Maritime Museum

HMAS Whyalla

Established in 1988, Whyalla Maritime Museum collects, researches, preserves and exhibits artifacts on World War Two Naval History, BHP Shipbuilding, Early Maritime Heritage, Natural History of Northern Spencer Gulf and Aboriginal History. The major museum vessel, HMAS Whyalla, constructed in 1941, is the first modern warship built in South Australia and the largest land locked museum ship on display in Australia.

The Whyalla Maritime Museum has now an independent website please click here

Whyalla Maritime Museum is proudly affiliated with Museums Australia, Australian Maritime Museums Council, Australian Naval Historical Society and American Historic Naval Ships Association.

Opening Times  

 

 Ship Tour Times 

 
Museum Hours:
   10am - 4pm, 7 days per week.
 Closed Good Friday &
   Christmas Day. 

 April to October:
10am, 11am, noon, 1pm & 2pm.  
 November to March:
11am, noon, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm.  

 

(NB Access to the ship is
by guided tour only.)

 

(NB at times access to the ship may be
modified or restricted due
to extreme weather conditions)

 

Cost 

 

 Contact Details

 
Adult $10.00;
Pensioner $8.00;
Child $5.00; 
Family $25.00 (2 adults & 2 children,
extra children $4.00 each). 
All prices GST inclusive. 

 Curator: Paul Mazourek
Whyalla Maritime Museum
Lincoln Highway, Whyalla 5600, South Australia
Ph: (08) 8645 8900
Fax: (08) 8645 3620
Email: paul.mazourek@whyalla.sa.gov.au
Website: www.maritime.org/hnsa-whyalla.htm

 

Displays at the Maritime Museum

 
World War Two Gallery
 		 WW2 Gallery  
 
BHP Shipbuilding Gallery
 		  BHP Shipbuilding 
 
Northern Spencer Gulf Gallery
 		  Northern Spencer Gulf Gallery 
 
Singing to the Sharks, Indigenous People of Whyalla
and their Connection with the Sea
 		  Indigenous People 
 
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncates).

Common in the Whyalla area, often observed close to the shore.

 		  Bottlenose Dolphin 
 
White shark (Carcharodon carcharias).

Common in the Whyalla area.
There were 47 sightings of White sharks in the
Whyalla waters between 2005 and 2008.

 		  White Shark 
 

Ancient aboriginal tribes performed a unique
ceremony of singing to the sharks on the Whyalla shores.
The indigenous people inhabited the area for at least 6,000 years.

 		  Ancient aboriginal 
 

Builders' model of HMAS Whyalla, the first ship to be
constructed in Whyalla in 1941. A total of 66 vessels
(warships, carriers, tankers, ferries, container ships, barges
and drilling barges) were built in the BHP shipyards until 1978.

 		  HMAS Whyalla Model 
 

Models of the Japanese naval fleet that were actually used
for planning at Yokosukanaval base during World War Two. 
Each ship has its name written on the bottom in Japanese.

 		  Japanese naval fleet 
 

Whyalla Maritime Museum is a home to one of the
largest HO scale model railways in Australia.

 		  Model railway 
 

The museum complex is surrounded by native Australian plants
garden with a number of outdoor historic objects on display.

 		  Anchor 

 
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