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What is a catchment?
https://australian.museum/get-involved/citizen-science/streamwatch/streamwatch-what-is-a-catchment/

A catchment is an area of land, usually surrounded by mountains or hills, over which water flows and is collected.

The Menindee fish kills
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/barka/menindee-fish-kills/

Learn more about the Menindee fish kill event that caught the world’s attention.

A Tale of Climbing Galaxias
https://australian.museum/about/history/stories/a-tale-of-climbing-galaxias/

Over a three-day period in late January 1993, Ranger Ian McArtney observed thousands of Galaxias (probably Mountain Galaxias) climbing the wall of Winburndale Dam, near Bathurst, New South Wales.

Diodontidae - Porcupinefishes
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/diodontidae-porcupinefishes/

Discover images and fact sheets of the diodontid fishes on the site. These include the Burrfishes and Porcupinefishes.

Trachichthyidae - Roughies
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/trachichthyidae-roughies/

Explore images and fact sheets of the trachichthyid fishes. The family also included the sawbellies and slimeheads.

Structure and composition of the Earth
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/structure-and-composition-of-the-earth/

The overall composition of the Earth is very similar to that of meteorites, and because of this, it is thought that the Earth originally formed from Planetesimals composed largely of metallic iron and silicates.

Why test for electrical conductivity, acidity and alkalinity?
https://australian.museum/get-involved/citizen-science/streamwatch/electrical-conductivity/

Why test for electrical conductivity?

Cuddie Springs site
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/australian-archaeology/cuddie-springs-site-dreamtime-story/

How water and prehistoric animal bones came together at the spring.

Streamwatch
https://australian.museum/get-involved/citizen-science/streamwatch/

Streamwatch has now moved to the Greater Sydney Landcare Network.

Frogs: Class Amphibia
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/frogs/frogs-class-amphibia/

Amphibians crawled from the water over 370 million years ago and were the first vertebrates to colonise the land. Australia has around 200 species of native amphibians, all of which are frogs, belonging to the order Anura.