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- Free general admission
- Open 9am-5pm daily, closed Christmas Day
- Acton Peninsula, Canberra
- 1800 026 132
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Staff presentations and papers
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The staff at the Museum regularly give talks and present papers to the public. Many are available as downloadable audio on demand. This page links to online articles and to transcripts of audio presentations.
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2010
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Archer, Eric
Reflecting on 30 years in conservation, 14 May 2010
Archer, Eric (with Greer Gehrt)
Centre for the National Museum of Australia Collections, 14 May 2010
Arthur, Dr Jay
Understanding and representing trauma, 5 October 2010
Bartsch, Leah
The Sunshine harvester, 10 March 2010
Chynowth, Dr Adele
Understanding and representing trauma, 5 October 2010
Conde, Anne-Marie
The Pigott inquiry and country museums in Australia, 13 October 2010
Chinese in Bendigo, 9 June 2010
Cooper, Carol (with Louise Douglas)
Where does the Melbourne Cup belong in Australian culture, 13 August 2010
Douglas, Louise (with Carol Cooper)
Where does the Melbourne Cup belong in Australian culture, 13 August 2010
Gehrt, Greer (with Eric Archer)
Centre for the National Museum of Australia Collections, 14 May 2010
Hallam, David (with Guy Hansen)
Restoring the Royal Daimler, 14 May 2010
Hansen, Guy (with David Hallam)
Restoring the Royal Daimler, 14 May 2010
Hetherington, Michelle
Letter readings from the Voyages of Discovery, 20 October 2010
Higgins, Matthew (with Liza Dale-Hallett)
The Victorian Bushfires Collection (reCollections, vol. 5 no. 1, April 2010)
McNaught, Pip
Matthew Flinders in the Recherche Archipelago, 14 April 2010
Menzies, Isa
Melbourne Cup: 150 years of history, 10 November 2010
Pickering, Dr Mike
Understanding and representing trauma, 5 October 2010
Robin, Dr Libby
The Big Wet: history, art, science and community in the Desert Channels, 22 October 2010
Russell, Roslyn
Barbados: More than a beach, 15 September 2010
A question of significance, 14 May 2010
Sayers, Andrew
Museums and their place in the world, 1 December 2010
Letter readings from the Voyages of Discovery, 20 October 2010
Exploration and Endeavour exhibition launch, 14 September 2010
Smith, Nicki
Risk management and light levels, 14 May 2010
Stanley, Dr Peter
Working machines and 'broken Britain' (reCollections, vol. 5 no.1, April 2010)
The role and purpose of museums in public life, 31 March 2010
Trinca, Mathew
Museums and 'open collections', 14 May 2010
Van Reyk, Cinnamon
Collecting birds of paradise (reCollections, vol. 5 no. 2, October 2010)
Wehner, Dr Kirsten
Curating Australian histories, 31 March 2010
Wenham, Poppy
Chasing shadows - acquiring and managing virtual collections, 14 May 2010
Wessell, Adele (with Alison Wishart)
Recipes for reading culinary heritage (reCollections, vol. 5 no. 1, April 2010)
Wishart, Alison (with Adele Wessell)
Recipes for reading culinary heritage (reCollections, vol. 5 no. 1, April 2010)
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2009
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Arthur, Jay
Before the badges, before the T-shirts, before the flag, 27 March 2009
Dempsey, Leanne
Layers of significance – Reconciliation Place and the Acton Peninsula, Canberra, 26 August 2009
Faris, Anne
Layers of significance – Reconciliation Place and the Acton Peninsula, Canberra, 26 August 2009
Greenslade, Andy
Between locals: Interpersonal histories and the Papunya art movement, 9 November 2009
Gunn, Anthea
Creating a colony: the European settlement of Tasmania 1803–1853, 14 October 2009
Higgins, Matthew
Rugged Beyond Imagination: Stories from an Australian mountain region, 15 April 2009
Kaus, David
Investigation into the collections of Dr Herbert Basedow, 02 July 2009
Main, Dr George
'Never enough grass' and Bowen Downs, 08 April 2009
McCarthy, Dr Lynne
The 'exciting thing was the landscape': Raymond Specht, a botanist in the field, 18 November 2009
Morton, Craddock
Launch of Collecting Cultures, 18 November 2009
2020 Vision: The National Museum of Australia over the next decade (PDF 103kb), talk given to the Friends of the National Museum of Australia Foundation, 24 June 2009
Introduction to Charles Darwin symposium, 26 February 2009
Neale, Adjunct Professor Margo
'Bastard barks': A gift from the 1948 Arnhem Land expedition, 17 November 2009
Newell, Dr Jenny
No presence in the case: looking for Tahiti in world museums, 27 March 2009
Nugent, Dr Maria
