About MAAQ

MAAQ is committed to setting an ethical standard regarding the non-disturbance of maritime archaeological sites.

School educational visit 2002

The Maritime Archaeological Association of Queensland, Inc (MAAQ) was established in July 1982 by an interested group, including Ron Coleman, Curator of The Maritime Archaeology Section at the Queensland Museum; Linton Holroyd, Frank Curtin and Jack Tehan of Underwater Research Group of Queensland; Rod McLeod and Maurice McLeary of Queensland Maritime Museum Association.

Publications produced by MAAQ include :-

• Explanation of Historic Shipwrecks Act ,1976
• Report on the wreck of the Aarhus published in the Bulletin of the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. 1989, Volume 13, Number 1, pages 9 -14.
• Brochure, The Moreton Island Hulks, Brisbane, 1997. Reprinted 2006 
• Brochure, Brisbane River: Historical Maritime Sites, Brisbane, 1998