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Women at the Museum in the 1950s
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/women-at-the-museum-in-the-1950/The Australian Museum first employed a female scientist in 1920 and has continued to employ women in a wide variety of roles ever since. Here you can catch a glimpse of the women working at the Museum in the 1950s.
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Penny Dadswell Zylstra: Volunteer
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/penny-dadswell-zylstra-volunteer/Multi-Skilled Volunteer and a Friend
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Thomas Wall (d. 1848)
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/thomas-wall-d-1848/Last journey in the service of science and the Australian Museum's collections.
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Winifred West
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/winifred-west-biography/When she first arrived in Australia, the well-known educationalist Winifred West supported herself by teaching privately and drawing shells for Charles Hedley, the Conchologist at the Australian Museum.
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History of Ichthyology
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/history-of-ichthyology/After a slow start, the Museum's collection of fishes has grown to provide a comprehensive resource for research scientists.
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Fred McCarthy
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/fred-mccarthy/Frederick McCarthy was employed by the Australian Museum for 44 years and was the curator of the Anthropology department from 1941-1964.
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A Favourite - George Masters Collection Certificate
https://australian.museum/about/history/stories/a-favourite-george-masters-collection-certificate/George Masters Collection Certificate - one piece of paper that evokes a lot of history.
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Lilian Medland
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/lilian-medland/Lilian lived quietly in the suburbs and painted bird illustrations that were both exquisite and accurate enough to use in a field guide.
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Frank Hurley in Papua
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/pacific-collection/photographic/frank-hurley-in-papua/Frank Hurley's artistic legacy from a career spanning nearly 60 years places him among the greatest Australian photographers of the twentieth century. His images of Papua from the 1920s are a significant archive of the country's history.
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The drawings of Sarah Stone - pages 46 to 90
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/the-sarah-stone-collection/sarah-stone-gallery2/This collection of drawings is one of the treasures of the Australian Museum Research Library. Explore the illustrations of Sarah Stone. Gallery 2 of 3
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