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Blog archive: June 2009



  • Museullaneous

    Teachers' College 12 June 2009

    On Friday 12 June, 32 teachers and 12 Museum staff came together to talk about how we can provide inspiring learning experiences for students using the rich resources of the Museum.

    Written by Lynda Kelly / Category Museullaneous / Published 22 June 2009
  • Science

    Taxonomists share their expertise for biosecurity

    Quarantine scientists recently attended an Australian Museum workshop to improve their skills at identifying invasive Diptera, a large order of insects, many of which pose a threat to Australia's biosecurity.

    Written by Rebecca Hancock / Category Science / Published 22 June 2009
  • Gem gravel, Barrington Tops
    Science

    Cracking the'genetic code' of gem stones

    A research team led by Dr Lin Sutherland, a Senior Fellow in Geoscience at the Australian Museum, has completed a major study on 'genetic' signatures in Australian sapphires and rubies. The study combines precise trace element

    Written by Rebecca Hancock / Category Science / Published 22 June 2009
    Blog gemstone AMRI mineralogy
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    157 years of Australian Museum science at your fingertips

    Researchers around the world will have full online access to 157 years of scientific knowledge published in the Records of the Australian Museum.

    Written by Rebecca Hancock / Category Science / Published 22 June 2009
  • Coral Sea CSIRO sampling 1997
    Science

    Eel biodiversity region discovered

    Analysis of specimens collected in the North West Coral Sea has shown that the area has many marine eel species and some are new to science.

    Written by Rebecca Hancock / Category Science / Published 18 June 2009
    Ichthyology Eel blog biodiversity
  • Science

    Swimming with the big fish, studying the small

    Imagine trying to track in the open seas the migration of fishes that are only a few millimetres to a centimetre long.

    Written by Rebecca Hancock / Category Science / Published 04 June 2009
  • Peter Grave using PXRF
    Science

    X-ray specs: viewing artefacts in a new light

    Using the latest technologies, archaeologists are digging for new insights into Indigenous trading routes.

    Written by Rebecca Hancock / Category Science / Published 04 June 2009
    archaeology AMRI Blog
  • Jodi Rowley
    Science

    Amphibian Conservation in South-East Asia

    Dr Jodi Rowley has been recording midnight frog calls in Vietnam, Cambodia and southern China to inform future conservation programs.

    Written by Rebecca Hancock / Category Science / Published 04 June 2009
    AMRI conservation Blog Frog Herpetology
  • Larva of whalefish <i>Cetomimidae</i>
    Science

    Deep-sea mystery solved as three become one

    So dramatic is the metamorphosis of whalefishes that until now scientists thought the larva, adult male and adult female specimens in collections were from three separate families of fishes.

    Written by Rebecca Hancock / Category Science / Published 04 June 2009
    Cetomimidae Ichthyology Whalefish blog
  • Science

    Helping hand for a vulnerable little chat

    Australian Museum researchers are set to begin a new study on the conservation ecology of an iconic inhabitant of coastal saltmarshes, the White-fronted Chat, with funding from Lake Macquarie City Council and the Herman S

    Written by Rebecca Hancock / Category Science / Published 03 June 2009
  • Taxidermy tree kangaroo
    Museullaneous

    Public Response to Taxidermy Mounts

    Becky Hitchens, a student at Durham University, Museum and Artefact Studies program asks if we have any information about the public's reaction to taxidermy mounts.

    Written by Lynda Kelly / Category Museullaneous / Published 03 June 2009
    taxidermy Blog

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The Australian Museum respects and acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways on which the Museum stands.

Image credit: gadigal yilimung (shield) made by Uncle Charles Chicka Madden