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Taxidermists wanted
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/taxidermists-wanted/Recruiting cadet taxidermists and scientific officers in 1891 - 'well educated lads' with 'a taste for natural history' wanted.
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Citizen Science 1960s Style: Butterflies at Sea
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/butterflies-at-sea/A ship's captain gets involved in citizen science.
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Aboriginal voices from the 1980s
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/aboriginal-voices-from-the-1980s/Indigenous theatre, music and political activism in Australia through poster art from the 80s and 90s.
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August 23, 1831 - shot with his own gun
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/august-23-1831-accidentally-shot-with-his-own-gun/Today is the anniversary of the unfortunate death of the Museum's first employee, William Holmes.
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Films For Mr Everyman
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/films-for-mr-everyman/Space and resources have often been in short supply at the Australian Museum - but passion and dedication from its staff never have.
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Breaking glass ceilings at the Australian Museum
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/breaking-glass-ceilings-at-the-australian-museum/Appointed in 1972, Dame Leonie Kramer AC, DBE, was the first female trustee of the Australian Museum.
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1939 Simpson Desert Expedition
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/1939-simpson-desert-expedition/The first expedition to the Simpson Desert by a member of the Museum staff.
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Incredible Photographs From the Archives: Negative No.106
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/incredible-photographs-from-the-archives-negative-no106/A blog series investigating stories and images from the earliest collection of photographs in the Museum's history.
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Krefft paintings resurface
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/krefft-paintings-resurface/A recently digitised album of watercolours by former Museum curator Gerard Krefft includes drawings of jewel beetles and flower chafers.
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Who was Rex Bretnall?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/who-was-rex-bretnall/The mysterious young man in the photo.
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Barka: The Forgotten River
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Bilas: Body Adornment from Papua New Guinea
Opening 9 June 2023, featuring photographs by Wylda Bayrón.
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