http://museumvictoria.com.au/ The latest news from Museum Victoria, Melbourne Australia en http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/csiracs-60th-birthday/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/csiracs-60th-birthday/ Australia’s first computer joins Heritage Register. In November 1949, the world’s fourth stored program electronic computer ran its first program. Known as CSIRAC – ‘Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Automatic Computer’ – it was designed and constructed in Australia. It is the oldest surviving first-generation computer and is a treasured object in Museum Victoria's collection. CSIRAC received a fitting 60th birthday present last... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12987/000003699c-40_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-11-17T16:12:36+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/reb-dig-open-day/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/reb-dig-open-day/ Come and see the archaeologists at work. On Saturday 14 November, you can see archaeology at work at the Royal Exhibition Building dig Open Day. The three-week archaeological dig is the first phase of the World Heritage, World Futures project to install 900,000 litres of rainwater storage beneath the area known as the western forecourt. The dig is recording all remaining traces of the former uses of this land prior to installation of... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12919/REBaerial_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-11-12T16:22:40+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/kinglake-chimney-in-forest-gallery/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/kinglake-chimney-in-forest-gallery/ 2009 bushfire memorial at Melbourne Museum. A chimney from a 19th century homestead destroyed in the Black Saturday bushfires is being reconstructed in the Forest Gallery. The chimney was collected in June from a property on Whittlesea-Kinglake Road. It was one of very few damaged structures remaining, since most were demolished in the first weeks after Black Saturday for safety. With support from the homestead’s owner, Major Singh Gill,... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12871/000669-011_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-11-10T17:31:40+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/a-dress-of-its-own/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/a-dress-of-its-own/ Judith Durham’s outfit from the 60s goes on display. An outfit worn by Judith Durham from The Seekers joins the lineup of music memorabilia on show in the Melbourne Gallery. The Seekers were one of Australia’s biggest music groups in the 60s and the first home-grown act to hit the big time in the UK and America. They formed in Melbourne in 1962 and Judith, a jazz singer, joined soon after when the lead singer left. The band’s enormous success, wi... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12328/IMG_0610-dress_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-11-04T09:09:06+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/butterflies-of-the-sea/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/butterflies-of-the-sea/ Jo Taylor compiling book on the world's squat lobsters. Museum Victoria researcher Jo Taylor embarked upon an ambitious project in October 2009 – to compile a book about the squat lobsters of the world. The project is an 18-month postdoctorate position during which she will work with an international group of biologists including MV’s Gary Poore. Despite their common name, squat lobsters are more closely related to crabs. “They’re affectionately kno... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12572/squat_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-10-30T10:50:47+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/star-wars-extended/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/star-wars-extended/ Exhibition now ending on 8 November 2009. The blockbuster exhibition at Scienceworks, Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination , has been extended five more days until 8 November 2009. As visitor numbers push towards 180,000, the most successful touring exhibition in Scienceworks’ 17-year history continues to draw crowds to see costumes, interactive exhibits, models and props from all six Star Wars movies. The late-night Thursday... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12508/stormtroop_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-10-27T17:24:05+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/royal-exhibition-building-archaeology/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/royal-exhibition-building-archaeology/ World Heritage, World Futures dig begins. The area between the Royal Exhibition Building and Rathdowne Street has been a functional but unappealing car park since the 1950s, but buried beneath the surface may be traces of the area’s previous lives. A $5.3 million grant from the Victorian Property Fund will unearth what lies under the tarmac in a sustainable redevelopment that will ultimately restore the original 1880s garden. The... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12438/000655-064_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-10-22T17:23:02+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/75th-anniversary-of-centenary-air-race/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/75th-anniversary-of-centenary-air-race/ International race began 20 October 1934. This year is the 75th anniversary of the great London to Melbourne air race that marked Melbourne’s centenary. The race attracted worldwide interest from pilots, aircraft manufacturers and the public, helped along by spectacular prizes. Philanthropist and ‘MacRobertson’ chocolate magnate Sir MacPherson Robertson provided sponsorship – a gold cup and £10,000 prize went to the winner of the speed... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12382/2MAP_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-10-19T13:58:42+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/ride-to-work-day-2009/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/ride-to-work-day-2009/ Watch our first MV News video! National Ride to Work Day was marked at the museum with high staff participation, a celebratory breakfast, and an announcement about the museum's new bicycle fleet. Transcript:   Narrator:   It was Ride to Work Day on October 14th, and despite a drizzle of rain, Museum Victoria staff cycled in from all over Melbourne. Anna McCallum:   Not too wet! Tim Murphy:   I’ve got mudguards, there. Bernar... