Publications

AIMA plays an important and effective role in the dissemination of information and has an active publications program. Every year AIMA publishes a volume of the AIMA Bulletin, four newsletters and an occasional special publication, each packed with results of research, excavation work and projects in hand from across Australia and overseas. Indexes to the AIMA Bulletins are now being made available on line. (See 'The Bulletin' below) Back copies of the AIMA Bulletin and Special Publications are currently available for the purchase price of just $2 a copy (plus postage and handling) except for the more recent copies which are on sale at retail prices. You may need to install the free Acrobat Reader to view some of the documents. AIMA acknowledges the assistance of the Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology.

All enquiries about the purchase of AIMA Bulletins and Special Publications should be directed to the Bulletin and Special Publications Editor, Myra Stanbury: Myra.Stanbury@museum.wa.gov.au

AIMA Newsletter

Newsletters are available on-line. They provide up-to-date news of what is happening around the country and internationally. AIMA members may send their entries for the newsletter to the Newsletter Editor, Mark Polzer: markpolzer@gmail.com

The AIMA Bulletin

The Bulletin is one of only three journal publications in the world dedicated to maritime archaeology and the only one that focuses on Australasia and the surrounding regions. It has been successfully published for the last 30 years and contains a wealth of information from when maritime archaeology first started in Australia! Topics cover the international scene as well as a myriad of Australasian projects including shipbuilding, coastal archaeology, maritime cultural landscapes, flying boat wrecks, underwater and coastal survey and excavations, conservation methods and experiments, in-situ preservation, artefact studies, GIS methods and application, whaling wreck studies, iron and steamships, World War II wreck sites, site-specific research, historic jetty projects, submarine research, maritime heritage management issues, etc.

Contents index for Vol 34, 2010 to Vol 35, 2011.
Contents index for Vol 24, 2000 to Vol 33, 2009.
Contents index for Vol 14, 1990 to Vol 23, 1999.
Contents index for Vol 6, 1983 to Vol 13, No 2, 1989.

To submit articles to the Bulletin, please refer carefully to the Notes to Authors (15kb pdf file), which is also available on the last page of each Bulletin. Further queries should be directed to Myra.Stanbury@museum.wa.gov.au

AIMA Special Publications

Special publications deal with more comprehensive works and have included details on research in Thailand and the USA, as well as local reports from Western Australia, Victoria, Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania and Norfolk Island. Below is a list of AIMA's Special Publications since the early 1980s to the present (unless listed as conference proceedings).

Hundley, P.F., 1984, The Griffon Cove wreck: A case study in archaeological reconstruction of timber hull remains. Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication No. 2.
Staniforth, M. and Vickery, L., 1984, The test excavation of the William Salthouse wreck site, an interim report. Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication No. 3.
"Shipwrecks and their environment", The Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology VIIIth annual conference, Perth, Western Australia. September 4th - 10th 1989, Point Walter Conference Centre and the Western Australian Maritime Museum. (Conference proceedings).
Clark, P., 1990, Shipwreck sites in the south-east of South Australia 1838 - 1915. South Australian MaritimeArchaeology Series No. 1, Department of Environment and Planning & Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication No. 5.
Stanbury, M., 1994, HMS Sirius 1790, an illustrated catalogue of artefacts recovered from the wreck site at Norfolk Island. Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication No. 7.
Coroneos, C., 1997, Shipwrecks of Encounter Bay and Backstairs Passage. South Australian Maritime Heritage Series No. 3, Department of Environment and natural Resources, Adelaide, South Australia & Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication No. 8.
Coroneos, C. and McKinnon, R., 1997, Shipwrecks of Investigator Strait and the Lower Yorke Peninsula. South Australian Maritime Heritage Series No. 4, Department of Environment and natural Resources, Adelaide, South Australia & Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication No. 9.
Stanbury, M. and Green, J. (eds) (with contributions by Scott Sledge, Ron Coleman and Nicholas Clark), 2004, Laperouse and the loss of the Astrolabe and the Boussole (1788). Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication No. 8 & Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Special Publication No. 11.
Staniforth, M. and Nash, M., 1998, Chinese export porcelain from the wreck of the Sydney Cove (1797). The Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication No. 12.
Stanbury, M., 2003, The Barque Eglinton wrecked Western Australia 1852. The history of its loss, archaeological excavation, artefact catalogue and interpretation. Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication No. 6 & The Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication No. 13.
Steinberg, D., 2008, Shipwreck salvage in the Northern Territory. The wreck of the Brisbane as a case study in site salvage and material culture reuse. Special Publication Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology No. 6 & The Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication No. 14.
McCarhty, M. (ed.), 2009, Iron, steel & steamship archaeology, proceedings of 2nd Australian seminar, held in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, 2006. Special Publication No. 13 Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology & The Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication No. 15.
Anderson, R. (ed.), 2010, Final report on SS City of Launceston (1863-1865) excavation and conservation 1997-2009. Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology Special Publication No. 14 & Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Special Publication No. 16.

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