Goodnight from the museum Nov 22, 2009
Brian Sherman has brought the Australian Museum into the present day ... Since Sherman is president of the Australian Museum, he was doubly amazed ... Speaking at his elegant terrace in Woollahra's prestigious Queen Street, the idiosyncratic Sherman admits he was an unlikely choice to head the Australian Museum when the idea was put to him by friend and former premier Bob Carr in 2000. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
A beautiful Darwinian experience Nov 21, 2009
BEFORE the concert the Australian Museum's director, Frank Howarth, mused on whether music had any evolutionary benefit - as an elaborate mating call, a bringer together of communities or an extension of the capacity for communication speech brought. If not, we may evolve into a music-less world, though that was not the concert's message. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
850 New Species of Invertebrates Di... Oct 29, 2009
Professor Andy Austin, Director of the and colleagues Dr Steve Cooper from the South Australian Museum and Dr Bill Humphreys from the Western Australian Museum, together with other biologists, have just completed a four-year comprehensive survey of underground water, caves and micro-caverns across arid and semi-arid Australia. The research was sparked off by Dr Humphreys discovery in 1994 of tiny underwater invertebrates living in bore water holes on mining and pastoral leases in Western... (Suite101.com)
'Tasty' bogong moths invade parliament Oct 23, 2009
Martin Robinson, a naturalist at the Australian Museum in Sydney, says the artificial city lights cause the moths to become confused. "The way moths and other nocturnal insects navigate at night time is by the light of the distant stars and moon," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
NEW SPECIES PICTURES: 850 Underground Creatures Found Oct 23, 2009
--Christine Dell'Amore Photograph courtesy Bill Humphrey, Western Australian Museum. EMAIL NEWSLETTER Photos and News of the Week. (National Geographic)
Noodle markets bring Asia to Hyde Park Oct 13, 2009
The Australian Museum will open its Egyptian Treasures exhibition tonight for a private viewing and a feast of Middle Eastern bazaar-inspired nibbles such as dates, dukkah, mini kebabs and pistachio and honey dessert canapes. Guests, dressed in Egyptian costume, will be entertained with belly dancing and music. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Echidna and Platypus May Have Commo... Oct 7, 2009
Biologist Dr Matt Phillips, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University and his colleagues from the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Museum re-examined the ancient Teinolophos and Steropodon fossils from the Cretaceous period, and concluded that they were in fact more related to echidnas. Their conclusions, that modern platypus and echidnas shared a common ancestor as recently as 30 million years ago and that the echidna has continued to evolve, were published in. (Suite101.com)
Mummy's not dead, she's just having a little lie down Sep 10, 2009
experts at the Australian Museum unpack the mummy Nes-Khon yesterday, one of the stars of the exhibition Egyptian trasures: The Art of the Pharoahs ... Now, Mummies Week, as a team of experts at the Australian Museum painstakingly unpack fragile antiquities for the exhibition entitled ''Egyptian Treasures: the Art of the Pharaohs ... experts at the Australian Museum unpack the mummy Nes-Khon yesterday, one of the stars of the exhibition Egyptian trasures: The Art of the Pharoahs. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Tall Gloria brings goodwill and gold Aug 31, 2009
She was to pursue the idea with Frank Howarth, director of the Australian Museum, and Professor Kim Walker, director of the NSW Conservatorium of Music. She also discussed inviting the Colombian choir, Vallenatios, to sing in the State Parliament House. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Aboriginal busts auction sparks outcry Aug 21, 2009
Others sets of these busts by Benjamin Law are held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, South Australian Museum (on loan to Art Gallery of South Australia), Australian Museum (on loan to Art Gallery of New South Wales), Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, British Museum and Muse de lHomme, while individual busts are held in numerous other institutions, a Sotheby's statement said. 2009 Brought to you by. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Lining up for their own Eureka moment Aug 13, 2009
It was this ability to convey the excitement of his research, and his enthusiasm for taking the media as well as private citizens to the site, that won Archer, of the University of NSW, an inaugural Australian Museum Eureka Prize. Only three Eurekas were awarded in 1990, compared with the 18 that will be handed out this year, the 20th year the prizes have been awarded. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Our best and brightest Aug 13, 2009
