The public library of the SAAS is located at the Port Environment Centre, 27 North Parade, Port Adelaide.
The centre is open to the public Wed to Fri, 10am to 3pm, and the second Sunday of the month, 10am to 2pm.
The library is curated by the Steve Reynolds & Mark Pierson from the Marine Life Society of SA. It comprises of items donated from a number of sources, plus some items from the MLSSA library.
(We also have several items & records pertaining to the former SUHR (Society for Underwater Historical Research. These are not readily available to the public though. The SUHR became the SAAS 10 years ago, in March 2012. We have been offered yet another major collection related to the old SUHR. Details will be advised once that this is finalized.)
Contact saarchsociety@gmail.com to make any enquiries.
DIVING & SHIPWRECK SECTION
Dive Magazine Collection – see further below
“Divers & Cameras” by Joe Strykowski (mlssa No.1149)
"A Listing and Analysis of Fatal Diving Accidents in South Australia" by Peter Horne, January 1980 - mlssa No.1026
"The Diving Emergency Handbook" (3rd edition) by John Lippmann & Stan Bugg (1987) - mlssa No.1035
"The Down-under Scuba Diver by Bill Sylvester - mlssa No.1038
“Buried & Sunken Treasure” edited by Windsor Chorlton
“Archaeology Under Water” edited by Keith Muckelroy
“Beginner’s Guide to Photography Underwater” by Ron Church (Foreword by Jacques-Yves Cousteau)
“Jim Church’s Essential Guide to Nikonos Systems” by Jim Church
“NSS Cavern Diving Manual” by Zumrick, Prosser & Grey, Cave Diving Section of the National Speleological Society Inc.
“The Last of the Blue Water Hunters” by Carlos Eyles
“The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving” by P.A.D.I.
“26 Principal Shipwrecks of Truk Lagoon” by Capt. Lance Higgs
“Scuba Safety in Australia” edited by Wilks, Knight & Lippmann
“Dry Suit Diving – A Guide to Diving Dry” Revised Edition by Barsky, Long & Stinton
“Dive Australia 1986/87” by Peter Stone
“The Australian Scuba Divers Illustrated Dictionary” by Robert Berthold
“Diving Around Victoria’s Great Southwest” by Rob Porter
“Asian Diver Scuba Guides – Papua New Guinea” First Edition
“Iron-hulled Heritage Vessel Restoration” CD by Matt Gurn (The Pratt Foundation/ISS Institute Fellowship) – mlssa No.8048 (see also mlssa No. 2287)
Weebubbie Cave Diving on ABC Catalyst 21- 22/2/13 CD - mlssa No.8059
“The Society for Underwater Historical Research: Publications 1974-2004” by SUHR - mlssa No.8066
Diving on the ex-HMAS Brisbane CD – mlssa No.8071 (X 2)
Diving on the ex-HMAS Brisbane DVD – mlssa No.8072
“Abalone Wars” DVD set - mlssa No.8077
Diving on HMAS Brisbane (short video footage) – mlssa No.8078
“…to save the lives of strangers” (Famous Shipwrecks of South Australia) by Peter Christopher
“South Australian Shipwrecks – A Data Base 1802-1989” by Peter Christopher (SUHR)
CD of “South Australian Shipwrecks 1802-1989 – A Data Base” by Peter Christopher (SUHR) ISBN 0 9588006 2 6, “The Morgan Project” (SUHR) ISBNs 0 9588006 3 4, 0 9588006 4 2, 0 9588006 5 0 – mlssa No. 8026
“Ewens Ponds algal bloom news story on Ch.10”, “The Land That Sank” by Reg Lipson (1989) and “Ewens Ponds on “Getaway” 1980s” DVD” – mlssa No.8030
“Australian Warships Scuttled As Dive Wrecks” by Steve Reynolds DVD, mlssa No. 8031 (X 2)
Hobart Scuttling CD - mlssa No.8056
SDF Ewens Ponds Press Release CD - mlssa No.8057
South-east SA, incl. Ewens Ponds CD - mlssa No.8058
MARK STANIFORTH COLLECTION
Books by Dr Robert D Ballard - "The Discovery of the Titanic", Exploring the Bismarck", "The Lost Ships of Guadacanal".
Books by Hugh Edwards - "Islands of Angry Ghosts" and "The Wreck of the Half Moon Reef".
Other books: "Pandora - An archaeological perspective" by Peter Gesner, "Wreck of the Sydney Cove" by Max Jeffreys, "Submerged - Adventures of America's most elite underwater archaeological team" by Daniel Lenihan, "Spirit Dive - An American journey to uncover a sunken slave ship's past" by Michael H Cottman.
DVDs - "The Gallipoli Submarine" (AEII), ABC TV 21.6.09, 50 mins.
The "Shipwreck Detectives" DVDs (series 1 & 2, ABC TV) are two 3-disk sets. Series 1 disks have "Batavia's Bones", "Pacific Graveyard" & Bay of Fire". Series 2 disks have "Vanishing Ships of War", "Secrets of the Ancient Seas" & "Teardrop of Treasure".