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12345/MV-News-Ride-To-Work-Day_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-10-15T16:38:42+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/the-flavour-of-italian-melbourne/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/the-flavour-of-italian-melbourne/ Gelato wins Shutter Up You Face competition. Amy Calton of Northcote is the winner of Museum Victoria’s Shutter Up You Face photo competition with her whimsical image entitled Gelato . The competition, held in conjunction with the A Day in Pompeii exhibition at Melbourne Museum, invited Melburnians to ‘Rome’ around and show what they thought made Melbourne Italian. Amy’s photograph shows silhouettes of people enjoying gelati from an Itali... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12312/suyf_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-10-12T10:13:14+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/federation-handbells-at-arts-festival/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/federation-handbells-at-arts-festival/ Strange Fruit play the bells at Birrarung Marr. The bells of Melbourne will ring out to celebrate the 2009 Melbourne International Arts Festival. Among the joyous cacophony is a new composition played on the Federation Bells at Birrarung Marr. The piece, Ringing the Changes , was composed by Graeme Leak and will be performed by Melbourne group Strange Fruit. Strange Fruit are known for their five-metre, flexible, fibreglass poles that allow... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12280/RTC-2_Courtesy-of-Strange-Frui_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-10-07T17:07:24+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/fringe-festival-at-planetarium/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/fringe-festival-at-planetarium/ Show about Copernicus in the Skydome. The Melbourne Fringe Festival comes to Scienceworks this year with Copernicus , a performance about the life and mind of this extraordinary and enigmatic medieval astronomer. Copernicus is written, researched and performed by Sam Davison of Transit Theatre. Sam first presented the show at the Fringe Festival in 2006, but has substantially reworked it to fit its new venue at the Melbourne... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12209/Copernicus02_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-10-02T13:55:52+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/climate-change-and-whale-evolution/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/climate-change-and-whale-evolution/ Dr Erich Fitzgerald starts three-year fellowship Museum Victoria welcomes back Dr Erich Fitzgerald, who has returned from a year at the Smithsonian Institution to take up the Harold Mitchell Fellowship. Erich completed his PhD on the palaeobiology of ancient baleen whales in 2008. He is a familiar face around the museum, having worked as a research associate in the palaeontology department for several years. In 2006 he described the... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12164/erich_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-09-30T12:37:16+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/ancient-dna-lecture/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/ancient-dna-lecture/ Dr Jeremy Austin speaks about extinct DNA. Dr Jeremy Austin returns to Melbourne Museum on 28 September to speak about his work as Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) at the University of Adelaide. In his lecture Reconstructing the past to inform the present , Jeremy will explain some of the unique difficulties and exciting prospects of working with ancient DNA. Ancient DNA is the genetic material that remain... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12120/ja_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-09-23T12:16:46+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/mv-staff-win-whitley-awards/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/mv-staff-win-whitley-awards/ Outstanding fauna publications recognised. A comprehensive book edited by MV staff about the fishes of southern Australia has received the 2009 Whitley Commendation Certificate for Best Reference Book. Co-editors and MV ichthyologists Martin Gomon and Dianne Bray attended the ceremony on 18 September at the Australian Museum to receive their awards. Martin and Dianne co-edited the book Fishes of Australia’s Southern Coast with MV resear... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12104/Whitely-awards_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-09-21T13:02:11+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/italian-motorbike-event-rescheduled/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/italian-motorbike-event-rescheduled/ Festival moved to 29 November. The Festival of Italian Motorcycles, which was advertised to occur on Sunday 11th October, has been postponed until Sunday 29th November. The museum decided to postpone the event due to the huge and unprecedented weekend crowds on the plaza due to the A Day in Pompeii exhibition. A popular community event, the Festival of Italian Motorcycles has been held on the Melbourne Museum plaza since 200... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12083/mn010461_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-09-18T16:33:16+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/lost-sunshine-radiator-found/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/lost-sunshine-radiator-found/ Ken Galloway's unexpected discovery. A mid-year holiday uncovered an agricultural treasure for Trade Literature Collection Officer Ken Galloway. While visiting the Gayndah Museum in central Queensland, Ken identified an original radiator from a Sunshine A Model tractor – the only known surviving radiator from the tractors manufactured by H. V. McKay’s famous Sunshine Harvester Works. Only two such tractors remain - one held by... