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Up Close Winners 2006

Up Close Winners 2006

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12/04/19

See the winning entries from the 2006 Up Close & Spineless competition in the Primary, Secondary, Open and Professional categories.

Frollicking Butterflies - Elissa Bishop

7mm Beetle (Nigel Wright)

Damselfly

Feasting Caterpillars

Bugging Me - Michael Williams, Open Category

Dragonfly Sunrise

Jellyfish

Octopus Detail - Jan Huisken

Snail in the Rain - Helen Wilson

Making Eye Contact - Jurgen Otto

Red Dragon Fly

Art in Nature - Jenny Pollak

Peek - a - Boo - Ajay Narendra

insect Moulting - Michael Board

Mantis - Harj'ono Dj'oyobisono

Mating Grasshoppers- Jason Girvan

The Hunter (Green Jumping Spider) - Dieter Tracy,

That's Life - Uta Steiling - RobberFly

Lunch Line - Christie Leigh Santic - Caterpillers

Who Said Flies Aren't Cool? - Nick Monaghan, Open Category 2006

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See the finalist and winning entries from the 2005 Up Close & Spineless competition in the Primary & Secondary School Category.

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Winning images from 2011 Up Close + Spineless Photographic Competition

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

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