The display of the HMS Investigator anchor at the South Australian Maritime Museum includes these slides from the anchor recovery expedition: –
They are part of a collection in the State Library of South Australia. They were donated by expedition participant Terry Drew.
The SLSA reference is PRG 498. The slides are filed with other slides, separate to the PRG 498 paperwork file.
I have shared some of the slide images with the Big Anchor Project’s Facebook page as follows: –
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10239133451702137&set=pcb.27808430088746326
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10237354982921529&set=pcb.26203100295954070
All of the slide images, and some photos of the anchor display, can be found at Anchor slides
The header photo is taken from my article Photos that seem to show the Investigator’s anchor being transferred to a warehouse – Marine Life Society of South Australia Inc.