"Shipwreck Detectives" DVD series 1 - 3-disk set. Episode 1 titled "Batavia's Bones" is self-explanatory, episode 2 called "Pacific Graveyard" is about Truk Lagoon (Chuuk). It features Jeremy Green, Bill Jeffery & Corioli Souter (as they all looked 19 years ago). Malcolm Ludgate did the underwater filming for this episode. Episode 3 is "Bay of Fire", all about WA plane wrecks. I still have to review Series 2's 3 disks - "Vanishing Ships of War", "Secrets of the Ancient Seas" & "Teardrop of Treasure".
"Shipwreck Detectives" DVD series 2 three-disk set. All of the episodes feature Jeremy Green & Corioli Souter, with filmimg by Malcolm Ludgate. Episode 1 titled "Vanishing Ships of War" is about the wrecks of HMS Hermes & Vampire. Dr Craig Challen can be seen diving on the wreck of the Hermes, along with the late Fred Evans who died in 2006, aged about 50*. Episode 2 titled "Secrets of the Ancient Seas" is about searching for ancient wrecks in the Aegean Sea. Episode 3 titled "Teardrop of Treasure" is about maritime archaeology around Galle, Sri Lanka. It concludes with the 2004 tsunami that destroyed Galle.
* (According to www.thaiwreckdiver.com , "Veteran UNOCAL commercial diver and local wreck diving legend Fred Evans died during a CCR rebreather dive on the Japanese shipwreck Tottorri Maru in the South China Sea. Fred was perhaps the most respected, skilled and totally competent diver in South East Asia".)
Video - "Caught in Time" (XANTHO) - It is about the wreck of the SS Xantho. Even better, is anyone able to copy it to disk at all? It is a PAL video cassette. Patrick Baker and Jeremy Green are amongst the producers of the video. The SS Xantho is a shipwreck in WA. It was an iron-hulled paddle steamer built in 1848 for use in Scottish waters. In 1871 it was refitted with screw propulsion and was then purchased by Charles Broadhurst for use as transport in the north-west Australian pearling industry.
“The Shipwrecks of Port Elliot 1853-1864” by John Perkins (SUHR)
DIVE MAGAZINE COLLECTION
Dive magazines donated by Steve Selbach of Elite Dive Academy, Peter Horne, Andrew Hunter, Diving Adelaide, Sam Powrie and Steve Reynolds
The following collections are incomplete (there are spare copies of some issues):
“Advanced Diver Magazine” – No.13
“Asian Diver” - Issues from Oct 1998 to Jan 2003
“Asian Geographic” – June- Aug 2000 (a single magazine)
“Asia-Pacific Alert Diver” (DAN) – Issues from July 2000 to Dec 2010
“Australasia Scuba Diver” – Issues from Oct 2001 to Issue 6, 2010
“Australian Scuba Diver” – Issues from Sept 1996 to June 2001
“Dive Pacific” – Aug 2002 (No.71), issue No.85, Apr/May 2007 (No.99)
“Dive” – Mar 2002, Feb 2011
“Diver” – Oct 2000, Feb 2002, Nov 2002
“Diver” (Canadian) – Nov 2002
“Divers” – Issue No.1
“Diving Adventure” - Issue No.1
“Immersed” – Issues from Fall 2002 (7/3) to Summer 2003 (8/2)
“Petersen’s Photographic Magazine” – July 1979
“Photographic World” - Vol.3 No.1 (Jan 1980)
“Rodale’s Scuba Diving” – June 1992
“Scuba (BSAC) – June 2013 (No.19)
“Scuba Diver” – Dec 84/Jan 85 to Apr/May 1986
“Scuba Diver Australia & New Zealand (Scuba Diver ANZ) – Issues 19-22, 24, 27-28
“Skin Diver” – Mar 1977 to Dec 1987, July 2002, Oct 2002
“Sport Diver” (PADI) – Fall 1979 to Mar/Apr 1981, Apr 2001, Dec 2002
“Sport Diving” – Issues from Mar/Apr 1987 to Mar 2005 (No.108), plus Aug/Sept 2010 (No.141) and Papua New Guinea special issue
“Subaqua Scene” – Sept 1985
“Subsea” (Ireland) – Issues 164-167, Summer 2019 to Autumn 2020
“Tauchen” (Europe) – No.8 Aug 2005
“The Scuba Diver” – Vol.1 No.2 Feb 1982, Vol.2 No.2 July 1983
“The Undersea Journal” (PADI) – Issues from 1999 to 2004
“Undersea – The PADI Undersea Journal” – Issues from 1999 to 2002
“Unterwasser” (Germany) – 6/1999, 3/2002
“Underwater World” – Dec 1979
“West Coast Diver” – Nov 2005
“Submerged Nation” (AMCS) – Issue No.3
“Dive Log Australasia” – July 2014 (No.312) to May 2016 (No.334)
“Neville Coleman’s Underwater Geographic” No.29, Winter 1990
“Skindiving in Australia & the South Pacific” - Vol.10, No.4 to Vol.15, No3
“Skindiving in Australia & New Zealand” – Vol.6 No.5 to Vol.10 No.1
“Scuba Diver Australia & New Zealand” Issue 18
“Scientific American” August 1995 (featuring “The Physiology of Decompression Illness”)
“Ocean Realm” Magazine of the Sea 1996 – 2000 (From the Sam Powrie Collection)
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