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Saving our maritime heritage

Australia, 1986
film

By restoring artefacts, found in old shipwrecks, we gain further insights into our cultural past. A group of responsible divers have established a society to ..

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The Things we want to keep

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Conquest of the sea

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Preserving our national heritage

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Sunken treasure

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History's heritage

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[Polly Woodside mast]

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Gold from the sea: epics of salvage

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Epaves

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They can be saved

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Pearlers

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Classic old, exciting new

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Moments in time

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Preserving the Wasa

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In harbour

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