14 Jun 2011Life of marine reptile and fearsome marsupial predator unveiled in talks by Perth palaeontologistAs part of the Western Australian Museum’s second year of the Harry Butler Lecture Series: In the Wild West, Museum palaeontology curator Dr Mikael Siversson will present two fascinating lectures in Albany next week: one on WA Ichthyosaurs – the last of their kind and the other on Thylacoleo – marsupial bolt cutter from hell. WA Ichthyosaurs – the last of their kind A single bone from a flipper found in the hills north of Kalbarri represents the last record in Australia of ichthyosaurs, large dolphin-like marine reptiles that swam in our waters some 93 million years ago.Read more News Western Australian Museum
9 Jun 2011Perth 2011 Partners WA Museum – MaritimeFremantle Inner Harbour will play a central part in the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, as home to the course for the Women’s Match Racing competition.For 14 of the 16 days of the World Championships, there will be racing on the Harbour Course, providing spectators with prime viewing opportunities from the wharf on the Southern side of Victoria Quay.Read more News Western Australian Museum
9 Jun 2011Extraordinary Stories - just the first chapterThe Western Australian Museum is delighted to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the British Museum to link the two organizations for the next five years with the first phase to be a unique exhibition here in Perth.Read more News Western Australian Museum
8 Jun 2011WA: Reaching for the starsWestern Australia has been short listed to host the international Square Kilometre Array project, or SKA, which is set to transform our understanding of the origins and evolution of the universe and explore fundamental questions in contemporary science.Read more News Western Australian Museum
1 Jun 2011Ghost towns in the shire of Kalgoorlie-BoulderKalgoorlie – Boulder is surrounded by some 40 ghost towns. These old gold rush settlements date from as early as 1892 and have all but disappeared, leaving little to mark their passing. Scott Wilson, President of the Eastern Goldfields Historical Society, will discuss the mindset of people who chose to head to these frontier towns, how the towns were formed, what happened to those who left and to the buildings left behind.Read more News Western Australian Museum
31 May 2011Fossils, Sea Levels and Climate ChangeThe Western Australian Museum’s Collection Manager of the Simpson Mineral Collection, Dr Geoff Deacon, will present a public lecture on the use of microfossils and macrofossils in understanding climate and sea-level change in WA. This lecture is particularly topical with climate change currently standing as one of the major issues discussed throughout the World. Consistently news reports maintain that our planet is warming and that sea-levels are rising faster than ever before.Read more News Western Australian Museum
27 May 2011WA Museum marine naturalist to talk about the things that stingWestern Australian Museum naturalist Corey Whisson’s job takes him to places along the State’s12,500 kilometre coastline rarely seen by human beings.Along the way, he has become familiar with the bewildering array of animals that inhabit the State’s complex marine environments, including many with excellent methods of protecting themselves.Mr Whisson said that while our marine waters might look spectacular, they are not without their dangers.Read more News Western Australian Museum
23 May 2011Story of fight for Indigenous rights comes to WA Museum Kalgoorlie-BoulderFrom Little Things Big Things Grow: Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970 is a travelling exhibition that opens at Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Saturday 28 May at 5.30pm. The exhibition is developed and presented by the National Museum of Australia and features some of the key moments of Aboriginal activism in Australia.“From Little Things Big Things Grow: Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970 tells a story unknown to most Australians – but painfully familiar to a few,” said exhibition curator Jay Arthur.Read more News Western Australian Museum
23 May 2011Gold and Greed: Kalgoorlie’s famous murders in the GoldfieldsWA Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder and WA Police have teamed up to present a program of three talks about the murder, mystery and intrigue of policing the Goldfields on Sunday 29 May.Gold and Greed will bring to life Kalgoorlie’s most famous murders, that of Inspectors Pitman and Walsh, as well as tales of Goldfields police and activities of the Gold Stealing Detection Unit.WA Police Assistant Commissioner Regional WA Michael Burnby will be speaking in detail about the Pitman and Walsh murders of 1926, giving a fresh look at one of the most gruesome crimes of the day.Read more News Western Australian Museum
17 May 2011Guano and pearls, steamships and suffragettesCharles Broadhurst was one of Western Australia’s earliest colourful and controversial entrepreneurs, involved in the State’s early pearling, shipping and pastoral industries. Western Australian Museum Maritime Archaeology curator and Fremantle Notre Dame University School of Arts and Science adjunct professor, Dr Michael (Mack) McCarthy will give a public talk about the life and times of this influential WA family as part of The Harry Butler: In the Wild West lecture series.Read more News Western Australian Museum
16 May 2011Art meets science on the Kimberley coastThe hidden world of some of the tiniest creatures in the Kimberley will come to life in a captivating collection of macro photography on show at the WA Museum – Maritime, Fremantle, until July 28 2011. Line of Sight is proudly sponsored Rey Resources Limited and is a compilation of nature photographs by Broome photographer Peter Strain who, throughout his 30 year career in film, television, theatre and music production, has maintained a passion for photography.Read more News Western Australian Museum
12 May 2011Migration to Western Australia 1829-1972Public lecture: WA Museum – AlbanyMore than one third of all Western Australians were born overseas, arriving in Western Australia from 1829 onwards as migrants, child migrants, displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees.Western Australian Museum Associate Dr Nonja Peters, who arrived from Holland in August 1949, has been involved in the story of migration for many years, reminding us that were those who arrived with little more than the clothes on their backs and a burning need to start over.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2011Kiss My Camera 2011 finalistsThis gallery features the 50 finalists for the Kiss My Camera 2011 competition.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
9 May 2011WA: Reaching for the starsWestern Australia has been short listed to host the international Square Kilometre Array project, or SKA, which is set to transform our understanding of the origins and evolution of the universe and explore fundamental questions in contemporary science. If built in Australia, the SKA will be the largest single endeavour in the nation’s scientific history and will underpin Western Australia’s technological, scientific and educational interests for the next 50 years. Read more News Western Australian Museum
29 Apr 2011Cockatoo Care - Carnaby's CockatooThis gallery shows selection of photography of the magnificent Carnaby's Black Cockatoo photographed by Tony Kirkby in the South-West of Western Australia. Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
28 Apr 2011Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo GalleryThis gallery shows selection of photography of the magnificent Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo photographed by Tony Kirkby in the South-West of Western Australia.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
12 Apr 2011Cockatoo Care - Baudin's CockatooThis gallery shows selection of photography of the magnificent Baudin's Cockatoo photographed by Tony Kirkby in the South-West of Western Australia.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
6 Apr 2011WA: Reaching for the starsWestern Australia has been short listed to host the international Square Kilometre Array project, or SKA, which is set to transform our understanding of the origins and evolution of the universe and explore fundamental questions in contemporary science.If built in Australia, the SKA will be the largest single endeavour in the nation’s scientific history and will underpin Western Australia’s technological, scientific and educational interests for the next 50 years.Read more News Western Australian Museum
23 Mar 2011Antarctica - Mawson’s living quartersThis photo gallery shows a few shots of Sir Douglas Mawson's living quarters at Cape Denison and the tenuous hold that Mawson and his men had at the Home of the Blizzard (the windiest place on earth at sea level!).Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
17 Mar 2011The ANCODS Collection HandoverThe ANCODS Collection consists of artefacts recovered from the four Dutch East India Company ships that sank along the Western Australian coast in the 17th and 18th centuries. The collection is rich and varied including bullion, cargo and building materials, navigational equipment, arms and armament, medical supplies, personal possessions of the crew and passengers, human and animal remains, and artefacts relating to the ships, their sails and rigging.The photo gallery documents the handover ceremony held in February 2011.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum