underwater

Snorkellers explore corals at Tween Island, 1983. Collection of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Tourists diving from a pontoon on the Outer Barrier Reef, 1991. Collection of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Tourists snorkelling off Low Isles, 1996. Collection of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Green Island observatory, c1950. Postcard of an artist’s impression of the underwater observatory at Green Island. Private Collection

Private Collection

Dive helmet, pre 1939

This diving helmet was used by deep sea divers in the early twentieth century.

Location

Australia

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H3866

Queensland Museum

23 November 2010

Australia

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J.A. Stephenson with photographic equipment used to record corals during the 1928-29 British Expedition, Low Isles. Collection of the National Library of Australia

Collection of the National Library of Australia

Charles Yonge with 'Black Box', an underwater viewing observatory, Low Isles, 1928. Collection of the National Library of Australia

Collection of the National Library of Australia

underwater

Snorkellers explore corals at Tween Island, 1983

Tourists diving from a pontoon on the Outer Barrier Reef, 1991

Tourists snorkelling off Low Isles, 1996

Green Island observatory, c1950

Dive helmet, pre 1939

Location

Photographic equipment, Low Isles, 1928

Underwater viewing, Low Isles, 1928