Maritime archaeologist in Perth, Western Australia specialising in underwater photogrammetry, submerged landscapes, data analysis, and VR visualisation.
Patrick Morrison (he/him) is a Maritime Archaeologist in Perth, Western Australia. He is an expert in underwater photogrammetry for archaeology, and has recorded significant shipwrecks with the WA Museum including Trial 1622, Batavia 1629 and Zeewijk 1727. He is a qualified Commercial and Technical Diver (ADAS Part 1 Supervisor, CCR MOD1 Helitrox).
He has co-discovered the oldest shipwreck in the Swan River, co-discovered the Dutch K XI WWII submarine, co-authored the first discovery of submerged Aboriginal artefacts underwater on the Australian continental shelf, and co-ordinated the Maritime and Historical Archaeology unit at UWA (2022-2025). 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.
View my blog, publications, dive log and download my CV (pdf).
I write open software, specialising in data analysis and supporting community maritime archaeology. My flagship projects are Vis.Report, BelowJS and the QGIS SeaLevelTool.
Read my writing, and see my photography portfolio.
See my UWA Research Profile.
Contact me at: patrick.morrison@museum.wa.gov.au
Instagram: @pad_morrison, Sketchfab: patrickmorrison, Github: patrick-morrison, LinkedIn: Patrick Morrison, ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0920-3405, Google Scholar: Patrick Morrison, IMDB: Patrick Morrison
2024 - present | Assistant Curator of Maritime Heritage | Western Australian Museum
2021 - present | I do a small amount of consulting as a specialist in underwater photogrammetry and visualisation. I’m limited in the amount of work I can do, but always open to interesting and challenging projects.
2022 - 2025 | Coordinator and Tutor - ARCY3012 Historical and Maritime Archaeology | University of Western Australia
2020 - 2021 | Assistant Curator | Western Australian Museum
2019 | Research Assistant | University of Western Australia
2019 | Summer Intern | Pawsey Supercomputing Centre
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
