5 August 2016 Racing at Kiandra On 1 August 1898, a crowd gathered at Township Hill in the Snowy Mountains for the Kiandra Snow Shoe Club’s annual race meet. Categories Skiing/Snowy Mountains
28 June 2016 A lyre by the fire How did a firescreen made from the tail of one of Australia’s most iconic birds end up in a British home? Categories Birds/Science
30 October 2015 ‘In memory of Colin’ This week the People and the Environment team has welcomed Lucy, a work experience student from Hay War Memorial High School. Categories Cycling
7 September 2015 Une-quoll-ed: Thinking about quolls On National Threatened Species Day, take a moment to think about the quoll. Categories Quolls
1 September 2015 Irresistible forces: reflections on the history of women in Australian science In the early 1990s Claire Hooker began investigating the history of Australian women’s participation in science. In this guest post, she reflects on her research, twenty years on. Categories Science
10 August 2015 Among the plants Last week, we installed nine objects from the Museum’s collections in an exhibition at CSIRO Discovery in Canberra. These objects – including microscopes, a vasculum, and a billy-can – tell us much about the careers of the women scientists that used them, and about women’s participation in scientific endeavour in the last 150 years. Categories Science
16 February 2015 Making 'Silent Conversation' At the heart of the Spirited: Australia’s horse story exhibition is the question ‘how has the connection between horses and humans shaped life this country?’ Our research into Australia’s horse history has revealed many complex and profound human responses to horses. We also want visitors to consider the other side of that connection – how do horses think and feel about us? At the centre of the exhibition is a... Categories Art/Horses/Uncategorised
4 November 2014 Remembering Rising Fast It’s sixty years since New Zealand gelding Rising Fast won the Melbourne Cup. Categories Horses
1 October 2014 What happens to all those racehorses? What happens to racehorses when they leave the track? Last week I was contacted by a number of people critical of our decision to display of a can of ‘Horsielicious’, created by the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses (CPR), in the Spirited: Australia’s Horse Story exhibition. The can was used in 2014 protests aimed at raising awareness of the need for a ‘retirement plan’ for horses involved in racing. Categories Horses
31 July 2014 The horses’ birthday On August 1st, all Australian horses mark their official birthdays. To celebrate the occasion, we’ve installed a striking, life-size equine sculpture in the Museum’s Main Hall, and are calling on Australians to tweet stories and images of how they are celebrating their horse’s birthday. Categories Art/Horses
14 July 2014 Linnaeus in Coleraine It’s 145 years since James Ferrier won this silver medal in a ploughing match at Coleraine, Victoria. So … who’s the guy in the wig? Categories Horses/Science/Uncategorised
4 July 2014 Horses in the high country Is there a ‘dark side’ to the presence of horses in Australia? Categories Horses/Uncategorised
16 June 2014 The Golden Crust Bread Company When Museum Friend John Thwaite read about the Horses in Australia project in our ‘The Museum’ magazine he thought we might be interested in a 1938 photograph of the delivery teams at his family’s bakery, the Goulburn Crust Bread Company. John recently had this treasured photograph restored and digitally copied, and in this guest post shares its story. Categories Horses/Uncategorised
2 December 2013 Big Ben’s portrait How does a tree get a name – and a portrait? Categories Landscapes/Plants
23 November 2013 The horse exhibition with no name… We need your help to name our exhibition about horses in Australia. Categories Horses
11 November 2013 At Equitana 2013 The Horses in Australia project team has just returned from Equitana 2013 – one of the major events on the Australian horse calender. Held every year, alternating between capital city venues, the event combines commercial exhibits, horse-themed entertainment, and a range of competitions, demonstrations, presentations and clinics. Categories Horses
24 October 2013 From the horse’s mouth Australia just wouldn’t be the same without horses. These beautiful animals have played a key role in shaping our culture, society and environment, and the National Museum of Australia is now exploring this history with a new project, Horses in Australia, focusing on our nation’s equine and equestrian heritage. The Horses in Australia project website has just gone live. Categories Horses
1 October 2013 Every dog has its day The story of Nelson the Newfoundland’s collar is a classic tale of Melbourne in the late nineteenth century – dog rescues cab driver from drowning in Swanston Street. Walking in central Melbourne when storm clouds gathered was a risky business – dozens of people were killed or injured in torrents of stormwater that rushed down city streets laid over ancient watercourses leading to the River Yarra. But recovering the story... Categories Dogs/Uncategorised
