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Who was Rex Bretnall?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/who-was-rex-bretnall/The mysterious young man in the photo.
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Opening our doors
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/opening-our-doors/The Museum's very first public exhibition celebrated the 'natural and industrial products' of New South Wales.
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Museum displays: Invertebrate and Vertebrate Tree
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/invertebrate-vertebrate-tree-displays/See behind the scenes photographs featuring the construction of the Vertebrate and Invertebrate Tree, both popular displays, opened in 1959 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Charles Darwin's publication, ‘On the Origin of Species'.
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anti-capitalisation at the australian museum
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/anti-capitalisation-at-the-australian-museum/We were part of a revolution in the 1970's and weren't afraid to have it written large on the side of the building.
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A Visionary Servant of the People
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-visionary-servant-of-the-people/Edward Deas Thomson - the ideal public servant.
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Taxidermists wanted
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/taxidermists-wanted/Recruiting cadet taxidermists and scientific officers in 1891 - 'well educated lads' with 'a taste for natural history' wanted.
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On unicorns...
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/unicorns/This beautifully preserved book is a scientific examination into unicorns and other horned beasts dating from 1645.
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Adventure novels in a natural history library?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/adventure-novels/Sometimes, items in a specialist library collection might seem to veer a little off-topic...
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Harry Burrell Glass Plate Negative Collection
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/photographic/harry-burrell-glass-plate-negative-collection/Harry (Henry J) Burrell was keen photographer, and this collection documents his wide interest in Australian native fauna.
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Blaschka glass models
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/blaschka-glass-models/The 19th century was a time of great scientific endeavour. In 1879 the Australian Museum actively sought to share these wonderful discoveries with the public by ordering specimens and models from Europe so that it could display all the common European vertebrates and invertebrates.
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