Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
The Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) is an online distributed network of Australian faunal databases that contain information about the faunal collections held in Australian museums and other institutions, such as CSIRO. The Western Australian Museum supplies information to OZCAM. www.ozcam.org.au
Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
The Aquatic Zoology department is currently undertaking a research project that is jointly funded between the Western Australian Museum and Woodside Energy Limited.
This study consists of statistically analysing major data sets to compare various marine faunal groups with habitats of the Kimberley coastal region and documenting their relationships. This project consists of four components:
Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
The Western Australian Museum is a partner in the Atlas of Living Australia project, a collaborative, national project focused on making information about Australia’s biodiversity more accessible and useable online.
About the Atlas of Living Australia
The Atlas of Living Australia is building a better picture of Australia’s animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms for research, taxonomy, management, education and other uses.
Research Projects | Updated 1 years ago
The WA Museum is a partner in the Australian Historic Shipwrecks ARC linkage grant working on the wreck of the 1850's wooden vessel Clarence in Port Philip.
Ongoing information about this project and documentation of this worked performed can be found on Australian Heritage Shipwreck Protection Project website: http://www.ahspp.org.au/