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12043/radiator_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-09-16T14:09:05+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/victorian-frogs-and-bushfires/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/victorian-frogs-and-bushfires/ Surveys in fire areas find frogs doing well. Current research by museum herpetologists has found surprising numbers of frogs in areas ravaged by the February 2009 Victorian bushfires. It seems extraordinary that any frogs remain here given the widespread habitat loss caused by the fires. “The frogs probably survived by sheltering in the dams or in vegetation around the edges,” said Bec Bray, a research assistant working with Curator of... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/12019/FROG_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-09-11T15:26:21+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/from-mv-to-bbc/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/from-mv-to-bbc/ How Jasper Montana's research was supported by his 1854 Scholarship. Museum Victoria’s 1854 Scholarships are proving a useful tool for early-career researchers. 2008 recipient Jasper Montana recently reported how the scholarship assisted his research into the Southern Sand Octopus, Octopus kaurna . The scholarship allowed Jasper to purchase equipment and supplies for his field and laboratory work, in which he studied some amazing and unique octopus behaviour. Th... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11995/DSC_0709_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-09-09T14:50:24+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/100-000th-image-registered/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/100-000th-image-registered/ Major achievement by MV's registration teams. The museum’s History and Technology department reached a significant milestone in August with the registration of the 100 000th item from the Images and Image Making collection. “It is fitting that the item MM 100000 is an ambrotype, one of the earliest forms of photography and a rare example at that,” said Lorenzo Iozzi, Senior Collection Manager of the Images and Audiovisual Collections. The... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11922/MM100000_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-09-04T15:24:03+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/welcome-to-my-world/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/welcome-to-my-world/ Indigenous students explore the working world of the museum. On 18th August, Melbourne Museum hosted twelve Indigenous students from the Hume Region for a program called Welcome to my World. This is part of the WoW (Worlds of Work) program run by the Foundation for Young Australians that is designed to introduce kids to career skills in an engaging and stimulating manner. Four staff members – Dianne Bray, John Duggan, Will Patten and Anthony Balla – spen... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11875/dbray_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-09-02T15:47:30+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/new-analytic-equipment/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/new-analytic-equipment/ X-ray fluorescence spectrometry joins object conservation toolbox. Recently purchased equipment now allows Museum Victoria’s conservation department to detect what’s in the collection on an elemental scale. The portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (XRF) was funded by a grant from the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority (VMIA), a statutory authority that helps protect state assets such as the museum’s collections. “We’ll be able to use it throughout the... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11856/xrf-pic_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-08-31T17:20:29+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/ron-vanderwal-retires/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/ron-vanderwal-retires/ MV thanks retiring curator Ron Vanderwal for 28 years. Dr Ron Vanderwal, Senior Curator of Anthropology (Oceania) and long-time staff member of the museum, received an emotional farewell this week to mark his retirement from full-time work. Ron’s colleagues, collaborators, friends and family gathered in the Te Pasifika Gallery at Melbourne Museum to celebrate his contributions to anthropology, the museum and Pacific Islander communities. Ron has be... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11820/mn011886-web_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-08-28T11:32:28+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/science-week-fun-at-rch/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/science-week-fun-at-rch/ MV goes nuts on hospital TV show. To celebrate National Science Week (15 – 23 August 2009), the Royal Children’s Hospital invited Scienceworks Programs Officer Lauren Bartlett to appear on their in-house television show Going Nuts with Macadamia .  This show screens on CCTV in the hospital’s wards and helps young patients feel more comfortable during their stay. It features the charming and inquisitive sock puppet Macadamia... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11795/macadamia%20_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-08-26T15:49:17+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/mv-farewells-dr-john-long/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/mv-farewells-dr-john-long/ Head of Sciences departs for USA role. After five years as Museum Victoria's Head of Sciences, Dr John Long is leaving this week to take up the position of Vice President of Research and Collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. John's interest in palaeontology dates back to when he collected his first fossils at the age of seven. Following postgraduate and postdoctoral studies, John worked at several Australi... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11701/mn022405_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-08-20T15:51:26+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/sw-welcomes-robot-invasion/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/sw-welcomes-robot-invasion/ Victorian RoboCup Junior competition. On Friday 14 August, Scienceworks was invaded by benevolent robots for the Victorian finals of the RoboCup Junior competition as part of National Science Week. Each year, RoboCup Junior stages battles between teams of students who build and program robots to play soccer, undertake a rescue or perform a theatrical or dance routine. A winning team is selected in each category on the strength of... