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Kieran Hosty

Sydney,NSW

Summary

Professional and accredited museum curator, heritage advisor and maritime archaeologist, with extensive and demonstrated experience in museum exhibition concept, design and development, interpretation of archaeological and historical data, artefact analysis, scientific diving, research, excavation and publication


Has a strong focus on project management, team collaboration and adaptability to changing project needs. Highly skilled in museum practise and historical research, archaeological excavation, underwater search and survey. Reliable with results-driven approach and an out standing publication record.

Overview

37
37
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Archaeologist and Heritage Advisor

Hosty Heritage and Archaeology
04.2025 - Current
  • Prepare museum exhibition curatorial and design briefs, project manage exhibition development and installation.
  • Prepare significance and conservation assessments and management plans for museum objects, archaeological sites and built heritage.
  • Secure funding for essential research projects by writing persuasive grant proposals that emphasized scientific merit and societal impact.
  • Provide advice to Local, State, National and International State agencies on research into and the conservation and management of underwater cultural heritage.
  • Establish strong relationships with stakeholders including developers, landowners, local government officials and indigenous groups to ensure cooperation and support during archaeological site survey, assessment and excavations.
  • Carry out research and conduct fieldwork associated with the search, survey and assessment of underwater cultural heritage.
  • Report and publish findings associated with the survey work and archaeological site assessments.



Manager - Maritime Archaeology

Australian National Maritime Museum
01.2012 - 04.2025
  • Managed and curated Under Southern Skies Gallery at the Australian National Maritime Museum.
  • Curated or assisted in the development of temporary and travelling exhibitions including Brickwrecks - Sunken Ships in LEGO; HMB Endeavour Cannon and Vasa 1628- Strange Tale of a King's Warship,
  • Managed the museum's Maritime Archaeology Program.
  • Developed and managed the Maritime Archaeology Research Centre (MARC).
  • Implemented and managed the Barangaroo Boat Reconstruction and Exhibition Project at the Museum.
  • Prepared and implemented policies to develop, document, research and maintain an area of the Museum's collection with a focus on colonial history and maritime archaeology.
  • Participated, supported and implemented Museum public programs associated with maritime archaeology.
  • Carried out research, prepared and implemented policies, procedures and fieldwork associated with the assessment of underwater cultural heritage.
  • Provided advice to International, National and State agencies on research into and the conservation and management of underwater cultural heritage.

Curator / Manager and Contract Curator

Hyde Park Barracks Museum
05.2004 - 11.2007
  • Curated and managed the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Managed a team of 19 full and part time staff and oversaw exhibition, curatorial conservation and building management budgets.
  • Prepared and implemented policies to develop, document, research, manage and maintain the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Hyde Park Barracks Archaeological Collection, and the Hyde Park Barracks Museum Historic Site in accordance with the sites Conservation Management Plan (CMP) and using a Total Asset Management System (TAMS).
  • Developed, researched and documented exhibitions for Hyde Park Barracks Museum with a specific focus on the site's convict history and archaeology 1817 – 1848.
  • Participated in, supported and implemented Hyde Park Barracks Museum's public programs associated with archaeology, convictism and immigration.
  • Developed, researched and documented temporary and permanent exhibitions including, Convict Hulks - Life on the Prison Ships and Convict Sites of Punishment at the Hyde Park Barracks Museum.

Curator of Maritime Archaeology and Ship Technology

Australian National Maritime Museum
01.1994 - 01.2004
  • Prepared and implemented policies to develop, document, research and maintain an area of the ANMM collection including a focus on Maritime Archaeology and Ship Technology.
  • Developed, researched and documented collections, objects, artefacts and exhibitions with a specific focus on archaeology and colonial history.
  • Managed the Maritime Archaeology Program.
  • Conducted and managed marine archaeological site surveys and assessments and reported and published findings associated with that work.

Commonwealth Shipwrecks Officer

Victoria Archaeological Survey
01.1988 - 01.1993
  • Surveyed, assessed, interpreted and managed the shipwreck resource of Victoria using approved archaeological methods and abiding to the guidelines laid out by The Australian Institute of Maritime Archaeology, The Australia ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places of Historical Significance and State and Federal Historic Shipwrecks, Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Acts.

