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Types of types
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/types-of-types/Type specimens are the name bearing specimens upon which scientific names are based.
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Preparation for death - Dorin Hart
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/preparation-for-death-dorin-hart/A celebration of Ralf's life at a home funeral, told by Dorin Hart.
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Disposing of the dead - an introduction
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/disposing-of-the-dead/The treatment of the dead through burial, cremation, preservation, and exposure of the body to carrion-feeders or the elements reflects a diversity of attitudes and beliefs about death and what it means. It is also a practical way of controlling the decomposition of the corpse.
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Burial - Pukumani, Tiwi Islands
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/burial-pukumani-tiwi-islands/For the Tiwi people of Bathurst and Melville Islands, Pukumani means taboo and applies to the funeral ceremonies, the possessions of the deceased, the close relatives of the deceased and the gravesite.
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Burial - Malagan ceremony, New Ireland
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/burial-malagan-ceremony-new-ireland/The people of northern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, honour the dead through Malagan ceremonies. These ceremonies assist the souls of the dead to pass into the spirit world.
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My options after death
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/my-options-after-death/The options currently available to people in Australia after their deaths are burial (in the earth or water) and cremation. There are many variations on the type and cost of the container and the final destination for the body or ashes.
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Body disposal - legal procedures
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/body-disposal-legal-procedures/Certain procedures must be carried out in order to dispose of a human body, including arranging for a funeral, certifying that a person is dead and what the cause of death was, as well as registering the death.
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Who ends up in a morgue?
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/who-ends-up-in-a-morgue/Of the 128 500 people who die in Australia every year, only 13.4% of deaths are referred on to the coroner's office and even fewer will require a coronial investigation and autopsy. Not all deaths need to be investigated. There are a variety of reasons why a death might be reported to the coroner.
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Larval supply and settlement success of estuary-dependent fishes
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/larval-supply-and-settlement-success-of-estuary-dependent-fishes/Many coastal marine fish species that are targeted by commercial and recreational fishers have an estuary-dependent juvenile phase.
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Aulopidae: Sergeant Bakers, AulopusMeristic characters of aulopid genera of temperate Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/aulopidae-sergeant-bakers-aulopus/Aulopids are marine, demersal fishes of shallow to great depths. They are found world-wide in tropical to temperate waters.
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