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11686/competing_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-08-19T15:41:34+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/science-and-life-redevelopment/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/science-and-life-redevelopment/ New exhibition's wild approach to display. Preparation for the new exhibition in the Science and Life Gallery continues steadily behind the scenes at Melbourne Museum. Wild: amazing animals in a changing world is due to open in late 2009 and will feature over 800 animal specimens – the largest assemblage of Museum Victoria’s zoological collection since the early days of McCoy Hall at the old Swanston Street site. Many of these specimens... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11672/wild-storage_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-08-17T16:43:10+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/science-week-2009/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/science-week-2009/ Week of science kicks off with comedy and cabaret. National Science Week launches on Friday 14 August with 'Hypothesis’, an evening of comedy, talk, cabaret and film at Federation Square. Among a variety of other events and activities, three of Musem Victoria's sharpest science brains will test the crowd’s ability to sort truth from fabrication in ‘Science: Fact or Fiction?!’. The participating scientists are marine biologist Mark Norman, curat... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11619/mn006213_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-08-13T16:32:27+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/regional-pompeii-lectures/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/regional-pompeii-lectures/ Pompeii lecture touring to four regional centres. Museum Victoria CEO, Dr Patrick Greene, is touring his lecture  Pompeii and Gold-rich Victoria to four regional centres this August. The Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition at Melbourne Museum, A Day in Pompeii , recently hosted its 100,000th visitor. This phenomenal interest in the ancient township is nothing new for Victoria, as Dr Greene discusses in his presentation. Drawing from sever... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11585/Pompeii-ruins.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-08-11T15:12:46+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/breaking-bridges/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/breaking-bridges/ Student bridges prove stronger than those of professionals. On Wednesday 5 August, Scienceworks hosted the annual Aurecon Bridge Building Competition (formally known as the Connell Wagner Bridge Building Competition) for the 9th year. 57 teams of Year 8 and 9 students from 52 schools across Victoria, 11 of which were from country schools, built then tested their bridges to the point of destruction. The event was hosted by Red Symons in the Scienceworks... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11569/web-Aurecon-09_0010.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-08-10T10:11:14+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/a-short-but-sweet-display/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/a-short-but-sweet-display/ Last chance to see Captain Cook's cottage If you haven’t seen the sweetest exhibit in the Melbourne Gallery yet – a 75-year-old replica of Captain Cook’s cottage made of sugar – your chance is coming to an end. The scale model – comprising a wooden frame covered in icing sugar modelling paste – was created by cake decorator Cyril Noisette in 1934 as a souvenir of the Centenary of Melbourne. It went on display in March 2009 but will... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/10075/Cook's-Cottage_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-07-07T16:19:31+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/melbourne-to-maine/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/melbourne-to-maine/ International loans take museum objects around the world. Museum Victoria often receives requests from other institutions wanting to study, access or borrow objects from the collection. Loans involve a lot of work and coordination with conservation, security and transport concerns, but the opportunity to share MV collection objects with an international community is worth the effort. A recent loan from the Indigenous Cultures Collection to the Maine... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11384/x008931_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-07-28T14:31:44+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/state-of-design-takes-off/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/state-of-design-takes-off/ Design festival workshops for kids at Melbourne Museum. The State of Design Festival is in full swing across Victoria, including some special events for kids at Melbourne Museum. On 18 July, the Paper Plane Academy flew into Melbourne Museum for some serious playtime. Over the course of the day, around 120 participating kids and their parents designed, tested and refined their own paper aeroplanes in an aerial playground supervised by a character... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11352/Paper-Plane-Academy_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-07-22T17:30:06+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/apollo-xi-anniversary/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/apollo-xi-anniversary/ Remembering Neil Armstrong's giant leap. This month sees the 40th anniversary of an event that shaped a generation – the first lunar landing. At exactly 12:56:20 on 21 July 1969 (AEST), Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon. The words he spoke are still famous: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." It is less well known that he had meant to say "one small step for a man" but in the excitement of the moment left o... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11311/BuzzAldrin_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-07-20T11:02:08+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/giant-steps/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/giant-steps/ Footprints of ancient megafauna captured with modern techniques. The 40th anniversary of the first moon landing is being celebrated around the world this month. However a different set of giant steps – more local and far more ancient – have landed at Melbourne Museum. Museum Victoria preparators recently cast replicas of some incredible megafauna tracks in Victoria's west. The fossilised footprints were left around 120,000 years ago by several animals,... