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Reflections from Mark McGrouther
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/oral-history-mark-mcgrouther/Working at the Australian Museum as the Collection Manager of the Fish section over the span of nearly forty years, Mark McGrouther discusses his career highlights, the importance of museum collections and impact of climate change on ecology.
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Reflections from Dr Pat Hutchings
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/oral-history-pat-hutchings/Dr Pat Hutchings was the Australian Museum's first Senior Principal Research Scientist and has dedicated her life to the study of polychaeta sea worms. In this video series, she discusses her early career, establishing a world class collection and the importance of the Australian Museum.
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Reflections from Phil Gordon
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/oral-history-phil-gordon/Former Manager of the Aboriginal Heritage Unit and Collections Manager, Phil Gordon, discusses the early days of his employment at the Museum, the creation of the Aboriginal Heritage Unit and Australian and international repatriation.
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History of the Palaeontology Department
https://australian.museum/about/history/collections/history-of-the-palaeontology-department/The palaeontology collection is one of the oldest in the Museum and contains some of its greatest treasures.
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The Chusan Ball
https://australian.museum/about/history/stories/the-chusan-ball/In a time before the Internet and text messages, the arrival of the first British mail steam ship was cause for celebration in the colony.
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Garden Palace Survivors
https://australian.museum/about/history/stories/collection-stories-garden-palace-survivors/In 1879 the Australian Museum exhibited its Anthropology collections in a Sydney International Exhibition building called the Garden Palace.
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The Catadon Polka
https://australian.museum/about/history/stories/the-catadon-polka/The polka was the great dance craze of the 1840s. So how did the Australian Museum get its own Catadon (Whale) Polka?
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History of the Library
https://australian.museum/about/history/history-of-the-library/The Australian Museum Research Library collections form a major natural history resource in Australia.
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Bathurst's Letter
https://australian.museum/about/history/bathursts-letter/Foundation document for the establishment of the Australian Museum.
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Two Museums and a Garden Palace
https://australian.museum/about/history/two-museums-and-a-garden-palace/The push for a new technology museum in Sydney was integral to the Museum's involvement with the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition.
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