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Category: Science

Shane Ahyong

Know your product

Dr Shane Ahyong is the Museum's go-to guy for crabs (or anything else with ten legs).

By: Brendan Atkins, Category: Science, Date: 28 Jan 2011

Nerida Wilson

Nudibranchs in Antarctica

Meet Dr Nerida Wilson, one of several new recruits who are boosting the Museum's research capability. Nerida specialises in sea slugs and sea snails.

By: Brendan Atkins, Category: Science, Date: 21 Jan 2011

Bring your game

Bring your Game

As part of the Sydney Festival 2011 the " Bring Your Game" forum was organized out at Campbelltown Arts Centre which featured some of Hip Hops top talents from Australia and Aotearoa - New Zealand to share in this worldwide phenomenon.

By: Dion Peita, Category: Science, Date: 17 Jan 2011

Purple Flying Gurnard, <em>Dactyloptena orientalis</em>

This week in Fish: Purple Flying Gurnard

It's been a short week but a productive one.  Some beautiful images were added and work continues on the 'master fish list' for the site.  Best wishes to all for the Festive Season!  Thanks one and all for your contributions throughout the year.

By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 24 Dec 2010

Turtle tracks

Green Turtle demolishes BBQ area

A Green Turtle has laid her eggs in the middle of the Research Station's beach barbecue area.

By: Dr Anne Hoggett, Category: Science, Date: 14 Dec 2010

Bark painting by Lofty Nadjamerrek E86190

Two bark paintings on loan at MCA exhibition

Two bark paintings from the Australian Museum’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection are currently on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art at Circular Quay in Sydney at the overview exhibition of work by Bardayal ‘Lofty’ Nadjamerrek AO.

By: Melanie van Olffen, Category: Science, Date: 14 Dec 2010

False Cleanerfish, <em>Aspidontus taeniatus</em>

This week in Fish: Little Dragonfish

This week we continued to add to the Find a Fish list.  Images were added for a range of species including the sub-Antarctic Marbled Rockcod and the beautifully camouflaged Little Dragonfish.  Thank you to everyone who contributed to the site.

By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 10 Dec 2010

Redemption Singers from Fiji performing in the Atrium

Fabulous Fijian singers visit the Pacific collections

On December 7th a group of young Fijians came to visit our Fijian collections, and as a thank-you this group, The Redemption Singers, performed for everyone in the museum's Atrium where their amazing voices filled the whole museum!

By: Melanie van Olffen, Category: Science, Date: 09 Dec 2010

Common Hardyhead, <em>Atherinomorus vaigiensis</em>

This week in Fish: New fish list

This week we began work on a new fish list that will facilitate better access to pages.  We welcome two new visitors and take you on a tour of part of the fish collection.

By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 03 Dec 2010

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Welcome to Peoples' Place

The Cultural Collections team here at the museum looks after both ethnographical and archaeological material from cultures all over the world. Our Indigenous Australian collection holds approximately 40,000 ethnographic objects and one million archaeological artefacts representing the cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. The Pacific collections we look after comprises roughly 60.000 cultural objects.

By: Melanie van Olffen, Category: Science, Date: 02 Dec 2010