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"Old b&w photo shows three young men looking at large whale skeleton."

Name the Blue Whale

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"A woman holds up a small chalkboard that reads 'Karla'. Text reads 'Home'."

One State, many languages

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Build-a-Bug

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"A woman looks a young girl, who looks back at her smiling."

Because of Her, We Can

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"Construction site showing large metal structural beams against a blue sky."

Steel Trusses Soar Above Site

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Transcribing a Snapshot in Time

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A micro-CT scan of a sponge barnacle inside its host sponge. most of the sponge tissue has been removed from the image revealing the barnacle within.

Australia's Diverse Sponge Barnacles

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One State, many languages

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Because of Her, We Can - NAIDOC 2018

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Heritage Restoration for New Museum

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New Museum building site with crane in the middle, the sun is rising to the left side of the picture and the image has hues of blue and pink from the sunrise

Timelapse of New Museum construction

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Heritage buildings in the background, dirt that has been levelled in the foreground

Building Progress

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"A gold and ivory necklace."

Collection Highlight: Bully Hayes' Necklace

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"A group of men laying track in the hot sun."

1968 Torres Strait Islander Track Laying World Record

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"Assorted geometric shapes in blue, pink, grey and black."

Psychedelic Wonderland of Colour - The World of Minerals

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Volunteers Helping to Shape the New Museum

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"A group of workers stop of a break on top of a railway line."

World Record History

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"A group of people post for a photo outside a building, a row of four people kneel at the front while the rest of the group stands behind them."

Kimberley Land Council Rangers - Reconnecting Story, Countrymen and Ancestors with the Collection

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"People in yellow high visibility jackets stand around a blue scissor lift."

Structure of the First Gallery Complete

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Don’t Keep History a Mystery - National Reconciliation Week

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Describing Fauna Before they are Lost Forever

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International Museum Day - Hyperconnected Museums

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Unreliable colour patterns in seaslugs

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"Tree in foreground, concrete square block around three storeys high, cranes and machinery moving and lifting concrete."

Photo Gallery: New Museum Progress April 2018

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