Feb 4, 2019
2 min

GUNTER SURVEY CHAIN USED BY GILBERT MCMINN

Gunter Survey Chain circa 1860 Iron, brass Gift of the Parks & Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory - 2010 TH2011/0058 The me...

Dec 4, 2018
2 min

A JEWEL FROM THE DEEP PAST

Fossilised Lower Jaw of Nimbacinus richi Middle Miocene, 13 million years old Bullock Creek, Northern Territory Holotype, NTM P9216-4 Nim...

Nov 8, 2018
2 min

THE COMPACT CONCERTINA CAMERA

Camera and leather case Camera maker – unknown, shutter maker – Koilos, c. 1910 Gift of Mr Kevin Joseph Waldron, 1996. MAGNT Collection ...

Oct 8, 2018
2 min

The Conjoined Carcharhinus sorrah Twins

Spot-tail Shark, Carcharhinus sorrah Northern Territory Coast 1994 Natural sciences collection NTM S.13990-001 Sharks draw great fascinat...

Sep 7, 2018
2 min

THE PYROX WIRE RECORDER

The Pyrox Wire Recorder was made in Australia after the end of the Second World War and was, for a few years, a favoured device for recor...

Jul 3, 2018
2 min

POSSIBLY POSSUM

Artist unknown, possibly Clifford Possum TJAPALTJARRI synthetic polymer paints on beanwood c. 1970 - 72 Gift of an anonymous donor 1975 A...

Mar 1, 2018
3 min

MARITIME MARVELS

Indonesian wooden anchor (Wood, stone, iron, polypropylene rope, nylon monofilament fishing line) Maker unknown circa 1990 Gift of the Au...

Feb 1, 2018
2 min

DISCOVERIES IN THE MURKY DEPTHS Dendronereis - a new species of polychaete worm

Lurking in the shallow muddy bottom of Darwin Harbour are hundreds of undescribed species of polychaete worms. Polychaetes are the (mostl...

Dec 7, 2017
2 min

DECEMBER: THE GOLDEN COWRIE SHELL

Of the 200,000 species of molluscs living in the world today, only about 20 have such intrinsically beautiful shells that they captivate ...

Nov 8, 2017
2 min

NOVEMBER: Franck Gohier, To fall, the way the flowers do – to die an honourable death, 2008

Franck Gohier To fall, the way the flowers do – to die an honourable death, 2008 triptych, synthetic polymer paint on pop-riveted alumini...

Oct 3, 2017
2 min

OCTOBER: Skeleton of a Desert Rat Kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris)

September 1935 Ooroowilanie, South Australia H. H. Finlayson collection (U8047), donated in 2004. The desert rat kangaroo (Caloprymnus ...

Aug 31, 2017
2 min

SEPTEMBER: Cat-o-nine-tails from Fannie Bay Gaol

A cat-o-nine-tails is a type of whip used to physically punish prisoners. Designed to lacerate the skin and inflict the maximum amount of...

Aug 29, 2017
1 min

AUGUST: Timor Sea Banjofish

Collaboration leads to new species discovered in MAGNT collection! MAGNT has a large and significant Natural Science collection which att...

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