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Curators and Directors of the Australian Museum
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/curators-and-directors-of-the-australian-museum/17 curators or directors have overseen our evolution from a one-person operation to an internationally recognised scientific institution.
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Robert (Bob) McDowall 1939 – 2011
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/robert-bob-mcdowall-1939-2011/Well-known New Zealand fisheries scientist, Bob McDowall died after a short illness. Bob was regarded as the father of freshwater fish and fisheries in New Zealand, but also had a huge influence on unravelling the taxonomy and distribution of Australia's temperate freshwater fish.
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History of the Minerals Department
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/history-of-the-minerals-department/The mineral collection is one of the oldest and largest collections in the country, housing many examples of early Australian mining.
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Winifred West
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/winifred-west-biography/When she first arrived in Australia, the well-known educationalist Winifred West supported herself by teaching privately and drawing shells for Charles Hedley, the Conchologist at the Australian Museum.
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Gerard Krefft, Curator and Secretary, 1861-1874
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/johann-gerard-krefft/Johann Ludwig Gerard (Louis) Krefft, 1830–1881 was one of the few Australian scientists to accept and propagate Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
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Oliver Chalmers – Curator of Minerals
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/oliver-chalmers-curator-of-minerals/The promising lad who became a highly regarded geologist.
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Elsie Bramell
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/elsie-bramell/Elsie Bramell was the first female anthropologist to be employed by the Australian Museum in the 1930s.
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Dr Frank Hamilton Talbot, Director 1966-1975
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/dr-frank-hamilton-talbot-director-1966-1975/Dr. Frank Talbot increased the quality of the Museum's research and participated in a NASA program.
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Lilian Medland
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/lilian-medland/Lilian lived quietly in the suburbs and painted bird illustrations that were both exquisite and accurate enough to use in a field guide.
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Elizabeth Carrington Pope
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/elizabeth-carrington-pope/A lifetime at the Australian Museum
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