Publications

Academic Articles

2025

He, Shiqin, Syed Zulqarnain Gilani, Patrick Morrison, Michael Hughes, and Jo McDonald. “Pilbara Fat-Tailed Macropods: Using Multivariate and Morphometric Analyses to Explore Spatial and Stylistic Variability”. In: Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 32.1 (2025), p. 12. ISSN: 1072-5369. DOI: 10.1007/s10816-024-09670-9.

2024

Anderson, Ross, Patrick Morrison, Andrew Oakeley, and Aurora Philpin. “The Deepwater Rottnest Ships’ Graveyard: 3D Photogrammetric Recording and Identification of Recycled Wrecks in a Collective Underwater Cultural Heritage Site”. In: Australasian Journal of Maritime Archaeology 48 (2024), pp. 44–64. ISSN: 2652-0508.

2023

Morrison, Patrick, Michael O’Leary, and Jo McDonald. “The evolution of Australian island geographies and the emergence and persistence of Indigenous maritime cultures”. In: Quaternary Science Reviews 308 (2023), p. 108071. ISSN: 0277-3791. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108071.

2021

Leach, Jerem, Chelsea Wiseman, Michael O’Leary, Jo McDonald, John McCarthy, Patrick Morrison, Peter Jeffries, Jorg Hacker, Sean Ulm, Geoff Bailey, and Jonathan Benjamin. “The integrated cultural landscape of North Gidley Island: Coastal, intertidal and nearshore archaeology in Murujuga (Dampier Archipelago), Western Australia”. In: Australian Archaeology (2021), pp. 1–17. ISSN: 0312-2417. DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2021.1949085.

McDonald, Jo, Ken Mulvaney, Emma Beckett, John Fairweather, Patrick Morrison, Sarah de Koning, Joe Dortch, and Peter Jeffries. “Seeing and managing rock art at Nganjarli: A tourist destination in Murujuga National Park, Western Australia”. In: Australian Archaeology (2021), pp. 1-26. DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2021.1978915.

2020

Benjamin, Jonathan, Michael O’Leary, Jo McDonald, Chelsea Wiseman, John McCarthy, Emma Beckett, Patrick Morrison, Francis Stankiewicz, Jerem Leach, Jorg Hacker, Paul Baggaley, Katarina Jerbić, Madeline Fowler, John Fairweather, Peter Jeffries, Sean Ulm, and Geoff Bailey. “Aboriginal artefacts on the continental shelf reveal ancient drowned cultural landscapes in northwest Australia”. In: PLOS ONE 15.7 (2020), p. e0233912. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233912.

McDonald, Jo, Emma Beckett, Jorg Hacker, Patrick Morrison, and Michael O’Leary. “Seeing the Landscape: Multiple Scales of Visualising Terrestrial Heritage on Rosemary Island (Dampier Archipelago)”. In: Open Quaternary 6.1 (2020). ISSN: 2055-298X. DOI: 10.5334/oq.81.

Published Reports

2025

Morrison, Patrick, David Jackson, Andrew Oakeley, Aurora Philpin, Martijn Manders, and Ross Anderson. Dutch K XI Submarine (1925–1946) discovered off Wadjemup / Rottnest Island, Perth: Site Inspection of Rottnest Deepwater Graveyard Site 45. Department of Maritime Heritage, Western Australian Museum. Maritime Archaeology Report No. 356. Fremantle, WA: AUS, 2025. URL: https://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/maritime-reports/dutch-k-xi-submarine-1925-1946-discovered-wadjemup-rottnest-island-perth.

2024

Anderson, Ross, Patrick Morrison, David Jackson, and Aurora Philpin. Dyoondalup / Point Walter Stone Barge (Dearden’s Flat, 1882): Site Inspection Report – 13 December 2023. Department of Maritime Heritage, Western Australian Museum. Maritime Archaeology Report No. 340. Fremantle, WA: AUS, 2024. URL: https://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/sites/default/files/wam_point_walter_stone_barge_inspection_final_0.pdf.

Morrison, Patrick, Aurora Philpin, Arabella McLeay, Ross Anderson, and Deb Shefi. Alex T. Brown (1903 - 1917): Seasonal exposure of the coastal shipwreck site recorded on the 9th of September 2024. Department of Maritime Heritage, Western Australian Museum. Maritime Archaeology Report No. 353. Fremantle, WA: AUS, 2024. URL: https://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/maritime-reports/alex-t-brown-1903-1917-seasonal-exposure-coastal-shipwreck-site-recorded-9th-septem.

2022

Anderson, Ross, Wendy van Duivenvoorde, Patrick Morrison, Deb Shefi, Alistair Paterson, and Martijn Manders. Report on ‘Mapping the Old with the New: Re-Imaging The 1727 Zeewijk Shipwreck Site with New Recording Technology Project’. Grant GCE-2019-03.. Department of Maritime Heritage, Western Australian Museum. Maritime Archaeology Report No. 339. Fremantle, WA: AUS, 2022. URL: https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-04/20230327_Zeewijk_FieldworkReport_WAM.pdf.

2021

Morrison, Patrick and Deb Shefi. Elvie (1900-1921) and other sites Whaler’s Beach, Albany. Wreck Inspection Report – 13th to 14th of August 2020. Department of Maritime Heritage, Western Australian Museum. Maritime Archaeology Report No. 335. Fremantle, WA: AUS, 2021. URL: http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/maritime-reports/elvie-1900-1923-and-other-sites-whaler-s-beach-albany-0.

