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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.

All good things come to an end, as they say.

What do entomologists and phillumenists have in common? The appreciation of a good matchbox.

A passion born from “insatiable curiosity and an ability to draw” resulted in 37,000 fish specimens to be documented by Gilbert Whitley.

Stone rubbing - a copy of the inscription on the Nestorian Stele in China - early Christian document.

Dr Mandy Reid recounts her first experience working in our Show & Tell room at Jurassic Lounge.

Recruiting cadet taxidermists and scientific officers in 1891 - 'well educated lads' with 'a taste for natural history' wanted.

As an intern in the Archives, researching the records of the Anthropology department, I was met with the fascinating story of Elsie Bramell.

A ship's captain gets involved in citizen science.