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Opening our doors
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/opening-our-doors/The Museum's very first public exhibition celebrated the 'natural and industrial products' of New South Wales.
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Science on the eve of war
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/baas-in-sydney/Not even the outbreak of war could stop more than 300 scientists from completing their mission to Australia in 1914.
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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?
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1920s: Be Careful What You Wish For – Charles Anderson Director
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/1920s-be-careful-what-you-wish-for-charles-anderson-director/Who would have thought that superannuation could cause so much angst?
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1910s: Allan McCulloch - A New Breed of Scientist for the 20th Century
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/1910sallan-mcculloch-a-new-breed-of-scientist-for-the-20th-century/On his recruitment application for war service in 1918 the only address that 32 year-old Allan McCulloch cited was the 'Australian Museum'.
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Live at the AM: HumanNature 2018 - Bruce Pascoe
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/human-nature-bruce-pascoe/Bruce Pascoe’s ground-breaking research completely reconsiders the notion of pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians as hunter-gatherers.
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A century plus of marineinvertivol
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/marineinvertivol/The year was 1994, Nelson Mandela was elected President of South Africa, Paul Keating was Australian Prime Minister and a remarkable association began in the Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates section.
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“Plague is present in Sydney” – How the 1900 bubonic plague outbreak compares to COVID-19
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/plague-in-sydney/A small pamphlet from the Australian Museum Research Library reveals the public health response to the 1900 bubonic plague outbreak in Sydney.
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The Australian Museum Magazine turns 100
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/am-magazine-turns-100/After a controversial beginning, the Australian Museum Magazine has reached 100 years of continuous publication, with the historic latest issue a timely fit for the milestone.
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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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Bilas: Body Adornment from Papua New Guinea
Featuring photographs by Wylda Bayrón.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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