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11320/Veronica-hand_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-07-17T17:08:36+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/mini-turns-50/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/mini-turns-50/ Fifty years since this iconic car rolled into production. Fifty years ago this August, the first Mini motor car rolled off the assembly line and into popular culture. To mark the anniversary, the museum’s 1964 Morris Mini Cooper will be on display at Scienceworks from 13 July to 25 November 2009. The Mini was designed in response to the first post-war fuel supply crisis caused by the 1956 Suez conflict. Alec Issigonis of the British Motor Corporation... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11276/MiniBear_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-07-13T10:31:29+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/french-medals1/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/french-medals1/ Commemorative medals honour major French anniversaries. Treasures from Museum Victoria’s Numismatics Collection highlight two notable French anniversaries during July. 10 July is the 500th anniversary of the birth of the religious reformer John (Jean) Calvin. He is remembered in a medal made by the artist Pierre Turin in 1932. The medal, held in the museum's collection, portrays Calvin in profile on one side, and the dates and locations of Calvin's... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/11061/000540-a-01_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-07-10T15:39:26+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/milarri-garden-tours/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/milarri-garden-tours/ A NAIDOC Week activity at Melbourne Museum. During NAIDOC Week, Australia celebrates the culture, history and achievements of Aboriginal and Islander people. This week, Museum Victoria's Indigenous staff are sharing their knowledge and experience with visitors in a series of special programs. The Milarri Garden cultural tours are conducted by three Indigenous staff members who explain the bounty of resources found in this part of... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/10079/IMG_889_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-07-08T16:54:25+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/naidoc-week-2009/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/naidoc-week-2009/ 'Honouring our Elders, Nurturing Our Youth' Museum visitors and staff are invited to celebrate NAIDOC Week in a vibrant program of events at Melbourne Museum between 5-12 July. This is the 52nd annual NAIDOC Week and the theme this year is Honouring Our Elders, Nurturing Our Youth . NAIDOC stands for ‘National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee’. This committee first organised a week of national activities to promote... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/10055/mn015308_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-07-06T16:31:27+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/reb-anniversary/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/reb-anniversary/ 5th anniversary of World Heritage listing. On 1 July 2004, the Royal Exhibition Building became the first building in Australia to receive World Heritage status. To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the listing, the Royal Exhibition Building website has been updated with detailed information and historic images. The Royal Exhibition Building has been one of Melbourne’s most identifiable, iconic landmarks for nearly 130 years. Built in... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9986/mn010286_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-07-01T13:39:29+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/someones-gotta-do-it/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/someones-gotta-do-it/ New series of podcasts profiling the people of MV. For many visitors, what happens behind the scenes at Museum Victoria is an intriguing mystery. A new series of podcasts called ‘Someone’s Gotta Do It’ reveals more about the people who keep the museum running. It’s the latest addition to Access All Areas , the MV website portal for podcasts and blogs. In Someone’s Gotta Do It, Dr Andi Horvath, Senior Curator of Science Communication, asks MV... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9962/access-card-standalon_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-06-30T12:51:37+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/pompeii-about-to-erupt/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/pompeii-about-to-erupt/ A Day in Pompeii opens on 26 June. Almost two years of planning and preparation lie behind A Day in Pompeii , the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition that opens on 26 June at Melbourne Museum. The venue is a hive of activity as crews put the finishing touches to the exhibition and finalise all aspects of the wider exhibition program. The outside wall of the Touring Hall has been transformed by a vivid illustration of the... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9881/pomp_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-06-24T18:13:51+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/roving-ceo-report/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/roving-ceo-report/ Highlights of Dr Patrick Greene's recent trip. Museum Victoria CEO, Dr J. Patrick Greene, returned in late May from a trip to the US, Canada and UK. During his travels he collected an award, presented the work of Museum Victoria to meetings in several North American cities, and visited a number of prominent museums. His trip began at the American Association of Museums annual meeting in Philadelphia. With 'The Museum Experiment' as its them... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9817/web08052009057_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-06-23T13:19:22+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/narratives-across-cultures/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/narratives-across-cultures/ Launch of digital stories at Immigration Museum. On Thursday 18 June the Immigration Museum hosted the launch of the 2009 Victoria University Digital Stories Project, Learning and Teaching in Public Spaces – Narratives Across Cultures 2 . One hundred invited guests, including teachers, students, parents, families and friends, celebrated the three films produced collaboratively by Liberal Arts students and Multimedia students from Victoria... