Patrick Morrison

Bio

Patrick Morrison (he/him) is a Maritime Archaeologist in Western Australia, working as an Assistant Curator at the WA Museum. He is a specialist in underwater archaeological recording. He has recently recorded two significant shipwrecks with the WA Museum (Trial 1622 and Zeewijk 1727) using innovative 3D photogrammetric techniques. He is a qualified Commercial and Technical Diver (ADAS P1, TDI ANDP).

He has discovered the oldest shipwreck in the Swan River, discovered the Dutch K XI WWII submarine, co-authored the first discovery of submerged Aboriginal artefacts underwater on the Australian continental shelf, and coordinates the Maritime and Historical Archaeology unit at UWA. He is currently completing his PhD, researching how people responded to changing climate and rising seas over the last 10,000 years in Murujuga, Northwest Australia.

Work

  • 2024 - present | Assistant Curator of Maritime Heritage | Western Australian Museum

  • 2022 - present | Coordinator and Tutor - ARCY3012 Historical and Maritime Archaeology | University of Western Australia

  • 2021 - present | I do a small amount of consulting. I’m limited in the amount of work I can do, but always open to interesting and challenging projects.

  • 2020 - 2021 | Assistant Curator | Western Australian Museum

  • 2019 | Research Assistant | University of Western Australia

  • 2019 | Summer Intern | Pawsey Supercomputing Centre

Education

  • 2021 - present | PhD Student | The University of Western Australia

  • 2020 | GradCert Biostatistics | The University of Queensland

  • 2019 | BA (First Class Hons) Archaeology | The University of Western Australia

  • 2016-2018 | BSc Neuroscience and Archaeology | The University of Western Australia