Education

Graduate Diploma - Maritime Archaeology

Curtin University of Technology
Bentley, Western Australia
01.1986

Bachelor of Arts - Social Science, History, Anthropology

Western Australian Institute of Technology
Bentley, Western Australia
01.1983

Skills

  • Project management
  • Exhibition development
  • Public outreach
  • Historical research
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Time management and problem-solving abilities
  • Cultural resource management
  • Remote sensing
  • Underwater archaeology and excavation

Certification

  • Certificate of Proficiency. Small Boat Operations. (Marine and Harbours, WA)
  • Certificate of Occupational and Commercial Diving (ADAS 1)
  • Certificate of Occupational and Commercial Diving (ADAS 2)
  • Senior First Aid, Advanced Resuscitation, Remote Area First Aid Certification
  • White Card
  • Working with Children
  • Passenger Vehicle Licence
  • Heavy Vehicle Drivers Licence
  • General Boat Driving Licence (RBL) NSW

Current Position

Senior Archaeologist and Heritage Advisor,

Hosty Heritage and Archaeology

ABN 28 462 932 328


Membership And Appointments

  • International Council of Museum (ICOM)
  • Nautical Archaeological Society (NAS)

Personal Information


  • Dual Citizen; Australian; Irish



Books

Hosty, K., 2000. Australia’s Immigrants: Convicts and Free Settlers

Macmillan Education Australia; Melbourne. ISBN 0732962242

Hosty, K., 2000.  Australia’s Immigrants: Miners and Farmers

Macmillan Education Australia, Melbourne. ISBN 0732962250

Hosty, K., 2007. Dunbar 1857: disaster on our doorstep. Editor Jeffrey Mellefont ; compiler Monika Klenner;

photographer Andrew Frolows. Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney. ISBN 9780977547111

Hosty, K., Hunter, J and Adhityatama, S., 2017.  HMAS Perth Project 2017 – A joint maritime archaeological project between the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia and Pusat Penelitian Arkeologi Nasional, Jakarta, Republik Indonesia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Jakarta, Indonesia and Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia.

Hosty, K and Hunter, J., 2025.  Locating HMB Endeavour: Archaeological identification of shipwreck RI 2394 in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, USA. Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney. ISBN 9780975643013

Publications (abridged)

Hosty. K., 1987. Historic shipwreck legislation and the Australian diver. Past, present and future. Bulletin of The Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Vol. 11 (1):21-25

Hosty. K & Stuart, I., 1994. Maritime Archaeology over the last twenty years. Australian Archaeology Vol. 39 :9-19

Hosty. K., 1994. Australian Shipwrecks. ‘Mary Rose Life and Death on Henry VIII's Lost Warship'. Exhibition Catalogue. Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney.

Hosty. K., 1995. Maritime Archaeology at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Signals: The Quarterly Magazine of the Australian National Maritime Museum Vol. 30 :8-9. 19

Hosty, K., 1995. A matter of ethics: shipwrecks, salvage, archaeology and museums. Bulletin of the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Vol. 19 (1):33-36

Hosty, K., 1995. Windows into the past: Maritime Archaeology Workshops at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Bulletin of the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Vol. 19 (2):45-47

Hosty, K., 2001. Vasa 1628 - Strange fate of a King's Warship. Signals - Quarterly Magazine of the Australian National Maritime Museum, Vol. 57 :25-28

Hosty, K., 2003. Siglas de Pescadores - Signs of Fishermen. Exhibition Brochure, Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney.

Hosty, K., 2003. Lost for 500 years...Sunken Treasures of Brunei Darussalam. Signals -Quarterly Magazine of the Australian National Maritime Museum. Vol. 65 :4-8

Hosty, K., 2005. Sites of Punishment. Insites, Magazine of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales. Vol. 43: 6-7

, K., 2006. Maritime Museum and Maritime Archaeological Exhibitions. Staniforth, M. and Nash, M., Maritime Archaeology – Australian Approaches, Springer, New York.