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9860/artwork_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-06-22T12:43:02+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/library-week-rare-book-viewing/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/library-week-rare-book-viewing/ Beautiful books brought out for visiting experts. To celebrate 2009 Library and Information Week, three Melbourne rare books librarians visited Museum Victoria’s library to view some exceptionally precious volumes. Des Cowley, Curator of Rare and Printed Collections at the State Library of Victoria, was stunned to see original volumes of Albertus Seba’s Thesaurus , since he had just acquired a contemporary reprint for the State Library... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9765/000530-a-005-co_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-06-12T15:59:11+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/ancestral-power/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/ancestral-power/ Collaborative exhibition of objects from the Donald Thomson Collection. Lindy Allen, Museum Victoria’s Senior Curator of Anthropology (Northern Australia), has curated an extraordinary exhibition at the Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne. Ancestral Power and the Aesthetic: Arnhem Land paintings and objects from the Donald Thomson Collection presents 20 bark paintings by Yolngu people that were collected in the 1930s and 40s. “The barks are just... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9697/DT83_makani_wilingarr_djarrapung_rarrk(Monsoonal-Cloud-design)-1937_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-06-11T10:33:45+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/history-and-the-meaning-of-things/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/history-and-the-meaning-of-things/ Seminar recounts the rise of women's cycling in Victorian times. Museum Victoria’s Curator of Domestic and Community Life, Fiona Kinsey, doesn’t just like cycling; such is her passion for the topic that she spent six years researching it for her Masters in Australian Studies. Her thesis Portraits of Australian Women Cyclists in the 1890s was the basis of a seminar at Melbourne Museum in May, in which she described the challenges for female cyclists a century... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9672/untitled_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-06-05T11:39:56+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/museums-memory-and-healing/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/museums-memory-and-healing/ Symposium connects international work. On 22 May, Museum Victoria and Monash University hosted a symposium at Melbourne Museum entitled Museums, Memory and Healing . Speakers and attendees gathered to discuss the role of museums in acknowledging the memories of individuals and communities.   Ali Kangela Hlongwane discussed his curatorial work in two South African museums - the Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum and MuseuMAfricA,... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9608/lorraine_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-06-03T13:14:02+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/arc-grant-success/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/arc-grant-success/ Two MV projects receive funding from the Australian Research Council. Two Museum Victoria collaborative research projects have received funding through the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Projects, announced on 28 May. One project will help preserve endangered amphibians, while the other will enrich an important Museum Victoria collection. Dr Jane Melville will work with the University of Melbourne and the National Herbarium of Victoria to manage wetlan... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9562/mn013313_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-06-01T15:21:29+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/museums-flu-history1/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/museums-flu-history1/ Collection objects recall the 1918-1919 Spanish flu pandemic. With winter fast approaching and international concern about swine flu, influenza is back on the agenda. A little known fact about the flu is that 90 years ago, the Royal Exhibition Building played a prominent role in Melbourne’s response to ‘the mother of all pandemics’. The 1918-1919 Spanish flu pandemic infected millions of people worldwide. It was characterised by high infectivity and... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9531/mn016082_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-05-29T16:05:03+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/mv-species-in-top-10/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/mv-species-in-top-10/ MV discoveries make annual list of Top 10 new species. Two Museum Victoria species have been placed on the list of Top 10 species new to science in 2008 - the ‘mother fish’ Materpiscis attenboroughi discovered by Head of Sciences, Dr John Long, and the world's smallest known seahorse Hippocampus satomiae, described by Research Associate Rudie Kuiter. Each year, the International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE) at Arizona State University... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9472/Hippocampus_satomiae2_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-05-25T11:28:15+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/imelbourne-storyi-virtual-exhibition/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/imelbourne-storyi-virtual-exhibition/ Launch of online tour. You can now wander through The Melbourne Story from home thanks to a new interactive virtual tour on the exhibition’s website. The tour, produced completely in-house by Museum Victoria, allows web visitors to explore the exhibition and watch videos of curators talking about their favourite objects. The Virtual Exhibition uses a technique called cubic panorama to mimic the logical path visitors... