Oldest Surviving Colonial-Era Boat Preserved For Display At Maritime Museum

Australia’s oldest surviving colonial-era boat is set to make its new home above the ground after it was unexpectedly uncovered during excavation for the Barangaroo metro.

Oldest Surviving Colonial-Era Boat Preserved For Display At Maritime Museum. Australia’s oldest surviving colonial-era boat is set to make its new home above the ground after it was unexpectedly uncovered during excavation for the Barangaroo metro. The vessel spent about 150 years buried under wharves, warehouses and shipyards on what was once a small harbourfront beach before being unearthed at the site of the future Barangaroo metro station in 2018. Maritime archeologists spent two months carefully excavating all 294 pieces of timber before conducting detailed conservation work to preserve it. The individual pieces were been treated with Polyethylene Glycol to reinforce the cell structure of the wood and reduce further degradation, before it was snap frozen for transportation to Braeside in Victoria to be professionally freeze-dried. Al...