Dozens of brilliant ideas are in the running for this year's Australian Museum Eureka Prizes, writes Deborah Smith ... For his environmental research, Dickman is a finalist in this year's Australian Museum Eureka Prizes, which will be awarded at a black-tie dinner at the Royal Hall of Industries in Moore Park next week. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
2009: a space oddity in mystery Mars rock Aug 5, 2009
But Dr Bevan, of the Western Australian Museum in Perth, agreed that Opportunitys find looks like a meteorite. It is just sitting there; there is no other stuff around it. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
The legendary Pemulwuy, his cloak and the Aboriginal resistance fight Jun 29, 2009
Any items that remained in Sydney as part of the first Australian Museum collection were lost when the Garden Palace burnt down in 1882. Built in the Royal Botanic Gardens to house the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879, the Garden Palace was Sydney's tallest building. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Skeleton staff set to work, but it's a giant tusk Jun 26, 2009
the Australian Museum's Matt Oakley and other members of staff put Jumbo's skeleton back together again ... WHEN Jumbo the elephant died at Moore Park Zoo in January, 1896, two years after being retired for attacking his keeper, the NSW Zoological Society wrote to the Australian Museum offering his remains ... The Australian Museum's free open day is on Sunday, July 5. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
NEW SPECIES PHOTOS: Meet the Tiny Toadlet (and Froglet) May 5, 2009
8-inch-long (2-centimeter-long) creature--discovered by Western Australian Museum scientists near a river in the Kimberley region is not actually a toad but one of a group of native frogs with stocky, toadlike builds ... Photograph courtesy Paul Doughty, Western Australian Museum. (National Geographic)
Absolute pearler of a dish Apr 28, 2009
CHEF Peter Gilmore was driving past the Australian Museum in Sydney when he saw a poster for an exhibition about pearls. The image stayed with him, until one day it was the inspiration for a dish that helped propel Quay Restaurant to the rarefied rank of 46 in the S. Pellegrino list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Scientists explore time capsule caves Apr 7, 2009
The scientists, from the West Australian Museum and Adelaide's Flinders University, will follow up on the discovery of the remains of ancient giant marsupials in the West Australian desert. Bones of the prehistoric Australian megafauna were uncovered in previous expeditions to the Thylacoleo Caves, under the Nullabor Plain, two and half days' drive from Perth near the South Australian border. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Climate trouble for whale Apr 2, 2009
Geomagnetic interference from elements such as iron ore could also scramble a cetacean's sonar, and complex coastlines such as that of Tasmania could be difficult to navigate, said Kemper, of the South Australian museum. "Toothed whales have echo location, and one of the theories is that something happens to their ability to navigate," she said. (India Times, India)
Rare osprey killed on road Apr 1, 2009
Yesterday Ms Marlow was trying to arrange, at either the Australian Museum or Taronga Zoo, an autopsy on the chick. An ecological consultant who has written extensively about osprey management, Greg Clancy, said there were now fewer than 120 breeding pairs of the endangered bird, also known as the fish hawk, in NSW.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
PHOTOS: Spider-Killer Wasp, Eyeless Crustacean Found Mar 11, 2009
"The discovery of new species of life on Earth is an ongoing and exciting process," study author Mark Harvey, head of terrestrial zoology at the Western Australian Museum, said in a statement. "The future of all life on this fragile planet depends on how quickly we can recognize, document, and describe new species," added Harvey, whose discoveries appeared recently in the journal Records of the Western Australian Museum ... Photograph courtesy Mark Harvey, Western Australian Museum. (National Geographic)
Genetic Study Finds Treasure Trove Of New Lizards Mar 11, 2009
This study was done in collaboration with the South Australian Museum and Western Australian Museum. "Many of these species are externally very similar, leading to previous severe underestimation of true species diversity," says Mr Oliver. (Science Daily)
Needless slaughter in the water Mar 5, 2009
Before the nets were installed there were 28 shark attacks and 15 fatalities from 1922 to 1936 in Greater Sydney, Dr John Paxton of the Australian Museum told the 2006 Shark Protection Summit. "The introduction of shark meshing in 1937 resulted in ending the fatalities on surfing beaches," Paxton told the summit. (The Age, Australia -- Opinion)
Boulia, Australia And The Min Min ... Feb 14, 2009
The last sighting was in October 1990 when Walter Boles from the Australian Museum found a dead Night Parrot on the side of the road about 35 kilometres north of Boulia. Boulia, on the edge of the Simpson Desert, is a great place to visit. (Suite101.com)