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9329/arrow_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-05-21T14:19:04+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/1854-scholarships-announced/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/1854-scholarships-announced/ Four students receive support to further their research. Museum Victoria is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s 1854 Scholarships. The 1854 Scholarships were established in 2004 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the museum. They are awarded to students undertaking an Honours, Masters or PhD research project related to Museum Victoria’s collections, or in association with a Museum researcher. Scholarships may be awarded in the fields... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9200/decapod_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-05-14T11:11:02+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/a-mind-fascinated-by-materials/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/a-mind-fascinated-by-materials/ Conservator’s 20-year history with the museum. After two decades at Museum Victoria, senior conservator Michelle Berry is leaving for Tasmania to work with the Australian Antarctic Division. With a reputation for seeking adventure during her annual holiday, Michelle spent two field seasons in Antarctica conserving Mawson’s huts. Her new-found love of the Antarctic has lead to further work on the Mawson’s Hut database and a third field seaso... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9171/Michelle_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-05-14T10:07:29+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/night-shift-in-forest-gallery/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/night-shift-in-forest-gallery/ Change of season affects bird and keeper behaviour. The Forest Gallery at Melbourne Museum has started closing early to accommodate the needs of its avian residents. Until 12 July 2009, the gallery will close at 4:30pm. This is because the shorter days of winter trigger early roosting behaviour in the Forest Gallery birds. Since the birds like to feed before settling in for the night, the keepers must provide the birds with their supper earlier... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9192/Tawny-Oct04_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-05-13T15:17:54+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/another-win-for-melbourne-map/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/another-win-for-melbourne-map/ American Association of Museums award MV installation. The Dynamic Map has received the 2009 Silver MUSE Award in the Interpretive Interactive Installations category. The award was collected by Museum Victoria CEO Patrick Greene at a ceremony in Philadelphia, USA on 30 April. The MUSE Awards, presented by the American Association of Museums (AAM), recognises outstanding multimedia in museums. The Dynamic Map was among some 250 entries from a wide... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9150/dynamic-map_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-05-06T10:53:18+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/may-the-4th-be-with-you/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/may-the-4th-be-with-you/ Star Wars exhibition opening 4 June. Internationally, unofficially, the 4th of May is Star Wars Day, when fans of the cult-status films greet each other knowingly with “May the 4th be with you”. In 2009, the date also marks one month until the exhibition Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination opens at Scienceworks. With material from all six Star Wars films, there will be more than 80 costumes, interactives, models and props o... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9135/Darth_Luke_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-05-04T09:21:53+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/rhinoceros-in-a-spin/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/rhinoceros-in-a-spin/ Rhino-go-round in Science and Life photo shoot. Museum Victoria staff have set large mammal specimens a-spinning as part of the Science and Life Gallery redevelopment. The Indian rhinoceros ( Rhinoceros unicornis ) was one of several animals captured in a 360° photo shoot for the upcoming exhibition Wild: amazing animals in a changing world . The series of photographs, once animated into movies, will feature on interactive screens in the... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/9095/rhino-th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-04-28T15:35:01+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/fiji-community-celebration/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/fiji-community-celebration/ Dance, song and ritual at Immigration Museum marks exhibition opening. Victoria’s Fiji community recently celebrated its diversity at a lively event to mark the opening of the new exhibition, Talanoa: Stories of the Fiji Community at the Immigration Museum.   Attended by more than 200 community members, the launch event included blessings from Hindu, Muslim and Christian faith leaders, as well as a traditional Yaqona (Kava) ceremony and performances from Fijian,... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/8878/talanoa-launch-th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-04-21T15:03:46+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/bugs-alive-wins-award/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/bugs-alive-wins-award/ Book praised for photos, clear layout and unique content. Bugs Alive: A Guide to Keeping Australian Invertebrates has won the 2009 award for best publication from ARAZPA, the peak professional body for Zoos, Parks and Aquaria in Australia and New Zealand. ARAZPA President and CEO of Perth Zoo Susan Hunt presented the award to Live Exhibits Manager Luke Simpkin at the annual ARAZPA conference at Sea World. Susan praised the authors – Alan Henderson,... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/8817/Bugs-Alive_frontcover_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-04-08T10:54:54+10:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/an-evening-with-the-chooky-dancers/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/an-evening-with-the-chooky-dancers/ Aboriginal dancers' version of Zorba the Greek a big hit. Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre proudly welcomed the Chooky Dancers, a group of Aboriginal men from the Northern Territory, to Melbourne Museum last week. The dancers – barefoot and dressed only in loincloths and ceremonial paint – performed their unique version of Zorba the Greek in two exclusive shows at the museum following their sell-out performance at the 2009 Melbourne International... