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...
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Feb 2, 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...
- 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 9, 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...
- 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 30, 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...