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Wallaby-skin water carrier
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/wallaby-skin-water-carrier-pre-1885/This is a water carrier made from the skin of a wallaby, and was collected in the Lachlan-Darling area of western New South Wales prior to 1885.
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What is fresh water?
https://australian.museum/get-involved/citizen-science/streamwatch/water-catchment/streamwatch-what-is-fresh-water/Of all the water on Earth, only a very small amount is fresh water that can be used directly by people, animals and plants.
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Water around the world
https://australian.museum/get-involved/citizen-science/streamwatch/water-catchment/streamwatch-water-around-the-world/The world only has a small supply of fresh water.
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Why is water important?
https://australian.museum/get-involved/citizen-science/streamwatch/water-catchment/streamwatch-why-is-water-important/Due to its special qualities water is an important resource and is used in many different ways.
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World Water Monitoring Day
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/world-water-monitoring-day-2013/What are you going to do to recognise World Water Monitoring day?
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Water and sedimentary transport
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/water-and-sedimentary-processes/Water plays a vital role in most sedimentary processes. Pure water itself has little effect on rocks. It is the dissolved gases in water, particularly carbon dioxide, that cause the chemical decay of minerals and mineral dissolution.
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'Water squirting' Common Lionfish
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/water-squirting-common-lionfish/This video is quite amazing; It shows an unusual feeding strategy employed by Common Lionfish.
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Fish in hot water
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/fish-in-hot-water/Last night we had a terrific talk in the beach house by Prof Phil Munday of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University: "Fish in hot water: how will climate change affect coral reef fishes?"
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The managed water cycle
https://australian.museum/get-involved/citizen-science/streamwatch/water-catchment/streamwatch-the-managed-water-cycle/The natural water cycle has been modified by people to ensure a constant water supply and the safe disposal of wastewater.
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