The Australian Historic Shipwreck Preservation Project (AHSPP): The?In-Situ?Preservation and Reburial of the Colonial Trader?Clarence?(1850)?is a multi-organisational maritime archaeology research program involving collaboration among four Australian universities, 10 agencies from the Australian Commonwealth, State and Territory governments and the non-profit?Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA). The project?is funded by a $500,000 grant from the Australian Research Council, with an additional $1?million in?financial and in-kind support from the partner organisations and sponsoring businesses. It is administered by The University of Western Australia.??In April-May?2012, a team of 65 Australian and international participants took part in a month-long underwater excavation of the historic shipwreck?Clarence?(1841?1850). The site is located off the coastal township of St. Leonards on Victoria?s Bellarine Peninsula, just a 1.5-hour drive from Melbourne, Victoria?s capital city. In November 2012, a small, highly experienced team returned to the site to undertake the largest-scale?in situ?shipwreck reburial program ever attempted world-wide. It involved deploying 250 square metres?of shade cloth and 298 square metres?of PVC tarpaulins over the site, completely covering it. In addition, 3,500 sandbags were used on the site to backfill excavation areas and secure the shade cloth and tarpaulins to the seabed.??The project is a landmark study for?in situ?preservation of submerged maritime archaeological sites, and builds on the Reburial and Analysis of Archaeological Remains Project lead by conservation scientists?in Scandinavia and Australia.??This anthology features a large number of images, short videos and interviews relating to fieldwork on?Clarence?that tell the story of activities on the site. Also included are historic and more recent images, illustrations, publications, research papers and presentations. It will appeal to people interested in maritime archaeology, maritime heritage and the conservation and preservation of archaeological sites and artefacts.