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Research Library
https://australian.museum/get-involved/staff-profiles/research-library/Contact the Research Library
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On unicorns...
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/unicorns/This beautifully preserved book is a scientific examination into unicorns and other horned beasts dating from 1645.
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Portents and prophecies: Conrad Lycosthenes, 1557
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/portents/In the wake of the end of the world, Mayan-style, let's look back at the history of humanity's fascination with portents and prophecies.
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Adventure novels in a natural history library?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/adventure-novels/Sometimes, items in a specialist library collection might seem to veer a little off-topic...
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Rare books come up for air
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/rare-books-come-up-for-air/When we talk about objects we don't just mean dinosaur skeletons, taxidermied animals or gemstones...
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Cultural Material in the Library's Melbourne Ward Collection
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/research-library/guides/cultural-material-mel-ward/Discover Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural material in the Melbourne Ward Collection of the Australian Museum Research Library.
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The early art of Elizabeth Gould
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/elizabeth-gould-1804-1841/elizabeth-gould-early-art/Learn more about Elizabeth Gould's beginnings as an artist.
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Elizabeth Gould in Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/elizabeth-gould-1804-1841/elizabeth-in-australia/Learn about Elizabeth Gould's time in Australia.
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Elizabeth Gould: working wife, Victorian mother
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/elizabeth-gould-1804-1841/working-wife-and-mother/Throughout her married life, Elizabeth Gould was torn between supporting her husband’s burgeoning career and raising the children they had created together.
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John Gould's documents of extinction
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/goulds-documents-of-extinction/John Gould wrote many warnings about the potential extinction of Australian species. Ironically his collectors were killing thousands of birds and mammals all over the world to send to him for identification and illustration.
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