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William 'Bill' Bradfield AM
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/bill-bradfield/

An amateur astronomer who discovered 18 new comets.

Published 27 November 2015

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Frank Hurley OBE
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/james-francis-frank-hurley-obe/

Photographed Antarctica, the jungles of New Guinea and European battlefields.

Published 27 November 2015

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Linda Beilharz OAM
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/linda-beilharz-oam/

The first Australian woman to ski both the North and South poles.

Published 06 December 2016

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Tim Jarvis AM
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/tim-jarvis-am/

Re-enacted the Antarctic journeys of Douglas Mawson and Ernest Shackleton.

Published 27 November 2015

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James 'Cas' Castrission and Justin 'Jonesy' Jones
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/castrission-and-jones/

The first to walk unsupported to the South Pole and back.

Published 30 June 2016

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Robert O’Hara Burke and William Wills
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/burke-and-wills/

The first to successfully cross the continent from South to North.

Published 21 April 2016

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Lady Jane Franklin
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/lady-jane-franklin/

Adventurer and early agitator for women's rights.

Published 27 November 2015

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Gabrielle ‘Gaby’ Kennard OAM
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/gabrielle-gaby-kennard/

First Australian woman to circumnavigate the world by airplane.

Published 27 November 2015

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Bungaree
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/bungaree/

Born among the heathland, beaches and rainforest pockets of Broken Bay on the New South Wales Central Coast.

Published 14 January 2016

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John McDouall Stuart
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/john-mcdouall-stuart/

The first known European explorer to have successfully crossed the Australian continent from south to north and back again.

Published 27 November 2015

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Bilas: Body Adornment from Papua New Guinea

Witness the beauty and diversity of cultural decoration and body adornment from Papua New Guinea in this special exhibition at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

Featuring photographs by Wylda Bayrón.

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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs

Exclusive to the Australian Museum in Sydney: more than 3,000 years in the making, discover over 180 ancient Egyptian treasures.

Special exhibition opens 18 November 2023

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School programs and excursions

Book school excursions at the Australian Museum, Sydney, that inspire and engage students of all ages.

Virtual excursions
Educator-led tours

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Burra

Be transported on an immersive journey through the eyes of burra (eel) in the Australian Museum’s new learning and play space.

Permanent education space
Open daily

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