrecks - conservation and restoration
Q. I'm a high school student currently studying about shipwrecks. I have given an assignment on shipwreck.
Q) Compare conservation and restoration techniques applied in two Australian maritime archaeological projects?
Well as far as I know, none of the internet sites or books deal with it. Can you please tell me about any conservation and restoration techniques that were used in Australian maritime archaeological projects?
Thank you very much,
- NSW
2003
A. 1. Go to the library and find college catalogues on every Australian University.
2. Find which of them have a marine archeology department or offer courses on similar subjects.
3. Send a very nice letter to each asking where you might be able to find books or papers on the specific subject.
Unless you have a "I need it yesterday" time frame, I will bet that at least one will respond.
- Navarre, Florida
A. From: a student in Sydney, doing the same syllabus chemistry course as you. Try any of these websites for Australia shipwreck restoration projects:
http://acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/links/
https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/heritage/maritime.html
http://www.seaheritage.asn.au/JORest/JORest.html
https://www.museumsaustralia.org.au/bookstore/fringebenefits/dayone/staples.p
https://qm.qld.gov.au/features/pandora/conservation.asp
- Sydney
Ed. note June 2023: Stuff that no longer works is struck out
Q. I am doing a chemistry assignment and was wondering if sunken ships and their artifacts corrode fastest in shallow waters at low latitudes and why?
Penny S. [student's last name deleted for privacy]- Manhattan, New York, United States
2003
A. I'm doing this assessment task right now and I've found some really good sites:
https://www.anmm.gov.au/lib/hscchemistry.htm
https://dbase.mm.wa.gov.au/
https://www.mm.wa.gov.au/Museum/coe/coetext/research.html
https://www.mm.wa.gov.au/Museum/march/shipwrecks/Xantho/Xantho.html
https://www.mtq.qld.gov.au/../01new/news99/news99_10.html
https://www.mtq.qld.gov.au/01new/news99/news99_01.html
https://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/wa-main.html
https://www.qmuseum.com.au/organisation/media/release_detail.asp?entitynum=27
https://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/features/pandora/conservation.asp
https://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/features/pandora/shipwreck.asp
Though these are all on the pandora + xantho wrecks there's not much other info you'd need unless you go for specific electrochem equations, etc.
good luck! *^^*
- Syd, NSW, Au
2004
Ed. note June 2023: Stuff that no longer works is struck out.
Unfortunately, very few websites (finishing.com excluded) seem to exhibit any responsibility towards preserving access to knowledge for even a single generation :-(
Fortunately, a major exception is the Wayback Engine at archive.org. There is an excellent chance that a copy of any file you are looking for can be retrieved by starting at https://web.archive.org :-)
Q. I'm doing a shipwrecks and salvage assessment on the chemical processes used to restore ships, etc. Can anyone give me a list of techniques to look up, or any useful websites?
Thanx a heap.
- Inverell, NSW, Australia
2004
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