Blog archive: January 2014
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Science
Boat People: Mapping the Pacific 1769-70
Tupaia and Cook - navigators from different cultures.
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Education
The Australian Museum Visits Manly
Our Science Communications team recently visited Manly to help out at the Ocean Care Day Festival, now in its 20th year.
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Science
Breaking glass ceilings at the Australian Museum
Appointed in 1972, Dame Leonie Kramer AC, DBE, was the first female trustee of the Australian Museum.
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Science
Australian summer – too hot to handle for flying-foxes?
Increasing heatwaves across Australia impact dramatically on flying-fox populations.
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Science
What’s the difference between a frog and a toad?
As an amphibian biologist, it's the most common question people ask me, but the answer is more complicated than you'd think.
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Science
Fascinating stories hidden amongst the Australian Museum’s most important records
The Australian Museum Trust Minutes reveals fascinating stories of the life of the museum.
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Science
An Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity
Will the new Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services address all the values of biodiversity?
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Science
19 New Long-legged Flies from the Pilbara Region in Western Australia
For such an arid region, the Pilbara supports a great diversity of long-legged flies.
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Museullaneous
Mr EJ Bryce came home with a sun god in his suitcase
75 years ago the Museum received an intriguing donation, a replica of the Aztec Calendar Stone.
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Science
There’s no place like home for a potoroo
Genetic data reveal the secret world of one of Australia's more elusive marsupial species.
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Science
World’s oldest fossil of the magpie family discovered in Queensland
A new genus and species of a songbird related to magpies and currawongs sheds light on the evolution of these birds in Australia.
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Science
The ecology of Australian ‘Jewel Beetles’
Although famed for their beauty, we know surprisingly little about these beetle gems.
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Science
Balinese Expressions: Depicting the Invasion of Klungkung
A fall of the last Balinese Kingdom: in painting and words.
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Museullaneous
A Fishy Tale from 1926
In 1925, Museum staff were contracted to prepare fish exhibits for the Fijian Government. Unfortunately, all did not go to plan.
