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John Gould and the Australian Museum
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/gould-and-the-australian-museum/The Australian Museum had been in existence for barely a decade when John Gould arrived in Sydney in February 1839.
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Edward Lear (1812-1888)
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/edward-lear-1812-1888/Best known for his limericks and the nursery rhyme 'The Owl and the Pussy-cat', this is not how he wished to be remembered.
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Herbivory: eating plants
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/herbivory-eating-plants/Herbivory is the act of eating plants and a herbivore is an animal that eats plants. Herbivores play an important role in the ecology of any area, influencing plant communities and individual plant growth. The great diversity of invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores reflects the diversity of pla
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Preparation for death: stories
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/preparation-for-death-stories/Read about how these people from different cultures prepare the bodies of their dead.
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Disposing of the dead - Cremation
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/disposing-of-the-dead-cremation/Cremation is the disposal of a corpse by fire. It is an ancient and widespread practice, second only to burial. Some ancient cultures believed that fire was a purifying agent, and that cremation would light the way of the deceased to another world, or to prevent the return of the dead.
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Disposing of the dead - Preservation
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/disposing-of-the-dead-preservation/The earliest deliberately preserved bodies are those of the Chinchorro culture of northern Chile which date back about 7000 years. Today, the preserved bodies of famous political leaders, such as Lenin and Mao Tse Teung, demonstrate the continuing urge to defy death in some way.
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Burial - coffins and caskets
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/burial-coffins-and-caskets/The word coffin is the general term for the receptacles in which a corpse is buried. Many people use the terms coffin and casket interchangeably. To the funeral industry, however, they are two different things.
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Burial - Toraja, Sulawesi
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/burial-toraja-sulawesi/The Toraja live in the mountainous southern region of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Most are now Christian. However, elements of the traditional religion, aluk to dolo ('the law of the ancestors'), are still followed, especially in rural areas.
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Preparing the body for disposal
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/preparing-the-body-for-disposal/Find out how bodies are prepared, covered, stored, enclosed and, finally, transported for disposal.
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Autopsies
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/autopsies/An autopsy is a detailed and careful medical examination of a person's body and its organs after death to help establish the cause of death.
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