Blog archive: Science
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Pests workshop (Polychaetes Conference 2013)
A pre-conference workshop. Identification of Invasive Polychaetes started on 1 August.
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Beautiful Worms? Photographic display now open (Polychaetes Conference 2013)
Today we opened the first public event related to the International Polychaetes Conference.
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Ghost net art: Work nears completion
Since our departure from Darnley Island in late May, the artists at Erub Erwer Meta have been busy making ghost net works for the museum.
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How it All Began (Polychaetes Conference 2013)
Thirty years ago, way back in 1983, 85 people from 15 countries gathered at the Australian Museum to spend a week talking about worms.
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Notes from Nature - Digitising the Edgar Waite Diaries #2
In 1883, self-taught naturalist Edgar Waite was only 18 and already a confident and resourceful collector and networker.
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Our Global Neighbours: Contacts across Timor Sea
Smoking in Arnhem Land – culture with Asian flavour.
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Notes from Nature – Digitising the Edgar Waite Dairies #0
Edgar Waite began his life-long diary habit at the tender age of eight.
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Our Global Neighbours: Pacific-culture ancestry in Formosa
Bark cloths, sailing with outrigger, headhunting and more.
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Ghost net art: Great interest in Frank Hurley's photos of Darnley Island
News of the Hurley photos spread like wildfire through Darnley...
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Ghost net art: Arrival on Darnley Island
My colleague Scott Mitchell and I recently visited Darnley Island, also known as Erub, in the far eastern Torres Strait Islands (TSI).
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Ghost net art: Not just net and rope...
Seeing the large amounts of fishing net and rope at Erub Erwer Meta, I was surprised that they could be turned into such beautiful things.
