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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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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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A Collection in search of a home
https://australian.museum/about/history/a-collection-in-search-of-a-home/The Museum occupied five different buildings before it finally came home to its current site.
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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 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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Foundations of Australian Science
https://australian.museum/about/history/foundations-of-australian-science/The beginnings of the Australian Museum as one of the leading museums undertaking research, with its extensive collections, documenting Australia's animal biodiversity and cultural heritage - where Australian natural history was born.
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Historical artefacts collection
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/historical-artefacts-collection/Our collection of historical objects, memorabilia and artefacts help tell the story of the history and development of the Australian Museum.
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Anthony Musgrave (1895-1959)
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/anthony-musgrave/Anthony Musgrave (1895-1959) was a valuable member of the Australian Museum staff and entomology community at large.
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Controversy in museums: a timeline
https://australian.museum/about/history/timelines/controversy-in-museums-a-timeline/This timeline first appeared in the Journal of Museum Education, Volume 23, No 3, 1998 and was co-edited by Maureen McConnell and Honee Hess. It is reproduced here with kind permission of the authors.
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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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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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