Join us for a live-streamed talk and panel discussion followed by a mini hackathon, where you can find out more about the E$$ENTIAL MEDICINE$ project. In this event, our first of two for National Science Week, we will first present the history of the essential medicines and some of the stories of their discovery and…
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National Science Week in the Great Southern WA
Welcome to National Science Week in the Great Southern, Western Australia. Major Albany-based partners Great Southern Science Council (a member of Inspiring Australia WA Regional Science Hub Network) and Museum of the Great Southern combine forces with supporters, presenters, science professionals and our community to curate, collate and celebrate everything sciencey in our vibrant community….
Addressing Australia’s Geoscience Challenges
In late 2018, we gathered Australia’s geoscience community across academia, government and industry to develop ideas about tools, services, data and analytics needed to enable purposeful innovation in our sector. We asked: how can we better address Australia’s minerals, energy, water and geohazards questions as our population grows and the environment rapidly changes? Now, we…
The Collection Episode 5: Worm of death
“It looks like an alien… like a deep sea creature. But in real fact, it’s actually living a few hundred metres out the front of most people’s doorsteps in Darwin.” Is it a fish? Is it an alien? Is it a worm of death? In this episode, you’ll find out what lurks in the intertidal…
The Collection Episode 4: Surviving a cyclone
“Losing anything from a museum collection is sad … because it’s not just the museum who loses, it’s the people who live in that community.” In 1974, when Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin, the museum building was flattened. Two blocks away, where some of the first artworks from the Papunya Desert Art movement hung, the roof…
The Collection Episode 2: A heist on the high seas
“The day in mention, I went out to the two fishing vessels that were in our quarantine zone. We had to remove the clams off that vessel … and I saw them and thought this is going to be challenging.” In this episode, we meet a fisheries officer and a mollusc specialist who reveal how…
The Collection Episode 3: Seven seasons and a very rare fish
“Balnba is the rainy season. Dalay is like the monsoon season, the season of the Cyclones. Mayilema is when it starts drying out. And between Dalay and Mayilema you have what we call the season of the knock ’em down … that’s when the last final rain comes – a big, powerful storm – and…
The Collection Episode 1: How to stuff a giant croc
“Dad brought home a huge lump of the tail and we tried it and it was really tough … just like chewing on white rubber” Meet Sweetheart, the Territory’s most infamous crocodile and find out how he ended up on the dinner table of a young taxidermist-to-be. Learn about the lengths his father went to…
The Collection
The Collection, a podcast that takes you back of house at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Step inside the dry stores, lift the lid on strange specimen jars and peek inside the deep freeze as we reveal a world of fascinating objects and the stories behind them. Jared Archibald, MAGNT’s Curator…
Science Café Updating the Rime of the Ancient Mariner – past and future of fresh water on the South Coast
Historically, access to fresh water played a pivotal role in human habitation along the South Coast and today is no different. Our drying climate and growing population compound the challenges to fresh water supplies. Join a lively expert panel discussion of the past and future of water supplies while enjoying a delicious afternoon tea and…