Feb 4, 20192 minGUNTER SURVEY CHAIN USED BY GILBERT MCMINNGunter Survey Chain circa 1860 Iron, brass Gift of the Parks & Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory - 2010 TH2011/0058 The measurement of land ha...
Dec 4, 20182 minA JEWEL FROM THE DEEP PASTFossilised Lower Jaw of Nimbacinus richi Middle Miocene, 13 million years old Bullock Creek, Northern Territory Holotype, NTM P9216-4 Nimbacinus was an early...
Nov 8, 20182 minTHE COMPACT CONCERTINA CAMERACamera and leather case Camera maker – unknown, shutter maker – Koilos, c. 1910 Gift of Mr Kevin Joseph Waldron, 1996. MAGNT Collection TH98/088 Folding cam...
Oct 8, 20182 minThe Conjoined Carcharhinus sorrah TwinsSpot-tail Shark, Carcharhinus sorrah Northern Territory Coast 1994 Natural sciences collection NTM S.13990-001 Sharks draw great fascination for many people,...
Sep 7, 20182 minTHE PYROX WIRE RECORDERThe 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 recording sound in the fi...
Jul 3, 20182 minPOSSIBLY POSSUMArtist unknown, possibly Clifford Possum TJAPALTJARRI synthetic polymer paints on beanwood c. 1970 - 72 Gift of an anonymous donor 1975 ABETH 2431 This uniqu...
Mar 1, 20183 minMARITIME MARVELSIndonesian wooden anchor (Wood, stone, iron, polypropylene rope, nylon monofilament fishing line) Maker unknown circa 1990 Gift of the Australian Fisheries M...
Feb 1, 20182 minDISCOVERIES IN THE MURKY DEPTHS Dendronereis - a new species of polychaete wormLurking in the shallow muddy bottom of Darwin Harbour are hundreds of undescribed species of polychaete worms. Polychaetes are the (mostly marine) cousins of...
Dec 7, 20172 minDECEMBER: THE GOLDEN COWRIE SHELLOf the 200,000 species of molluscs living in the world today, only about 20 have such intrinsically beautiful shells that they captivate people at first glan...
Nov 8, 20172 minNOVEMBER: Franck Gohier, To fall, the way the flowers do – to die an honourable death, 2008Franck Gohier To fall, the way the flowers do – to die an honourable death, 2008 triptych, synthetic polymer paint on pop-riveted aluminium, with acrylic she...
Oct 3, 20172 minOCTOBER: 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 campestris) was a ti...
Aug 31, 20172 minSEPTEMBER: Cat-o-nine-tails from Fannie Bay GaolA 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 pain during use, th...
Aug 29, 20171 minAUGUST: Timor Sea BanjofishCollaboration leads to new species discovered in MAGNT collection! MAGNT has a large and significant Natural Science collection which attracts research inter...
