Queensland Underwater Cultural Heritage Ship and Aircraft Wrecks

A dataset of historic ship and aircraft wrecks and artefacts from Queensland, Australia. Since 2018, 14 existing Queensland shipwreck entries were updated and 4 new shipwrecks, 3 new aircraft, and 2 new artefact entries were added to the Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database. It is provided by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.

Use Cases

• Map the distribution of underwater cultural heritage sites based on the described wreck and artefact entries.
• Analyze trends in the discovery and documentation of historic wrecks based on the described updates and additions since 2018.
• Study the composition of Queensland's underwater cultural heritage based on the described mix of shipwrecks, aircraft, and artefacts.

Strengths

• Includes 4 new Queensland shipwreck entries added since 2018.
• Contains 3 new aircraft entries and 2 new artefact entries added since 2018.
• 14 existing Queensland shipwreck entries were updated, suggesting ongoing maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database (AUCHD), via Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.

Collection Method

Administrative updates and additions to a cultural heritage database.

Time Range

Updates and additions noted since 2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 14:40:45.628931

Geography

Queensland, Australia; Australasian region.