The Queensland Maritime Museum has an extensive collection of historical books, documents, charts and plans, including ships, yachts, pearling luggers and marine structures, tracing many aspects of the maritime heritage of Queensland.
These resources are invaluable to maritime historians, yacht restorers and model makers.
The Queensland Maritime Museum carries out research on all aspects of Queensland’s and Australia’s maritime history as well as on maritime matters generally. Upon the receipt of a research inquiry a fee is assessed depending on the time estimated for the necessary research and the inquirer is advised accordingly.
Simple inquiries may be attended to within one or two weeks, but more detailed requests will take longer. Our team is available to assist members of the public in their research enquiries.
The inquiries received most frequently relate to shipwrecks in Queensland and Australian waters and the immigrant ships of the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries. Local maritime history also features to a significant extent in public inquiries.
To discuss your research request please contact our research team on 07 3844 5361 or via our contact form.