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illustration of Earth's crust and uppermost part of the hot mantle below

Drifting Continents

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Volcanic eruption

Cretaceous Greenhouse World

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Dinosaur Triceratops skull

Dinosaur Types

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an artist’s impression of what Cretaceous polar dinosaurs may have looked like

Polar Dinosaurs

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Illustration of a Leaellynasaura

Leaellynasaura

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Globe

Australia in the Cretaceous

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Australovenator

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A Nepalese woman hauls a load of tinder across an alpine landscape.

Hauling Baskets

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A close up view of a slender mud-dauber wasp

Slender mud-dauber wasps: genus Sceliphron

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Native bee facial view

Native Bee – Presumed Extinct

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Fragments of the Maadi Rope being weighed.

Enough Rope

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A montage of face portraits

WA Faces

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A selection of Dilly Bags from the June Colquhoun collection.

Dilly Bags

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A freshwater crayfish specimen

A behind-the-scenes look at our crustacean collection

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Detail shot of a Winnowing Tray in the WA Museum collections

Winnowing Trays

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A stylised 3D render of Hackett Hall Gallery

Zebedee and CSIRO visit the WA Museum

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A double faced, tall woven dance mask from Kanganaman Village.

War Shields and Dance Masks of Papua New Guinea

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Finely carved food bowl from Murik Lakes that may be hung from a wall. Front View.

The Rath Collection

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A native Australian butterfly specimen

A behind-the-scenes look at our butterfly collection

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Two baler shell specimens

A behind-the-scenes look at our volute collection

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Thousands of shiny brown beetles swarm on the gound

Beetle Mania!

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Scuba diver swimming above Kimberley reef

Researching and surveying – Kimberley 2013

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Trends and Discoveries – Kimberley 2013

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A male and female scientist on the deck of a boat holding algae which mimics coral

Mimicking Algae – Kimberley 2013

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