Signals is the museum's quarterly magazine, covering fascinating stories of maritime history, exhibition and events news, behind-the-scenes at the museum, member's updates, volunteer profiles, book reviews and more.
Signals is included in your membership subscription, or available for $4.95 per issue at the museum store.
21 May 2022
For New Australians
28 Feb 2022
The sad fate of HMAS Perth (I)
12 Dec 2021
Sanyo Maru shipwrecked off Arnhem Land
12 Dec 2021
Sanyo Maru shipwrecked off Arnhem Land
25 Oct 2021
One Ocean, Our Future
25 Oct 2021
One Ocean, Our Future
25 Oct 2021
One Ocean, Our Future
25 Oct 2021
One Ocean, Our Future
06 Oct 2021
The watercolours of William Field
06 Oct 2021
The watercolours of William Field
30 Sep 2021
The Sydney Wharfies Mural: Workers on the waterfront
30 Sep 2021
The Sydney Wharfies Mural: Workers on the waterfront
Signals Magazine Issue 136
Spring 2021
Features: Valerie Taylor: From shark hunter to protector | The Barangaroo Boat: An early colonial vessel | Brickwrecks: Sunken ships in LEGO® bricks
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Features: Valerie Taylor: From shark hunter to protector | The Barangaroo Boat: An early colonial vessel | Brickwrecks: Sunken ships in LEGO® bricks
Signals Magazine Issue 135
Winter 2021
Features: RSV Nuyina: Mighty ship of science | Great Southern Reef: Ecology under threat | The Proteus™ project: A futuristic undersea habitat
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Features: RSV Nuyina: Mighty ship of science | Great Southern Reef: Ecology under threat | The Proteus™ project: A futuristic undersea habitat
Signals Magazine Issue 134
Autumn 2021
Features: Haenyeo divers: Sea women of Korea | Fire on Water's Edge: The Black Summer bushfires | Welcoming Duyfken: New home for historic replica
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Features: Haenyeo divers: Sea women of Korea | Fire on Water's Edge: The Black Summer bushfires | Welcoming Duyfken: New home for historic replica
Signals Magazine Issue 133
Summer 2020–21
Features: Beach Couture: Fashion from trash | Chinese immigration: Pictures in porcelain | Wartime windjammers: The last great ships of sail
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Features: Beach Couture: Fashion from trash | Chinese immigration: Pictures in porcelain | Wartime windjammers: The last great ships of sail
Signals Magazine Issue 132
Spring 2020
Features: Lessons from Japan: Museums for Generation Z | The story of Spitfire: Our first homegrown warship | Mapping the ocean: New and old technology
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Features: Lessons from Japan: Museums for Generation Z | The story of Spitfire: Our first homegrown warship | Mapping the ocean: New and old technology
Signals Magazine Issue 131
Winter 2020
Features: Sydney Harbour: What's below the surface? | Captain Cook: A culture of music and dance | Cruising with COVID-19: Lockdown off Chile
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Features: Sydney Harbour: What's below the surface? | Captain Cook: A culture of music and dance | Cruising with COVID-19: Lockdown off Chile
Signals Magazine Issue 130
Autumn 2020
Features: Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Inspiring and impactful | Classic & Wooden Boat Festival - Coming again this May | Sea Shepherd - Southern Ocean whaling
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Features: Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Inspiring and impactful | Classic & Wooden Boat Festival - Coming again this May | Sea Shepherd - Southern Ocean whaling
Signals Magazine Issue 129
Summer 2019-20
Features:
Encounters 2020 - Stories from the ship and the shore | Makers and monsters - Prehistoric marine reptiles come to life | Rhode Island revisited - The search for Cook’s Endeavour continues
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Features:
Encounters 2020 - Stories from the ship and the shore | Makers and monsters - Prehistoric marine reptiles come to life | Rhode Island revisited - The search for Cook’s Endeavour continues
Signals Magazine Issue 128
September - November 2019
Features:
Bligh in the Pacific - Polynesian threads of European stories | Reefs and rock lobsters - Drawing an underwater world | A deadly stowaway - The Spanish flu 100 years on
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Features:
Bligh in the Pacific - Polynesian threads of European stories | Reefs and rock lobsters - Drawing an underwater world | A deadly stowaway - The Spanish flu 100 years on
Signals Magazine Issue 127
June - August 2019
Features:
The Bounty Mutiny - What happened to the mutineers? | Australian Pirates In Japan - Colonial convicts a long way from home | Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Winning images now on show
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Features:
The Bounty Mutiny - What happened to the mutineers? | Australian Pirates In Japan - Colonial convicts a long way from home | Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Winning images now on show