Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1825-1850
About this object: Housed in a fitted oak case, this brass sextant was made by the Parisian instrument maker Edmond Lorieux and sold through Raillard, an optical instrument retailer in Brest. The custom-made housin...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1900s
About this object: Ornamental inkwell with a brass body, hinged lid, and marble base. The hinged lid covers the ink reservoir to prevent spillage and drying. The marble base provides stability and a decorative fini...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: 1882-1917
About this object: Original Brass Door Knob from the Cable Station store room
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1940s-1950s
About this object: This precision instrument was designed to measure changes in magnetic flux, i.e. the variation of a magnetic field passing through a coil or given area. Functioning as a ballistic galvanometer, i...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1781-1785
About this object: This heavy, curved brass rod comes from the wreck of La Perouse's ship L’Astrolabe. Its fleur-de-lys stamp is a symbol of French monarchy. This stanchion was the first clue that led to locating...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1781-1785
About this object: Several rolls of brass wire were recovered from the wreck site by diver Reece Discombe in 1958. Likely used for general shipboard tasks, possibly even for sounding depth, this roll is still coate...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1781-1785
About this object: This brass shackle was recovered from the wreck of L'Astrolabe by Reece Discombe in 1958.
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1781-1785
About this object: These pieces of oak were recovered from the wreck site between 1958 and 1962. It may once have formed part of the ship’s ribs, offering a rare surviving fragment of L’Astrolabe’s wooden str...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1781-1785
About this object: This brass trumpet, crushed and heavily encrusted with coral, was found by diver Reece Discombe in 1962 on the shipwreck site.
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1781-1785
About this object: This brass pulley wheel was excavated from the wreck site in 1993. It likely guided ropes between the ship’s wheel and rudder, or formed part of the windlass system used to handle the sails, an...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1781-1785
About this object: These flanged brass cylinders formed the central part of L’Astrolabe’s bilge pumps, which lifted water from the ship’s bottom to the deck for drainage. Bolted together with iron fastenings ...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: 1989
About this object: This small bust was modeled from 17th and 18th-century images of the French explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Laperouse. It was presented to the Museum by former Prime Minister Gough Wh...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1792-1834
About this object: This barometer is an example of a scientific instrument by the French maker Jecker, who established his workshop in Paris after training in England; during a period when most scientific instrumen...
Provenance : Donated by Secretariat D'Etat au Pacifique Sud, a French government department in Noumea in New Caledonia
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1787-1815
About this object: This surveyor measuring tool is an example of instruments created by Etienne Lenoir, a famous French instrument maker who's known for his mechanical genius. Nominated Certificated Engineer to the...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsAbout this object: This set of mathematical instruments includes 8 pieces, including a protractor and a ruler.
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1700-1799
About this object: This small hand brass telescope comes with four extendable sections. It comes with a particular green leather parchment and design patterns ressembling flowers and dragon wings.
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1700-1799
About this object: This armillary sphere is constituted of several rings around the planet Earth at the centre. The rings showcases the equator, tropics and poles, as well as cardinal directions and zodiac constell...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1807-1850
About this object: This armillary sphere with 3 rings is an example of a navigation instrument representing the lines of longitude, latitude and ecliptic. The centre of the sphere incude the solar system with celes...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1680-1724
About this object: This sundial is an example of a popular type of sundials at the end of the 17th century. Its maker, Michael Butterfield, was a British clock maker who settled in Paris and became engineer to the ...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: c 1733-1755
About this object: This reflecting telescope follows the design proposed by Scottish mathematician and astronomer James Gregory in his 1663 treatise Optica Promota. It features two concave mirrors: a primary parabo...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: 1900s
About this object: Known as a Borda circle, this navigational instrument is a type of reflecting circle used primarily in celestial navigation. It allows mariners to measure the angular distance between a celestial...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: 1988
About this object: This sculpture is a gift of the Laperouse Association for the Australian Bicentenary, where the artist gave a personal interpretation of the concept of "Anthropology". The sculpture contains many...
Provenance : Laperouse Association
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: 1660-1730
About this object: This graphometer is a surveying instrument designed to measure horizontal angles using a semicircle dial scale and sighting vanes, with an integrated compass for orientation. It features a pair o...
Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: 1800s
About this object: A set of money scale with brass dishes, plied cordage and 14 disc-shaped weights, stored in a rectangular wooden box.