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Stiff Gins band member Nardi Simpson reflects on the group's time in our Indigenous collections as part of the 'Spirit of Things' project.

Australian music group, Stiff Gins, continue to draw inspiration from the objects in our Indigenous Collections and create new songs.

Australian band, Stiff Gins, have arrived at the Museum to begin work on an exciting new project involving our Indigenous collections.

This beautifully preserved book is a scientific examination into unicorns and other horned beasts dating from 1645.

We surveyed teachers about their personal and professional usage of digital technologies.

Two interesting reports came across my desk over the break that address this key question...

Illuminating the Australian Museum's first image library - 30,000 glass lantern slides.

In the wake of the end of the world, Mayan-style, let's look back at the history of humanity's fascination with portents and prophecies.

Archives' long-running volunteer project indexing our early Trust Minutes continues to throw up intriguing snippets of Museum history.

The lantern slide collection reminds me of the story of Thomas Whitelegge - factory hand, biologist, Darwin correspondent and single father.

Planet Earth has never before experienced anything quite like the age of humans, says Museum ecologist Alan Jones.

What kinds of temporary exhibitions should the Australian Museum be showing?

Editor Deb White will discuss the recent adaptation of her skills in communicating via text to the world of video communication. She also offers links to a variety of short films that highlight the various ways that having a storytelling/communication background can stand you in good stead for a

The 20th anniversary in June 2012 of the Mabo decision overturning terra nullius in Australia has justifiably been marked and celebrated.

This intriguing little booklet, published in 1924 is part of the Melbourne Ward collection in the Australian Museum Research Library.