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  • Sydney’s wild mammals
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/sydneys-wild-mammals/

    Many of Sydney's native mammals can still be found - if you know where to look.

    Published 27 January 2016
    Mammalogy Explore mammals blog
  • What makes a great Australian?
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/what-makes-a-great-australian/

    Reflections on inspiring Australians by AM Executive Director and CEO Kim McKay.

    Published 27 January 2016
    exhibition Trailblazers Australian blog
  • Our Global Neighbours: Frog Drum
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/our-global-neighbours-frog-drum/

    Symbol of fertility, harbinger of rain and wellbeing.

    Published 20 January 2016
    blog Anthropology drum
  • Images of 'grieving' kangaroos misinterpreted
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/images-of-grieving-kangaroos-misinterpreted/

    AM Principal Research Scientist Dr Mark Eldridge reveals things are not what they seem - they're far more sinister

    Published 19 January 2016
    blog
  • Video: Charles Kingsford Smith – oration before historic flight to UK, 1929
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/video-charles-kingsford-smith-oration-before-historic-flight-to-uk/

    Pioneering aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith is celebrated in Trailblazers: Australia's 50 greatest explorers

    Published 07 January 2016
    trailblazers blog kingsford smith
  • Put your hands up and best foot forward
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/put-your-hands-up-and-best-foot-forward/

    What can be revealed by looking at a frog's foot?

    Published 08 January 2016
    frog blog identification Herpetology
  • First Bank Note 1817, Bank of New South Wales (Westpac)
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/first-bank-note-1817-bank-of-new-south-wales-westpac/

    I wonder if the original owner of this bank note ever suspected that it would end up in a museum?

    Published 16 December 2015
    Westpac Long Gallery Westpac blog money history
  • A rare land snail from north Queensland
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-rare-land-snail-from-north-queensland/

    The discovery of a rare snail in north Queensland has re-opened the debate on ancient connections between Australia and New Guinea.

    Published 10 December 2015
    blog snail type specimen malacology mollusc
  • More beacon technology in use at the Australian Museum
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/more-beacon-technology-in-use-at-the-australian-museum/

    For stage four of the museum beacon strategy we have developed an application with gamification at its core.

    Published 11 December 2015
    digital trailblazers Apps blog
  • Peering into the past: Potoroos provide new insight into biodiversity in Australia
    https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/peering-into-the-past-potoroos-provide-new-insight-into-biodiversity-in-australia/

    Our study of one of Australia's most secretive marsupials sheds light on how changes to forests have enriched biodiversity

    Published 02 December 2015
    marsupial blog biodiversity
  • Jurassic World by Brickman

    Kmart presents <i>Jurassic World</i> by Brickman<sup>®</sup> at the Australian Museum until 17 July.

    Tickets on sale now.
    Open until 17 July.

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  • 200 Treasures of the Australian Museum

    The Westpac Long Gallery showcases 100 treasures from our collections alongside the stories of the 100 people who’ve helped shape Australia.

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The Australian Museum respects and acknowledges the Gadigal people as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways on which the Museum stands.

Image credit: gadigal yilimung (shield) made by Uncle Charles Chicka Madden