

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 19th Century shipwrecks found during search for MH370 - Ross Anderson is our Speaker
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 17 Mar, 2026 at 06:15 pm – Tue, 17 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: YOU’RE INVITED! EVERYONE IS WELCOME…. 

Hear Ross Anderson - Curator, Maritime Heritage
Talk – The two shipwrecks found in looking for the MH370
 
Two shipwrecks discovered 2,300km off the coast of WA during the initial search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been identified as 19th Century merchant sailing vessels carrying cargoes of coal.

The sites provide tangible archaeological evidence for use of the historic Roaring 40s trade route for ships between Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, India, Southeast Asia, China and Japan. 

The Western Australian Museum was asked by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) to analyse sonar and video data taken in international waters by the search vessels Fugro Equator and Havilah Harmony in May and December 2015. The work was undertaken by Dr Ross Anderson, Curator of Maritime Archaeology at the WA Museum.

Hear that story during our March Meeting back at the ROTTNEST ISLAND OFFICE. 

The Western Australian Museum’s report on the analysis of the shipwrecks can be found on the Museum’s website here 
http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/No-322-MH370-analysis

There is a group undertaking a current search as we speak, they’re halfway through the project. We pray they find the plane, and perhaps they’ll find other shipwrecks too.

There is so much to this story, we’d love to share it with YOU.
You do not need to be a MAAWA member to attend. 

Tuesday 17th March 2026
6.15 for a 6.30pm start.
In the Rottnest Island Authority Walyalup Office, 
1 Mews Rd, Fremantle. 
Free parking is available at Reception and along Mews Rd.
Google has this as a toilet block; we are just behind it. 

ROSS ANDERSON
Is a maritime historian and archaeologist and is currently President of the Australasian Association of Maritime History (AAMH). 

He has worked on maritime archaeological survey, excavation and capacity-building projects throughout Australia and overseas including Thailand, Sri Lanka, Portugal and Indonesia. 

Ross' research interests include cross-cultural contact and frontier studies, training and capacity-building, underwater cultural heritage site management, mutual heritage and global maritime histories, museology and public outreach to promote maritime history and archaeology to the public.

Read more here.. 
https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/learn/news-stories/19th-century-shipwrecks-found-during-search-mh370

Come and listen to hear MORE…. We’re so EXCITED by this event. 
Please RSVP by hit GOING or INTERESTED on this event page, THANK YOU!
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Fremantle
- **state**: WA
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: 1 Mews Road , Fremantle, WA, Australia, Western Australia 6160
- **lat**: -32.06049
- **long**: 115.7479
- **full address**: 1 Mews Road , Fremantle, WA, Australia, Western Australia 6160

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  - **A:** Tue, 17 Mar, 2026 at 06:15 pm
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