Annual Report 2021–2022, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Tabled Paper 809
Tabled Papers for 14th Assembly 2020 -; Tabled Papers; ParliamentNT
2023-03-21
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37 Colin Jack-Hinton Maritime Gallery The Gallery houses traditional boats and canoes from MAGNTs Historic Boat and Ethnographic Watercraft Collection. Visitors encounter 23 traditional vessels originating from the shores of Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Each boat imparts a fascinating seafaring story intertwined with human culture from the surrounding seas. The reinterpretation enables visitors to see great diversity of form and function, from pearl luggers to outrigger canoes. Offering a rare vignette of how maritime technology has evolved, the Gallery also shows how history and legacy have been shaped among our neighbouring Southeast Asian and Pacific nations. During the year, work commenced on the reinstallation of MAGNTs famous Pygmy Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda). The skeleton was originally installed on the northern wall of the Colin Jack-Hinton Maritime Gallery from 1991 to 1999. Following a major fund-raising campaign, work commenced to reinstate this much-loved display.