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Biodiversity, Collections, In the field, Marine Environments, Museum of Tropical Queensland, New species, News, Queensland Museum, Queensland Stories, Research & DiscoveryQueensland Museum Solves 25-Year-Old Coral Mystery Off the Coast of Mooloolaba
For more than two decades, scientists and the public thought they knew what the soft coral Moolabalia nevillecolemani looked like. Described in 2000 from specimens collected in the waters off Mooloolaba on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, the species was classified using morphology alone. At the time, no genetic data was available to confirm where it belonged on the octocoral family tree. As a result, its true evolutionary relationships…
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Sago Pot: A spiritual and practical vessel
Written by Imelda Miller This sago storage pot called Damarau comes from Aibom Village, Chambri Lake, Ambunti sub-district, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. This particular pot was collected in 1971, prior to Papua New Guinea independence in…
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Brass and borders: Augustus Gregory’s theodolite
Written by Judith Hickson On Queensland Day, A C Gregory’s theodolite offers an interesting way into thinking about not just the physical creation of Queensland’s borders, but also…
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The Staffordshire Potteries: From local industry to international appeal
Written by Tess Shingles and Dr Geraldine Mate Historical archaeologists in Australia are experts in British ceramics. This statement, at face value, seems absurd. And yet it reflects the very…
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