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The Scott Lepidoptera collection
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/scott-sisters/the-scott-lepidoptera-collection/The Australian Museum has hundreds of moths and butterflies donated in the 1860s by Alexander Walker Scott and his daughters Helena and Harriet. These were collected during their research for AW Scott's two-volume book Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations.
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Where There's Prey
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/where-theres-prey/For many years now, possums have been on the increase in Sydney suburbs … but until recently, not followed by their predators.
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A Whale of a Story
https://australian.museum/about/history/stories/a-whale-of-a-story/Suspended above the College Street entrance for 100 years, the Museum's largest specimen is hard to miss.
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Harriet and Helena: The Scott sisters
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/scott-sisters/harriet-and-helena-the-scott-sisters/The "picturesque pursuits" of two female colonial artists have taken on a contemporary role unimagined during the original execution of their exquisite works more than 150 years ago. Archivist Rose Docker reveals the extraordinary work of the Scott sisters.
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Textiles in Torajan Funerals
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/indonesia/textiles-in-torajan-funerals/Death is a gradual process by which the spirit travels to puya, the Island of Souls. The funeral is to assist in this journey and some textiles symbolise a pathway to puya.
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Torajan ceremonial textiles
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/indonesia/torajan-ceremonial-textiles/The Toraja make their own textiles, and hand-woven cloths are an essential part of their traditions. Every family group posseses a set of sacred cloths, which are used at ceremonies.
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Biodiversity Hotspot: Treasures of the Kimberley
https://australian.museum/learn/expeditions/featured-project-treasures-of-the-kimberley/The north-western Australian Kimberley is one of fifteen Australian biodiversity hotspots. Its coast boasts an archipelago that comprises several hundred large, and thousands of much smaller islands.
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Goblin Shark movies
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/goblin-shark-movies/The Goblin Shark is a bizarre looking fish that occurs near the sea floor in marine waters to depths of about 1200 m. The two short movies below show small specimens in Japan.
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Zugubal: story in print by Alick Tipoti, Torres Strait, E93625
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/zugubal-story-in-print-by-alick-tipoti-torres-strait-e93625/Zugubal travel in the canoe, navigating by the stars of their ancestors, and the sky is full of meanings and signs. Spirits of the ancestors are looking down on travellers, and constellations transform from one stage to another.
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The returning Boomerang: how it flies
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/boomerangs/the-returning-boomerang-how-it-flies/Observing returning boomerangs in flight is to enjoy a fascinating phenomenon of physics.
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