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Plan your Australian Museum visit: Itineraries for families, tourists & culture lovers
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (414+ words) Perfect for: Adults, couples, and families with older children seeking a rich cultural day out. Admission: FREE general entry. Special exhibition tickets available online or at the Admissions Desk. In the afternoon, discover the Australian Museum's permanent exhibitions on level…...
Future Right Now: Youth Policy and Representation in Australia and the UK - The Australian Museum
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (552+ words) The Female Orphan School is located on the Parramatta South campus of Western Sydney University at James Ruse Dr & Victoria Rd, Parramatta NSW. Please refer to the Campus Map to find the Female Orphan School (Building EZ) on the Parramatta…...
Thriving in a Changing World
1+ week, 6+ day ago (546+ words) This 1-hour program is designed for Stage 4 Geography students. The program puts students into the role of town planners in a fast-paced, collaborative simulation. Students will examine technological and nature-based solutions to attempt to prevent and adapt to our changing…...
Clean energy COP hits fossil fuel phase-out demands
3+ week, 2+ day ago (860+ words) Electrification and clean energy have been foregrounded by the Australian leader of international climate negotiations as a prominent green group demands progress on a fossil fuels transition. Energy and climate change minister Chris Bowen has used his opening speech at…...
Running low on gas: more nations drive an energy change - The Australian Museum Blog
3+ week, 2+ day ago (777+ words) More nations are putting the brakes on gas, with the resource losing market share for the fifth year in a row and passing its peak in almost half the countries that use it. But while renewable energy such as solar…...
Members Night Talk: Rats, Fleas & the Plague that Haunted Sydney
3+ week, 2+ day ago (737+ words) 6pm: Drinks & canap's in the Members Lounge 6. 30pm - 7. 30pm: Talk and audience Q&A Why do we react so strongly to the threat of disease, sometimes even more when we don't fully understand it? In 1900, a global outbreak of bubonic plague reached Sydney....
Member Families: Superpowers of Bloodsuckers, Live Leeches & Survival Science
3+ week, 2+ day ago (645+ words) Recommended age: 5 - 11 years Join naturalist and wildlife educator Andrew Turbill for a hands-on session exploring the strange and surprising world of leeches, ticks and other blood-feeding creatures. Get up close to live leeches, watch fascinating (and slightly shocking) footage, and…...
Oceans in Crisis: renowned US environmental advocate, Terry Garcia to deliver annual Talbot Oration at the Australian Museum
1+ mon, 8+ hour ago (548+ words) Sydney, Tuesday, 2 June 2026: The Australian Museum (AM) will host the sixth annual Talbot Oration on Thursday 4 June 2026, on the eve of World Environment Day, bringing together leading voices in ocean science, conservation and environmental policy for an evening of ideas…...
Environmental Film Festival: Planet Earth - Mountains
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (582+ words) 2006 | PG | 49m | UK Directed by Alastair Fothergill Tour the mightiest mountain ranges, starting with the birth of a mountain at one of the lowest places on Earth and ending at the summit of Everest. One of Earth's rarest phenomena is a…...
Environmental Film Festival: Planet Earth - From Pole to Pole
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (443+ words) 2006 | PG | 49m | UK Directed by Alastair Fothergill & Mark Linfield In the Arctic spring, a mother polar bear and cubs emerge from their winter den. They have just two weeks to cross the frozen sea before it melts and they become stranded....