19 Sep 2012The Kimberley Diamond Company Ellendale diamond collectionIn November 2011, the Kimberley Diamond Company and private benefactors, donated to the Western Australian Museum, a representative collection of yellow and white diamonds, to a total weight of 38.06 carats, from their operations at Ellendale in the West Kimberley region of Western Australia.Read more Blog entry Western Australian Museum
18 Sep 2012Seahorse tales and pregnant malesDr Glenn Moore, Fish Section, WA Museum Presented as part of the In the Wild West Lecture Series in 2012. Discover the fascinating secret world of the seahorse, where fish hold on by their tail, mates dance for their partners and males get pregnant! Read more Video Western Australian Museum
17 Aug 2012Into the valley of death rode… Henry Dyson NaylorStephen Anstey, Curator, History Presented as part of the In the Wild West Lecture Series in 2012. English language captions are available for the video, please click on "CC" button to turn on this feature. A chance inquiry about an old cavalry sabre leads Museum historians on a detective trail to piece together the story of its owner and uncover a Western Australian’s chilling first hand account of the Crimean War’s Charge of the Light Brigade.Read more Video Danny Murphy
17 Aug 2012Colours of the EarthDr Peter Downes, Curator of Minerals and Meteorites, Earth & Planetary Sciences Presented as part of the In the Wild West Lecture Series in 2012. The interaction of the atmosphere and ground waters with mineral deposits over time has produced an exotic array of colourful minerals. Come on a tour through some hotspots for mineral diversity that have been revealed through mining in Western Australia. Read more Video Danny Murphy
17 Aug 2012Wreck of the ZuytdorpPresented by Dr Michael "Mack" McCarthy, Curator, Maritime Archaeology Presented as part of the In the Wild West Lecture Series in 2012. Since the 1960s WA Museum staff have been searching for answers to the mysteries surrounding the Dutch East India Company trading ship Zuytdorp. Dr McCarthy will discuss the ship and its loss, as well as the discovery of the wreck and subsequent archaeological research. Read more Video Danny Murphy
14 Aug 2012Dinosaurs of the 21st Century: masters of the skyDelivered by Dr Mikael Silversson Presented as part of the In the Wild West Lecture Series in 2012. They ruled the land for 170 million years and now they rule the skies! Explore the wonders of the dinosaur world, from the mighty T-rex to the humble duck. Read more Video Danny Murphy
7 Aug 2012Sir David Attenborough's visit to the WA MuseumThis video documents Sir David Attenborough's visit to the Western Australian Museum where he accepted a mounted photograph of Prethopalpus attenboroughi and also a signed copy of the publication where this species was named. Prethopalpus attenboroughi was described by the Western Austrailan Museum's Dr Mark Harvey and Queensland Museum Research Fellow Dr Barbara Baehr and was named in honour of Sir David Attenborough. Read more Video Danny Murphy
7 Aug 2012Prof. Lyn Beazley introduces Prethopalpus attenboroughiThis video documents WA Chief Scientist Professor Lyn Beazley's gift of a mounted photograph of Prethopalpus attenboroughi and also a signed copy of the publication where this species was named. This gift was presented to Sir David Attenbourough during his visit to the Western Australian Museum. Prethopalpus attenboroughi was described by the Western Austrailan Museum's Dr Mark Harvey and Queensland Museum Research Fellow Dr Barbara Baehr and was named in honour of Sir David Attenborough. Read more Video Danny Murphy
30 Jul 2012Down Under Down Under: collecting in the dark zoneAuthored by Dr Bill Humphreys Presented by Dr Mark Harvey Presented as part of the In the Wild West Lecture Series in 2012. Beneath our feet lies a hotspot of subterranean biodiversity. Hear about the lengths our curators go to - from fishing down boreholes in the desert to abseiling, crawling, hammering, digging and cave diving - to collect specimens for the State’s collection. Read more Video Danny Murphy
28 Jun 2012Whale Shark for LunchMuseums are wonderful places, with collections that are full of history and from time to time real gems and interesting stories pop up among the artefacts and specimens. Among the Western Australian Museum’s large fish collection, we have a few shelves of dry material – mostly skulls, bones and teeth. We recently had a research visitor to the museum working with our Department of Palaeontology: Dr.Read more Blog entry Western Australian Museum
25 Jun 2012Why freshwater crayfish don’t need milk for healthy bonesTwo curious looking ‘stones’ collected from a dam near Lake Yindarlgooda out in the Goldfields were brought into the Museum by inquisitive members of the public. These mushroom shaped stones are made of calcium carbonate, the main mineral in human bones, coral skeletons and the shells of oysters and abalone.Read more Blog entry Western Australian Museum
20 Jun 2012Footage of a new species of PseudoscorpionFootage of a new species of troglomorphic Pseudotyrannochthonius sp. - collected from Toolbrunup Peak, Stirling Range National Park, WA in 2011.Read more Video Western Australian Museum