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John Disney 'What's Hit is History - What's Missed is Mystery'
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/whats-hit-is-history-whats-missed-is-mystery/John Disney was a crack shot, a brown belt in judo, and the Museum's last 'Curator of Birds'.
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Joyce Allan, Conchologist
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/joyce-allan-conchologist/Joyce Allan was one of Australia's early female scientists whose monumental book Australian Shells filled a long felt need.
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Professor J. L. Shellshear (1885-1958)
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/professor-j-l-shellshear-1885-1958/Anthropologist, physician and soldier.
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The Chusan Ball
https://australian.museum/about/history/stories/the-chusan-ball/In a time before the Internet and text messages, the arrival of the first British mail steam ship was cause for celebration in the colony.
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History of the Minerals Department
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/history-of-the-minerals-department/The mineral collection is one of the oldest and largest collections in the country, housing many examples of early Australian mining.
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Gilbert Percy Whitley
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/gilbert-percy-whitley/A life time's work: 500 papers, 5 books, 37,000 fish specimens collected and 320 new species identified.
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Elsie Bramell
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/elsie-bramell/Elsie Bramell was the first female anthropologist to be employed by the Australian Museum in the 1930s.
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Gerard Krefft, Curator and Secretary, 1861-1874
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/johann-gerard-krefft/Johann Ludwig Gerard (Louis) Krefft, 1830–1881 was one of the few Australian scientists to accept and propagate Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
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Committee men and elected trustees 1852-1977
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/committee-men-and-elected-trustees-1852-1977/From 'Rare and Curious Specimens', Appendices.
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Dr Desmond John Gerald Griffin, Director 1976-1998
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/dr-desmond-john-gerald-griffin-director-1976-1998/Director of the Australian Museum for 22 years, Des Griffin believed firmly in the educational role of museums.
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