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Fishing for apprentice as marine taxidermist searches for successor
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Marine taxidermist Steve Mathews is unable to find an apprentice to carry on his 40-year legacy.
Topics: visual-art, fish, apprenticeships, community-and-society, work, library-museum-and-gallery, cairns-4870, france, united-states, new-zealand
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Topics: photography, library-museum-and-gallery, bundaberg-4670
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Galleries open grounds to Canberra canines
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Two of Australia's national galleries welcome hundreds of dogs to their grounds, allowing art-lovers the chance to involve their furry friends in two major exhibitions.
Topics: animals, human-interest, library-museum-and-gallery, arts-and-entertainment, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Queensland Museum marks 155 years of weird and wonderful specimens
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The Queensland Museum celebrates its 155th anniversary by highlighting the most interesting objects that make up its vast collection.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, animals, mammals---whales, art-history, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, brisbane-4000
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Kids get their hands dirty at retro recipes workshop
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The National Archives helps Canberra children learn about cooking in the 1950s and '60s.
Topics: food-and-cooking, recipes, history, library-museum-and-gallery, human-interest, canberra-2600
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Dr Patrick Smith and volunteers Gary and Barbara Flewelling image
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Topics: science-and-technology, dinosaurs, rural, rural-tourism, library-museum-and-gallery, richmond-4822
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Volunteer Gary Flewelling and Dr Patrick Smith search for fossils image
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Topics: science-and-technology, dinosaurs, rural, rural-tourism, library-museum-and-gallery, richmond-4822
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Rare lizardfish fossil image
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Topics: science-and-technology, dinosaurs, rural, rural-tourism, library-museum-and-gallery, richmond-4822
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Rare lizardfish fossil unearthed in outback Queensland
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A rare fossilised lizardfish, never before seen in Australia, is unearthed outside Richmond in outback Queensland.
Topics: science-and-technology, dinosaurs, rural, rural-tourism, library-museum-and-gallery, richmond-4822
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Retro gaming rediscovered at Perth video game museum
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A small private museum in Perth allows video game enthusiasts to rediscover the delight of early consoles as well as learn how the keyboard entertainment industry started.
Topics: games, games-industry, library-museum-and-gallery, 20th-century, perth-6000
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Espionage exhibition to highlight Australia's 'lesser known' past
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Secret cameras, spy watches and classified files will go on display in Canberra as part of an exhibition highlighting Australia's lesser known spy past.
Topics: history, library-museum-and-gallery, security-intelligence, human-interest, canberra-2600
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Perth war artist and pioneering gallery director remembered
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The extraordinary and varied career of Frank Norton is at the heart of a new exhibition in Fremantle.
Topics: history, world-war-2, painting, library-museum-and-gallery, people, perth-6000, fremantle-6160
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Teen battles elements, food poisoning to snag first coin of 2017
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Dedication pays off for a Canberra teenager who spent a week camped outside the Royal Australian Mint to claim the first coin struck anywhere in the world in 2017.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, events, arts-and-entertainment, canberra-2600, act, australia
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You're the first to escape in 50 years — so what do you do?
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The 1941 confession and account of life on the run for the first man to escape Pentridge Prison in 50 years is released to the public for the first time.
Topics: 20th-century, prisons-and-punishment, library-museum-and-gallery, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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Virtual reality breathes new life into David Attenborough works
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Virtual reality technology gives visitors at the National Museum of Australia the chance to dive deeper into the works of nature filmmaker Sir David Attenborough, with some urged to take sick bags on their tour.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, arts-and-entertainment, canberra-2600, act, australia
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'Unscrupulous' art dealers taking advantage of Aboriginal artists over Christmas
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"Unscrupulous" art dealers take particular advantage of Aboriginal artists from remote areas of the Northern Territory over the holidays, tricking them into dodgy deals, an Alice Springs gallery owner says.
Topics: contemporary-art, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, library-museum-and-gallery, alice-springs-0870, nt
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Humanoid robot joins library staff in north Queensland
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An emotionally intelligent humanoid robot joins library staff in Mackay, in a bid to prove that libraries are about more than just books and newspapers.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, library-museum-and-gallery, community-and-society, children, mackay-4740
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Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, library-museum-and-gallery, mackay-4740
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Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, library-museum-and-gallery, mackay-4740
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Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, library-museum-and-gallery, mackay-4740
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MYEFO sees funding channelled to National Library
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The National Library of Australia receives funding in the mid-year budget update to upgrade and expand its digitisation efforts.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, public-sector, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Behind the scenes with Queensland Museum's reptile man
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Meet the Queenslander who has dedicated his life to studying and cataloguing repulsive reptiles and amazing amphibians.
Topics: animals, library-museum-and-gallery, community-and-society, human-interest, people, brisbane-4000
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Historic sunken ship Defender on dry land, her future yet to surface
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After 11 months underwater, the historic timber ship Defender has finally been raised from Townsville's Ross Creek.
Topics: history, maritime, community-and-society, library-museum-and-gallery, townsville-4810, tas
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Victorian gallery kicks off global hunt for missing artworks
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The National Gallery of Victoria launches a global hunt for 14 missing artworks that were part of the groundbreaking exhibition The Field, first staged 50 years ago.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, art-history, contemporary-art, arts-and-entertainment, australia, melbourne-3000, vic
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NGV director Tony Ellwood explains the importance of The Fields exhibit Video
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The National Gallery of Victoria has launched a global hunt for 14 missing artworks that were part of the groundbreaking exhibition "The Field" first staged 50 years ago.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, library-museum-and-gallery, australia
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