Blog archive:
July 2022

  • Youth Reconnection Project 2022

    The Australian Museum's Pasifika team have re-trialed the Pacific Youth Reconnection Project to evaluate how we can develop and expand these cultural workshops for Pasifika youth today.

    At the Museum
    Moemoana Schwenke
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    Nights at the Museum 23 June 2022 - Wan Sol Moana (One Ocean) - Pasifika

  • An important update about the Australian Museum’s email marketing service provider

    The Australian Museum has been advised by our email marketing service provider, WordFly, that it is currently experiencing a global network outage due to a recent cybersecurity incident.

    At the Museum
    Australian Museum staff

  • News from LIRS: Octopus pair at Lizard Island

    Each month, a selected blog from Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation (LIRRF) is featured at the AM. LIRRF supports scientific research & education at the AM’s Lizard Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef. This month, we feature: Octopus pair at Lizard Island.

    AMRI
    Dr Andy Lewis
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    Video capture of the Octopus Pair at Lizard Island.

  • New Guinean flightless mammals: Overlooked diversity

    An international project combines community ecology, phylogenetics & morphology to uncover and describe the cryptic species of Mount Wilhelm, the highest mountain of Papua New Guinea. Hundreds of New Guinean flightless mammals have been sampled – visiting researcher František Vejmělka tells us more.

    AMRI
    František Vejmělka
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    Coppery Ring-Tailed Possum - the world's biggest ring-tailed possum.

  • Hard work paying off

    The Australian Museum received four awards including the major overall award for Unsettled at the Australian Museum and Galleries Association (AMaGA) national conference.

    At the Museum
    Kim McKay, AO
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    Australian Museum Team - National Winner 2022 Museums and Galleries National Awards (MAGNAs)

  • Happy Independence Day Kiribati

    The Australian Museum celebrates alongside Kiribati as they celebrate Independence Day on 12 July.

    At the Museum
    Moemoana Schwenke
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    Kiribati guests standing with the Kiribati body armour displayed in the 200 Treasures of the Australian Museum.

  • A New South Wales first! New species of legless lizard discovered in the Hunter Valley

    Found just two hours out of Sydney, a team of Australian Museum scientists have described the Hunter Valley Delma – the first legless lizard species endemic to NSW.

    AMRI
    Stephen Mahony
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    The newly described species Hunter Valley Delma (Delma vescolineata).

  • Let’s learn in many ways

    The Australian Museum's new multimillion state of the art Burra (eel) learning space aims to take children on a journey within many cultures and sciences to learn the stories, practices and goals we have of looking after this beautiful country we call home.

    At the Museum
    Kim McKay, AO
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    Australian Museum Burra Opening event