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By Dr Chris Burwell, Senior Curator of Insects at Queensland Museum Queensland Museum entomologist Dr Chris Burwell delves into the nocturnal raiders that are infiltrating…
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This is the third installment of a blog monitoring a bleaching event currently occurring in reefs off Magnetic Island, 14kms from the coast of Townsville…
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by Jillian Roberts, Learning Manager – Queensland Museum This term has begun differently to any other before it as the majority of Queensland students transition…
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by Judith Hickson, Curator – Queensland Stories, Queensland Museum He was Australia’s first and only Aboriginal fighter pilot during World War II. She was a…
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Today’s #CouchCurator is the Arachnids Collection Manager from Queensland Museum – Dr Owen Seeman who is sharing some of his favourites from the collection. I…
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By Dr Brit Asmussen, A/Principal Curator, Cultures and Histories, Queensland Museum, Southbank To celebrate World Book and Copyright Day on 23 April 2020, we’re shining…
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By Dr Chris Burwell, Senior Curator of Insects at Queensland Museum Small yellow ones that raid your kitchen, bigger black ones that crawl over your…
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Feeling a little pale and anxious from days in social isolation? Looking for a treatment or miracle cure for the virus that has taken over…
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Steve from Queensland Museum’s Discovery Centre has been documenting the wildlife he finds around his home and garden during isolation. Here he shares the types…
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Today’s #CouchCurator is the Collection Manager from The Workshops Rail Museum – Rob Shiels who is sharing some of the most interesting items from his…
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By Dr Chris Burwell, Senior Curator of Insects at Queensland Museum Have you noticed butterflies everywhere for the last couples of months? There has been…
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This blog post is part of an ongoing series titled Connecting with Collections. The series offers readers a peek inside the collections at Museum of…
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Once upon a time, high up on a hill, stood a windmill. In the windmill was a tiny room, full of treasure. This may sound…
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Dicynodonts were a group of plant eating stem-mammals (often called mammal-like reptiles), which with their toothless beaks and tusks looked a bit like a mix…
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This is the 2nd installment of a blog monitoring a bleaching event currently occurring in reefs off Magnetic Island, 14kms from the coast of Townsville…
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Giant clams are large and beautiful reef animals, the largest bivalve molluscs in the world, commonly reaching more than a metre in length. Like reef-building…
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“Who will forget the meal served at Loder’s mail change? Roasted goat, prickly jam and jelly, splendid home-made bread, to say nothing of the hot…
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As part of the Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific (CBAP) Project (led by the Australian National University in Canberra), the Museum of Tropical…
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Electric vehicles (EVs) are gradually becoming visible on Queensland roads. The pioneer of this cutting-edge electric technology was a plain 1980s parcels van. The converted…
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A good news story from the devastation caused by the bush fires – the only known native stand of the world-famous Wollemi Pines has been…
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