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1870s: Australian born and bred
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/australian-born-and-bred/Edward Pierson Ramsay was only in his thirties when he became the first Australian-born curator of the AM on 22 September, 1874.
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Inside out
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/inside-out/The case has been flipped over, revealing that it was originally on castors.
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Another post from our intern
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/another-post-from-our-intern/Intern Willy Kwong talks about why the Australian Museum needs and values the work of the Archives and Records section.
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Museum displays: Invertebrate and Vertebrate Tree
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/invertebrate-vertebrate-tree-displays/See behind the scenes photographs featuring the construction of the Vertebrate and Invertebrate Tree, both popular displays, opened in 1959 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Charles Darwin's publication, ‘On the Origin of Species'.
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Harry Burrell Glass Plate Negative Collection
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/photographic/harry-burrell-glass-plate-negative-collection/Harry (Henry J) Burrell was keen photographer, and this collection documents his wide interest in Australian native fauna.
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Blaschka glass models
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/blaschka-glass-models/The 19th century was a time of great scientific endeavour. In 1879 the Australian Museum actively sought to share these wonderful discoveries with the public by ordering specimens and models from Europe so that it could display all the common European vertebrates and invertebrates.
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Lantern slides
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/photographic/lantern-slides/Often called 'magic lantern slides' these glass slides designed for projection enchanted and educated audiences at The Australian Museum in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Ric Bolzan: Favourite photographs from the archive
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/photographic/ric-bolzan/Former head of the Australian Museum's photography department, Ric Bolzan nominates his top five favourite Australian Museum images and tells us why.
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Ethel King and the lizard skin shoes
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/photographic/ethel-king/Talented yet underrated artist Ethel King brings to life the lecture theme of wildlife slaughter in the name of the shoe manufacturing industry.
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Blaschka glass models in 3D
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/blaschka-glass-models/blaschka-3d/Glass models from the 19th century as 3D digital objects
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