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/8779/000487-a-04-co_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-04-02T17:05:27+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/fingerprinting-fishes/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/fingerprinting-fishes/ Researchers at Lizard Island collect 400 species. Museum Victoria staff have contributed to a significant research and collection project at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef. In September 2008, Martin Gomon, Senior Curator, Ichthyology, along with researchers from the Australian Museum, CSIRO, Queensland Museum, the University of Guelph (Canada) and the Western Australian Museum, undertook a research trip to further the Australian Fish... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/8324/Chaetodon-plebius_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-03-05T14:41:32+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/fossil-fish-show-origins-of-sex/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/fossil-fish-show-origins-of-sex/ Placoderms show earliest vertebrate copulation. Museum Victoria’s research on the 380-million-year-old fossil fishes from Gogo, Western Australia, has resulted in some big discoveries in the past three years. Firstly, we uncovered the Gogonasus , which showed the intermediate stage of fishes leading to land animals. In May 2008, we unveiled the mother fish, Materpiscis , an armoured placoderm fish with an unborn embryo and fossilised umbilic... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/8300/P50934-front-500w-th-2.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-02-26T11:11:18+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/film-shot-at-live-exhibits/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/film-shot-at-live-exhibits/ New documentary filmed at Melbourne Museum. A new documentary is being filmed at Melbourne Museum's Live Exhibits section. Shooting for the Beyond Productions feature, which will include some of Australia's most spectacular predatory invertebrates, has commenced deep below Melbourne Museum in the Live Exhibits area.  Museum Victoria staff members Alan Henderson and Jessie Sinclair are providing expert 'wrangling' for film-makers Malcolm... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/7996/filming-beyond-day-number-two-th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-02-10T17:18:30+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/royal-exhibition-building-boasts-new-floor/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/royal-exhibition-building-boasts-new-floor/ Royal Exhibition Building timber floor replaced. The timber ground floor under the Dome and North Transpept of the Royal Exhibition Building has just been replaced. The floorers completed the enormous task in just six weeks. Because the Royal Exhibition Building continues to have events throughout the year, floor replacement works are undertaken in the quiet period between Christmas and New Year. This was the third and largest stage of the... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/7868/001-main-photo---completed-section-of-floor_th4.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-02-10T10:42:22+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/planetarium-celebrates-international-year-of-astronomy/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/planetarium-celebrates-international-year-of-astronomy/ International Year of Astronomy in 2009. Melbourne Planetarium will host special events this year as part of a global program and focus on astronomy. Four hundred years ago, Galileo Galilei first turned a telescope to the sky. In 2009, countries all over the world are celebrating this anniversary as the International Year of Astronomy. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) and UNESCO are promoting the theme “the Universe – yours ... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/7866/p0822aa_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-02-05T15:04:42+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/climate-change-challenges/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/climate-change-challenges/ Assessing and improving the museum's environmental impact. Museum Victoria is taking steps to monitor and reduce its carbon footprint. This assessment of the environmental impact of the museum’s activities will help plans to minimise emissions and promote sustainable practices. Facilities and Sustainability Manager Dermot O’Sullivan states that the main challenge for Museum Victoria is “managing water, energy consumption, and waste production,” but add... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/7674/climate_th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-01-22T15:01:40+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/designing-dinosaur-displays/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/designing-dinosaur-displays/ New science exhibition is taking shape. In 2009–2010, the Science and Life gallery will be substantially redeveloped, introducing new exhibitions including Dinosaur Walk. Conceiving of and creating new exhibitions is a long-term collaborative process. For example, each of the 16 skeletons in Dinosaur Walk needs to be painted and articulated in position. To display these, a series of plinths are being built. There will be a ramp and... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/7662/IMG_0375-th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-01-14T16:19:24+11:00 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/kidsfest-success/ http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2009/kidsfest-success/ Immigration Museum transformed by celebration. The Immigration Museum celebrated ancient Indian culture on Sunday 11 January during its annual Kids Fest – a special children’s event. Over 1500 people, mainly families, visited the museum, which linked activities to the Ancient Hampi: The Hindu Kingdom Brought to Life exhibition.  On the first floor children decorated cardboard elephants, crafted rangoli designs and used tissue paper and... http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/7664/000425-A-02-co-th.jpg http://museumvictoria.com.au/ Museum Victoria 2009-01-14T15:18:33+11:00