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Australian Museum
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Australia's first museum, showcasing an outstanding natural history and cultural collection. A NSW Government funded cultural institution.
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    Australian Museum
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    Sep 24, 2017
    Spot the 🐧🐧🐧? 📷 by Andrew Peacock, Ross Sea, Antarctica. The 2017 @ausgeo Nature Photographer of the Year on now at the AM. @SAMuseum
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    Australian Museum
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    Dec 19, 2017
    This #Thylacine specimen in the collection stores of the Australian Museum has kept its vibrant fur thanks to minimal exposure to light or touch. As our Manager, Programs @mattriviera put it, "Pulling the drawer open is an awe-inspiring, solemn and shameful experience." #wildoz
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    Sep 13, 2022
    Go BTS as our newest shark friends here at the AM are brought to life! From a 250kg great white shark to an 8m long whale shark, this is model making at a whole new level 😱 See these amazing creations in our Sharks exhibition from Sat 24th Sep: bit.ly/3RFUdOJ
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    Australian Museum
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    Dec 22, 2021
    Robert Irwin captured this shot of a dotterel in Queensland. This photo is in the 2021 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year exhibition, a South Australian Museum exhibition, now at the AM: bit.ly/3vlDeXz @SAMuseum #SAMuseum @ausgeo #ausgeo @RobertIrwin
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    Australian Museum
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    Nov 16, 2017
    'Lyuba' the real, 42,000-year-old baby woolly #mammoth has arrived at the AM – all the way from Russia! It's her first ever trip to the southern hemisphere. → australianmuseum.net.au/landing/mammot… #Mammoths #australianmuseum
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    Australian Museum
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    Aug 6, 2017
    Orange-Bellied Parrot by Mathew Jones, Finalist in @ausgeo Nature Photographer of the Year, opens 11 Aug! australianmuseum.net.au/landing/agnpy/ @SAMuseum
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    Australian Museum
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    Apr 23, 2018
    In 1925, illustrator and artist Ethel King was photographed, palette in hand, face to face with a Queensland Groper. She was one of the first female artists to work here at the Museum, and she went on to help shape a new visual identity for us. #womenMW #MuseumWeek.
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    Australian Museum
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    Oct 31, 2019
    Can you solve this #Halloween mystery? 🎃👻 Sound on!
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    Australian Museum
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    Feb 26, 2019
    Over a period 50-35 million years ago, whales evolved from land-dwelling quadrupeds to the aquatic mammals we know today. Learn more about their evolution at Whales | Tohorā: australianmuseum.net.au/exhibition/wha…
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    Australian Museum
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    Feb 8, 2017
    Sir David Attenborough becomes a Lifetime Patron of the Australian Museum. #DavidAttenboroughAU #Attenborough
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    Australian Museum
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    Feb 2, 2021
    🐌 After more than a year of being rodent-free at Lord Howe Island, two of the critically endangered land snails on the island are showing strong signs of recovery – and a closely related mystery species has also reappeared! Find out more here 👉bit.ly/LordHoweSnails #science
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    Australian Museum
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    Aug 4, 2015
    A 17th-Century painting reveals the rapid change in watermelons through selective breeding: thisiscolossal.com/category/scien…
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    Australian Museum
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    Oct 17, 2017
    Rare white #echidna spotted in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania. 😍 Video: PuddleHub
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    Australian Museum
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    Feb 3, 2015
    So much detail… X-ray of a #stingray (detail). Image: James King © Australian Museum.