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Risky business.

A row of huge timber boxes from Canada, sitting at the back of our cavernous Gallery One, was the first sign that the beginning was nigh.

A new paper is calling for more attention to be paid to poorly-known micro-organisms capable of killing off amphibians and fishes.

The Museum has purchased Gur Atkamlu (Sea Blanket), a work by Indigenous artists from Darnley Island Arts Centre (Erub Erwer Meta).

Stories are shared and moulded to enrich people and collections.

How Bedogol guards our balance and peace.

Which Museum scientists pack pistols, killing bottles and ear plugs for their expeditions?

An example of a dynamic culture.

Our new ghost net pieces, Dauma the mud crab and Garom the rock cod, are now in Sydney!

The versatile native bag as a cultural heritage.

A role model for Indonesian women.

Many indigenous peoples have warned that Western attitudes are destroying the environment, writes anthropologist Kirk Huffman.

A talented illustrator who painted from and on specimens.

October 23 marks the bicentenary of the birth of Australia’s most mysterious historical figure – the legendary Ludwig Leichhardt.

Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program.