Blog archive: July 2015
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Museullaneous
Incredible Photographs From the Archives: Negative No.106
A blog series investigating stories and images from the earliest collection of photographs in the Museum's history.
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Museullaneous
Recycling off the beach: Aboriginal artists and ghost net at Pormpuraaw
Aboriginal communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait are taking the lead in dealing with ghost nets
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Science
Simpson Desert Expedition 2015: Introduction
Follow our scientists as they journey into one of the most remote areas on the planet.
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At the Museum
Crusty invaders
Did you know Australia is home to the worlds largest and smallest species of freshwater crayfish?
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Science
'Sucker-bum squid' and other intriguing molluscs
What do a pygmys, dumplings and sucker-bums have in common?
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Science
Learning Process: 'Fabricator' Explained
How the craftsmen in the New Guinea Highlands helped to solve an archaeological mystery.
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Museullaneous
Krefft paintings resurface
A recently digitised album of watercolours by former Museum curator Gerard Krefft includes drawings of jewel beetles and flower chafers.
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AMRI
Seagrass grazers coming out of their shells
New research sheds light on a group of tiny snails that do us all a favour.
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Museullaneous
Incredible photographs from the Archives - Negative No.15
A blog series investigating stories and images from the earliest collection of photographs in the Museum's history.
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AMRI
A wooden shield from Kamay-Botany Bay gives insights into pre-European Aboriginal exchange systems
Captain James Cook and Sir Joseph Banks thought they had collected a shield made in Botany Bay...
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AMRI
Kangaroos, wallabies and rat-kangaroos, oh my!
All you ever wanted to know about these species and more, is now available in one new book!
