Before any of our history was written down
BEFORE ANY OF OUR HISTORY WAS WRITTEN DOWN the Original Australians lived here for more than 40.000 years. They may be the oldest continuous population in the world. Many hunted and gathered for their...
View ArticleThe Australian Maritime Contact Period
THE AUSTRALIAN MARITIME CONTACT PERIOD is a most exciting but not well known period, starting in 1606, when the first European mariners sailed into Australian water, recording their observations of...
View ArticleThe Colonial Era
THE COLONIAL ERA, includes the exploratory expeditions into the interior and the slow and often painful contact history on land. It starts with the arrival of the first fleet on the 26 January 1788, in...
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Welcome to Australia on the Map
“Australia on the Map” (AOTM) is the history division of the Australasian Hydrographic Society (AHS). It has its own website because the history of hydrography does not specifically focus on the...
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1944 Abel Janszoon Tasman
Captain:Abel Janszoon Tasman Ship: Limmen, Zeemeeuw, Braq Voyage Date:1644 Voyage Description: Abel Janszoon Tasman with the vessels Limmen, Zeemeeuw and Braq charts 4000 km of the North Australian...
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NEW AND UNIQUE MAP OF BASS STRAIT JUST RELEASED
This fantactic new map shows the routes that the historical mariners of Australia’s early maritime contact history took as they sailed through Bass Strait. Cook , Baudin, Flinders your name them… The...
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The Freycinet Map of 1811: 200th Anniversary of the Publication of the First...
Presented by Australia on the Map Division of the Australasian Hydrographic Society in association with the Embassy of France This year marks the bicentenary of the publication of the first map of...
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Emeritus Professor Margaret Sankey Professor Margaret Sankey’s research career in French Studies has been devoted to the study of the history of ideas and mentalités in France, with particular...
View ArticlePreface
The Freycinet map was published in Paris in 1811, and was the first map to be published which showed the full outline of Australia as such, preceding Matthew Flinders’ map ‘Terra Australis or...
View ArticleRupert Gerritsen R.O.N. (1953-2013)
Rupert Gerritsen passed away in Canberra on 3 November 2013. He was Chair of ‘Australia on the Map’ (AOTM), the Heritage and History Division of the Australasian Hydrographic Society (AHS). He wrote a...
View ArticleWHY ORGANISING AN EVENT COMMEMORATING DIRK HARTOG’S 1616 VISIT – IN 2016?
In 2015 we will commemorate the end of the Second World War. We will be invited to attend the ceremonies or watch on TV as the lines of be-medalled people march by. The authorities will organise them,...
View ArticleEARLY ENCOUNTERS WITH AUSTRALIAN SHORES – Rupert Gerritsen
The book “EARLY ENCOUNTERS WITH AUSTRALIAN SHORES” containing 14 easy read stories by the late Rupert Gerritsen, published by AOTM in July 2015, can now be ordered by sending a stamped self addressed...
View ArticleFinding Dirk in Canberra
When you are Canberra, don’t miss the opportunity to take the Early Explorers Walking Tour in the Inner South area of the city (Griffith and Red Hill). Take a good look at the street names – which...
View ArticleRestoring Cook’s Legacy 2020 Project – Aims
Restoring Cook’s Legacy 2020 is an exciting new project with a focus on the Cook 250th Anniversary commemorations in 2020. Many land features or Landmarks that Cook named are shown in the wrong place...
View ArticleRam Head
The latest (and as yet unpublished) research by Trevor Lipscombe on Ram Head is available for downloading here.
View ArticleMartinus de Bruijn’s ‘Translator’s Appendix’ to his translation of Watkin...
Translated from Dutch by Robert J. King
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