Hosty, K and Bridget, B., 2007. Convict hulks – life on the prison ships. Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales. Sydney

Hosty, K., 2009. Iron, steel and steam shipwrecks, divers and the NSW Experience. McCarthy, Hosty and Phulippou, Iron, Steel and Steamship Archaeology Papers from the 2nd Australian Seminar held in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney 2006, 16-21

Hosty, K., 2010. Maritime Archaeology in Australia. Guerin, Egger and Penalva (ed) Underwater Cultural Heritage in Oceania, UNESCO, Paris, pp 28-33

Hosty, K., 2011. The Dunbar - A melancholy obsession. Bulletin of the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Vol. 34: 57-66

Hosty, K., 2017. Lady Darling and PS Herald: New Technologies help to record Old Wrecks. Signals - Quarterly Magazine of the Australian National Maritime Museum, Vol. 117: 23-27

Hosty, K., Hunter, J and Adhityatama, S., 2018. Death by a Thousand Cuts: an archaeological assessment of souveniring and salvage on the Australian cruiser HMAS Perth (I). The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (2018) Vol. 47.2: 281-299

Hosty, K., Hunter, J and Malliaros, I., 2018. Piecing together a puzzle – Photogrammetric recording in the search for Cook's Endeavour. Signals – Quarterly Journal of the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia. Vol. 125: 14-19

Hosty, K., Hunter, J and Malliaros, I., 2019. PS Herald Revisited: Photogrammetric Recording Documents One of Australia's Oldest Paddle Steamers. Signals – Quarterly Journal of the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia. Vol. 128: 18-25

Hosty, K., Hunter, J, Malliaros, I and Hundley, P., 2019. Black Reefs and the ‘Jardine Treasure': The Boot Reef Project 2018. Signals – Quarterly Journal of the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia. Vol. 126: 2-9.

Hosty, K., Hunter, J and Malliaros, I., 2019. Rhode Island Revisited – The Search for Cook's Endeavour continue. Signals – Quarterly Journal of the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia. Vol.129: 20-26

Malliaros, I., Hosty, K., et al., 2021. The Barangaroo Boat: Archaeology and conservation of an early colonial vessel. Signals – Quarterly Journal of the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia. Vol. 136: 2-9

Hosty, K and Hunter, J. , 2022. Cook's Endeavour Found: Identifying an Iconic Shipwreck Using a ‘Preponderance of Evidence' Approach. Signals – Quarterly Journal of the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia. Vol. 138: 2-9

Hunter, J., Hosty, K., Bullers, R., Malliaros, I., Paterson, A., Wilson, C., Zapor, T.,

Jerbic, K and van Duivenvoorde, W., 2023. Unearthing South Australia's Oldest Known Shipwreck: The Bark South Australian (1837) in Historic Archaeology Vol. 57 :95 125.

Hosty, K., J. Hunter, and Irini Malliaros., 2023 . Anchors, Chains, and an Absence of Knees: Identification of an Early 19th-Century Shipwreck at Boot Reef, Australian Coral Sea Territory. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology Vol. 47.2 : 281-299

Turner, R., Hosty, K., et al. 2023. The search for the Montevideo Maru. Signals – The Quarterly Journal of the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia . Vol. 144: 3 -9.

Hosty, K., and I Malliaros., (In press). 2023 Endeavouring to find Endeavour – Anthropomorphic impacts on identifying and preserving an iconic shipwreck. Proceedings of the Symposium of Conservation for Underwater Archaeology (ISCUA 2023). Balearic Institute of Studies in Maritime Archaeology (IBEAM), Formentera, Spain.

Hosty, K., and I Malliaros., (In press) 2024 ‘A curatorial dilemma – Reconstructing the Barangaroo Boat (UDHB1) at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney'. Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology (ISBSA 17) Naples, Italy. 2024

Hosty, K., I Malliaros, and Julia Sumerling., 2024 Return to the Island of Wrecks. Signals – The Quarterly Journal of the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia . Vol. 148: 2-9.


Timeline

Senior Archaeologist and Heritage Advisor

Hosty Heritage and Archaeology
04.2025 - Current

Manager - Maritime Archaeology

Australian National Maritime Museum
01.2012 - 04.2025

Curator / Manager and Contract Curator

Hyde Park Barracks Museum
05.2004 - 11.2007

Curator of Maritime Archaeology and Ship Technology

Australian National Maritime Museum
01.1994 - 01.2004

Commonwealth Shipwrecks Officer

Victoria Archaeological Survey
01.1988 - 01.1993

Graduate Diploma - Maritime Archaeology

Curtin University of Technology

Bachelor of Arts - Social Science, History, Anthropology

Western Australian Institute of Technology

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