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News Stories
Read the latest news stories from the Australian Museum.
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Pacific Youth Reconnection Project
What is it, why is it needed and how is the Museum involved?
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Sydney Fiji Day 2012
How and why did the Australian Museum participate in the Sydney Fiji Day 2012 Festivities?
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Museum Research Associate wins John Mulvaney Book Award
Our research associates continue to produce award-winning publications.
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What are museums for?
Two interesting reports came across my desk over the break that address this key question...
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Museum2you - 2012 review
Museum2you was successfully trialled in 2012 and far exceeded our expectations.
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Huge, Green Flying Frog discovered in the lowland forests of Vietnam
Meet Helen's Flying Frog (Rhacophorus helenae). A huge, green, "flying" frog that, up until now, was completely unknown to science.
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Lantern slide collections in the AM Archives
Illuminating the Australian Museum's first image library - 30,000 glass lantern slides.
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Portents and prophecies: Conrad Lycosthenes, 1557
In the wake of the end of the world, Mayan-style, let's look back at the history of humanity's fascination with portents and prophecies.
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Reflections on 2012 by Australian Museum Members
When we asked Members what they loved most about 2012 at the Australian Museum we were warmed by their lovely responses.
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The Macquarie Street Lion
The King of the Jungle has made his way from an office in the heart of Sydney's CBD to a new 'den' in the Museum.
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Let's Call It Museum Station
Archives' long-running volunteer project indexing our early Trust Minutes continues to throw up intriguing snippets of Museum history.
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The strangest tadpole?
Bearing curved black 'fangs', the tadpole of the Vampire Flying Frog Rhacophorus vampyrus from Vietnam is one of the strangest.
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Balinese Expressions # 3: Leo Haks Visit
Generous donor of Balinese Modernist Art visits Australian Museum.
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Balinese Expressions #2: “Balinese Art” Book Launch
Understand Balinese art – it’s easy with this new book.
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Thomas Whitelegge, a workingman naturalist
The lantern slide collection reminds me of the story of Thomas Whitelegge - factory hand, biologist, Darwin correspondent and single father.
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