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Isabelle Kingsley
02 February 2012
Ancient cultures, from Greece to Asia, have used urine as a fertiliser to provide nutrients to their crops. Is recycling our urine a radical solution to global food security and saving our waterways?
Patricia Egan
02 February 2012
Archives volunteer, Ada Klinkhamer writes of her experience rehousing and documenting photographs and illustrations prepared for use in publications by Australian Museum ornithologist, Alfred John North.
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Blotched Blue-tongue Lizard
Hi Jo,
Reptiles are generally solitary creatures, and inevitably when two animals are placed in an enclosure...
Leaf and Stick Insects: Order Phasmatodea
Hi Doc Pete,
In the AM's Search & Discover section, we keep up to 5 species including Spiny Leaf...
Peron's Tree Frog
These frogs are also in South Australia we go to the River Murray quite often (Morgan) & they are everywhere...




Museum in a Box - Catchments:Water for Living
Museum in a box - Freshwater
Museum in a Box - Evolution of Australian Biota
Museum in a Box - Sea Creatures
Museum in a Box - Night and Day Box
Museum in a Box - Snails, Slugs and squids
Museum in a Box - Echidnas
Museum in a Box - Platypus
Museum in a Box - Art and Performance
Museum in a Box - Bush Tucker
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Museum in a box - Living on the Land
Museum in a box - spiders
Museum in a box - Insects
Museum in a Box - Dinosaurs
Museum in a Box - Penguins
Museum in a Box - Reptiles
Museum in a Box - Possums
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