Posters

2023

Morrison, Patrick. Open‑source software to estimate the submerged landscapes of Western Australia (Poster). Royal Society of Western Australia Symposium 2023. 2023. URL: http://padmorrison.com/portfolio/posters/MorrisonSeaLevel_RSWA2023-compressed.pdf.

Morrison, Patrick, Ian McCann, and Jess Green. Searching for shipwrecks in the Swan and Canning rivers using open multi‑beam sonar data (Poster). Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Conference (AIMA 2023), Canberra. 2023. URL: http://padmorrison.com/portfolio/posters/MorrisonMAAWA_AIMA2023-compressed.pdf.

2022

Morrison, Patrick, Mick O’Leary, and Jo McDonald. Voyaging in Murujuga Chapter 1: Were there geographical influences on the persistence and emergence of Australian Aboriginal maritime cultures? (Poster). Australian Archaeological Association Conference. 2022. URL: http://padmorrison.com/portfolio/posters/Morrison_AAA2022_Islands_Print-compressed.pdf.

Essays

2021

Morrison, Patrick. “Must we believe the words that killed them?”. In: 1727: Pieter 4 Adriaan Exhibition Catalogue. Sydney: .M Contemporary Gallery, 2021. URL: https://mcontemp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Todd-Fuller-Catalogue-3.pdf.

Television and Film

Shipwreck Hunters Australia Season 2 (2025) on Disney+. I advised on underwater photogrammetry, and produced key 3D visualisations of the newly discovered Langston from the production team’s site footage, and of ex-HMAS Swan from David Jackson’s model.

MAMMUNG (2023). Documentary on Aboriginal memories of sea level rise, following Noongar Elder Dr Noel Nannup. My role was to provide scientific advice, visualisation, and underwater footage.

Shipwreck Hunters Australia (2022) on Disney+. Episode 4: Australia’s Oldest Shipwreck. My role was to record the Trial (1622) shipwreck, and discuss the process of photogrammetry for site recording.

Notable news coverage

2025

Missing Dutch submarine found after 80 years off Australian coastNL Times
https://nltimes.nl/2025/02/20/missing-dutch-submarine-found-80-years-australian-coast

Australian divers find WW2 Dutch sub wreckDivernet
https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wrecks/australian-divers-find-ww2-dutch-sub-wreck/

Divers discover Dutch submarine wreck K XI off Rottnest Island, missing since end of World War IIPerthNow
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/rottnest/divers-discover-dutch-submarine-wreck-k-xi-off-rottnest-island-missing-since-end-of-world-war-ii-c-17803875

2024

Earliest known shipwreck uncovered in Perth’s Swan River identifiedABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-21/perth-swan-river-shipwreck-identified/104250540

2023

3D maps of Swan River lead maritime archaeologists to unexplored wreck in PerthABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-02/shipwreck-found-perth-swan-river-maritime-archaeologists/102798982

2020

Ancient Aboriginal underwater archaeological sites discovered, and a new frontier for studyABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-02/aboriginal-underwater-site-discovered-off-burrup-peninsula/12391858

Scientists reveal ancient Aboriginal underwater archaeological sitesAustralian Geographic
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2020/07/scientists-reveal-ancient-aboriginal-underwater-archaeological-sites/

Ancient Aboriginal archaeological sites discovered underwater off AustraliaCNN International
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/01/australia/aboriginal-archaeological-sites-underwater-scli-intl-scn

2017

Volunteers use 3D imaging to map shipwrecksParticle (Scitech)
https://particle.scitech.org.au/people/volunteers-use-3d-imaging-map-shipwrecks/

Talks and lectures

2025 October 04 — Totally Lit Fremantle Festival — MONTEBELLO — ‘Nothing Left to Chance’ (panel with Paul Grace, Hon Josh Wilson MP, and Gillian O’Shaughnessy)

2025 September 22 — University of Western Australia — Careers in the Arts (panel)

2025 September 10 — Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club — Finding the Oldest Wrecks in the Swan River

2025 July 22 — Mello House — Finding the Oldest Wrecks in the Swan River

2025 July 01 — Akdeniz University / Mediterranean Archaeological Association, Türkiye — Maritime Archaeology in Western Australia

2025 May 28 — Cairns Nautilus Diving Club — Maritime Archaeology in Western Australia

2025 May 18 — Western Australian Museum — Sunday Seminar — Finding the Oldest Known Wrecks in the Swan River

2025 March 25 — Western Australian Department of Transport — Finding the Oldest Known Wrecks in the Swan River

2025 March 10 — Australasian Institute of Maritime Archaeology — Finding the K XI Dutch Submarine off Wadjemup (Rottnest Island)

2024 November 24 — Western Australian Museum — Maritime Archaeological Association of Western Australia 50th Anniversary Event (with Ian Warne and Hon David Templeman MLA)

2024 November 23 — FOSS4G Geospatial Conference, Fremantle — Finding the Oldest Known Wrecks in the Swan River

2024 October 12 — Dolphin Scuba — Maritime Archaeology in Western Australia

2024 September 15 — Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology — Finding Shipwrecks in the 21st Century — Using Open Data and 3D Photogrammetry

2024 September 05 — Claremont Museum — Finding the Oldest Known Wrecks in the Swan River