To the Ends of the Mediterranean – A 67 Year Journey with Pat Baker

Name: To the Ends of the Mediterranean – A 67 Year Journey with Pat Baker
Start: 2026-05-19T18:15:00+08:00
Location: 1 Mews Road , Fremantle, WA, Australia, Western Australia 6160

Schedule

Tue, 19 May, 2026 at 06:15 pm

UTC+08:00

Location

1 Mews Road , Fremantle, WA, Australia, Western Australia 6160 | Fremantle, WA

Arrive 6.15pm for a 6.30pm start
6.35pm Hear from Maawa
6.35pm Pat Baker our Speaker
7.05pm Q and A
7.15pm stay and mingle with members.
Notice the new agenda...
This was members mingle and get to know each other.
This is NOT TO BE MISSED!
TO THE ENDS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
A 67 Year Journey
For several thousand years the Mediterranean, “The Cradle of Western Civilization”, has held evidence of the countries and peoples that have inhabited its rim, long studied by subsequent generations.
After WW2, a new breed of under-water explorers began to discover previously hidden ancient shipwreck sites, and saw that every shipwreck could be a precise “time capsule” of the moment the ship was lost.
Inspired by this in 1969 a 28-year-old Pat Baker decided to specialise in photography for underwater archaeology.
Come and hear about Pat’s Mediterranean story, richly illustrated with images from his 60-year photographic archive.
Tuesday 19th May 2026
6.15 for a 6.30pm start.
In the Rottnest Island Authority Walyalup Office,
1 Mews Rd, Fremantle.
Free parking is available at Reception and along Mews Rd.
Google has this as a toilet block; we are just behind it.
Come and listen to hear MORE….
We’re so EXCITED by this event.
Please RSVP by hit GOING or INTERESTED on this event page, THANK YOU!
Come one COME ALL - Bring a friend, ask your neigbour, see if your mum is available!
ABOUT PAT BAKER
Patrick Baker has been a passionate photographer for over sixty years; from the heavens to the depths of the sea, from mountains to the microscopic world. But, primarily, he is a specialist photographer for Maritime Archaeology.

In 1969, worldwide, there were few employment possibilities in the field of underwater archaeology. Nonetheless, professional photographer Pat chose this specialization, initially volunteering his time and skills to archaeological endeavours in the UK, Cyprus, Sweden and the Azores. He emigrated from England to Australia in 1973, ‘head-hunted’ to the position of Photographer for the Western Australian Museum’s Department of Maritime Archaeology, a role he kept until his retirement in 2017.
However, his enthusiasm for his life-long maritime interests, biological as well as archaeological continues, with the additional establishment of his own Underwater Photography Museum & Library at his Hamilton Hill home.