Biography: |
Malcolm began diving in 1987 and soon developed a passion for shipwrecks joining the Maritime Archaeology Association of Victoria (MAAV) in 1992. He organized and assisted in many shipwreck projects between the MAAV and the Maritime Heritage Unit of Heritage Victoria before taking a full time position with the MHU in 1995 as a project officer for the Clonmel project conducting extensive site works, conservation and design of a museum display. Malcolm left the MHU in 1996 and began a commercial diving career but keeping every spare moment exploring his passion for shipwrecks. Malcolm continued to assist and supervise the diving in many significant shipwreck excavations around Australia including the City of Launceston (1865) Port Phillip Bay, the Zanoni (1867) South Australia and HMS Pandora (1791) Queensland. He is a member and past councilor of the Australian Institute of Maritime Archaeology, member and past president of the Maritime Archaeology Association of Victoria, Historic Shipwrecks Inspector under the Heritage Act 1995 and a former member of the Historic Shipwrecks Advisory Committee which he sat on for eight years advising the Minister and the Heritage Council of all matters pertaining to Victoria’s maritime heritage. Malcolm has always strived to share the knowledge he has gained with others and has given many talks on Victorian shipwrecks and maritime archaeology. Malcolm part organized the first Sunken Assets seminar in 1998 and has also co-organized a number of annual AIMA conferences. Malcolm played a key role in the development of the AIMA/NAS training program and was the Victorian state tutor at its inception.
Malcolm runs a commercial diving business operating in Melbourne and Portland with a team of divers conducting underwater construction, demolition, survey and salvage works across Victoria.
|
