“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…
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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…
Girls in Science with Dr Asha Bowen
Grab your lab coat* and join leading WA scientist Associate Professor Asha Bowen as she shares her journey with science in this FREE online event. Dr Asha Bowen is a clinician scientist working at Perth Children’s Hospital as a paediatric infectious disease specialist and Head of Skin Health at the Telethon Kids Institute. Following her…
Oil Spill Workshop
Enjoy an afternoon learning all about oil spills with Sarah from Little Genius Science. Science will intersect with fun and learning as we protect the coasts and creatures we love from a chocolate oil spill. Science magic not to be missed. Thursday 20 August 4pm – 5pm at the Manning Library. Ages 7+. Bookings essential.
Healing Nature: A panel exploring the role nature plays in human consciousness, and its importance to health, wellbeing, and spirituality.
An online panel discussion, in conjunction with the latest exhibition at Bayside Gallery, Greenworld. Artists, scientists and experts in the field explore the relationship between an individual and their surroundings and the role nature plays in human consciousness, and its importance to health, wellbeing, and spirituality. Facilitator: Associate Professor Mardie Townsend, Deakin University Associate Professor Townsend…