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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.

From culture to crime.

What are you going to do to recognise World Water Monitoring day?

To recognise Threatened Species day the Streamwatch team in conjunction with Sydney Water organised a tour of Chullora Wetlands.

In 2013 Mr Blobby was voted the 'world's ugliest animal'. I would like to set the record straight!

Collections from five continents.

On Sunday August 4, 2013 the registration desk of the 11th Polychaete Conference opened...

Indigenous theatre, music and political activism in Australia through poster art from the 80s and 90s.

This morning another two dives were made, one at 24m on a flat sandy bottom with Halophila and lots of solitary corals.

After almost 10 days of collecting polychaetes we have almost 1100 registered lots of seaworms representing over 50 families.

Connoisseur and scholar of Balinese art and culture.

Today is the anniversary of the unfortunate death of the Museum's first employee, William Holmes.

The flag for a colonial ruler.