Peter started at the Museum in 1979 and worked in a technical capacity in the Invertebrate Survey Department until 2001. That position saw him involved in field work all over Victoria, parts of New South Wales, Southern Queensland and South Australia, the deserts of Central Australia, rainforests in Tasmania and freshwater streams on the Sub-Antarctic on Macquarie Island. Since then he has been part of the Entomology/Arachnology Collection Management team.