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1880s: Where it all began - AM's long history with Lord Howe Island
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-natural-history-classic-robert-etheridge-jnr/In 2017, Museum scientists revisted the site where its first scientific field survey was conducted 130 years ago - Lord Howe Island.
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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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1830s: The Rascally Bird Stuffer
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-rascally-bird-stuffer/Once 'collector and preserver of specimens', the Museum's early taxidermist decided to branch out.
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Museum Archives and Research Library
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/The Museum Archives and Research Library cares for the Museum’s institutional memory and its historic natural history book and journal collections dating from 1836.
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Museum Archives
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/museum-archives/The Museum Archives cares for the Museum’s institutional memory.
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Historic expeditions
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/historic-expeditions/Curiosity and adventure have inspired our field trips since our first organised expedition in 1831.
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The Scott sisters collection
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/scott-sisters/With their collecting boxes, notebooks and paintbrushes, Harriet and Helena Scott entered the masculine world of science and became two of 19th-century Australia’s most prominent natural history illustrators.
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John Gould: books and illustrations
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/With the obsession of a collector and an eye for artistic talent, John Gould succeeded in creating one of the most recognisable and long-lasting brand names in natural history.
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John Gould’s Australian publications
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/john-gould-publications/John Gould was an immensely successful publisher. Over the course of his lifetime he produced 21 titles, 15 which were folio sets. In total, with his team of artists, lithographers and colourists, he produced 2999 unique plates.
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That's the spirit: a short history of wet specimen storage at the Australian Museum
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/wet-specimen-storage-spirit-house/Glass jars containing translucent creatures are a common sight at any natural history museum. But the highly flammable ethanol that preserves the specimens inside must be carefully stored to prevent the collections going up in flames.
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