The economy of shells: A history of Aboriginal women at La Perouse making shellwork for sale, 09 November 2009
Pickering, Dr Mike
What is a memory?, 26 August 2009
Evidently not!, 9 November 2009
Reid, Dr Richard (with Brendon Kelson)
Irish in Australia, 15 March 2009
Robbin, Dr Libby
'Dead museum animals: natural order or cultural chaos?' (reCollections, vol. 4 no. 2, October 2009)
The Art of Resilience, Violent Ends: The Arts of Environmental Anxiety, 11 June 2009
Dead museum animals: from 'order of nature' to chaos of culture, 27 March 2009
Russell, Roslyn
The 'spirit of inquiry' in Port Macquarie, 10 June 2009
Sear, Martha (with Michael Cathcart)
Review of the National Museum of Australia's Australian Journeys gallery, 27 March 2009
Smith, Nicola
Into the light, 27 March 2009
Stanley, Dr Peter
From collections to exhibitions – welcome and keynote address, 27 March 2009
Closing remarks, Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 19 November 2009
What is a memory?, 26 August 2009
Memorials and sacred sites, 26 August 2009
Thorley, Peter
Between locals: Interpersonal histories and the Papunya art movement, 09 November 2009
Tunks, Benita
Layers of significance – Reconciliation Place and the Acton Peninsula, Canberra, 26 August 2009
Wehner, Dr Kirsten
Introduction to the Creating a Country gallery, 11 March 2009
Wilson, Jennifer
Robe is not famous for robes, 08 July 2009
Wishart, Alison
Flora Pell: Australia's first domestic goddess, 27 March 2009
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2008
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Coates, Dr Ian
Showcases II – examples of material culture research in museums, 30 May 2008
Douglas, Louise
'Representing colonial Australia at British, American and European international exhibitions' (reCollections, vol. 3 no. 1, March 2008)
Hansen, Christine
Showcases I – examples of material culture research in museums, 30 May 2008
Hansen, Guy
Viewpoints on material culture, 30 May 2008
Helman, Susannah
The Baden journals, 09 April 2008
Showcases I – examples of material culture research in museums, 30 May 2008
Hetherington, Michelle
John Gore's telescope, 13 February 2008
Higgins, Matthew
Showcases I – examples of material culture research in museums, 30 May 2008
Lewis, Dr Darrell
Outback archive: unorthodox historical records, 04 June 2008
Mercieca, Alison
From Makassar to Marege to the Museum, 07 July 2008
Mercieca, Alison
Showcases I – examples of material culture research in museums, 30 May 2008
Morton, Craddock
'The National Museum of Australia - Have we got the museum we deserve?'
(reCollections, vol. 3 no. 2, October 2008)
Nason, Rebecca
Captured in Staffordshire, 11 June 2008
Neale, Dr Margo
Emily: the impossible modernist, 28 September 2008
'Why do those fellas paint like me?' Emily Kame Kngwarreye symposium welcome and introduction, 22 August 2008
Neale, Dr Margo (with Janet Holmes a Court)
Janet on the spot, 23 August 2008
Nugent, Dr Maria
Collections used to interpret the past: panel and audience discussion, 30 May 2008
Robin, Dr Libby
Environmental history beyond the ivory tower, 29 October 2008
Schamberger, Karen
Guna Kinne and her Latvian national dress, 14 May 2008
Showcases II – examples of material culture research in museums, 30 May 2008
Sear, Dr Martha
George Reid: a journey through three parliaments, 13 August 2008
The making of Australian Journeys, 7 October 2008
Smith, Mike
Viewpoints on material culture , 30 May 2008
Stanley, Dr Peter
Ninety years ago on a French hillside: a story of Mont St Quentin, 31 August 2008
Tait, Robin
Introduction to the AE Smith collection, 17 November 2008
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2007
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Hallam, David
Scientific analysis of the Leichhardt plate, 15 June 2007
Higgins, Matthew
Overview of the National Museum of Australia's purchase of the Leichhardt nameplate, 15 June 2007
Robin, Dr Libby
The natural world as a character, 24 June 2007
Sear, Dr Martha
Photographer Richard Daintree's glass plates, 10 October 2007
Smith, Dr Mike
Into the desert, 05 September 2007
Smith, Dr Mike (with Robyn Davidson)
Nomadic cultures, journeys and coming home, 16 September 2007
Wilson, Jennifer
The dàn tre: a musical migration story, 08 August 2007
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2006
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Cooper, Carol
Springfield transformed: family collection into national treasure, 21 March 2006
Hansen, Guy
A sum of many parts: the history of the National Historical Collection, 21 March 2006
Kaus, David
Professionals and amateurs: different histories of collecting in the National Ethnographic collection, 21 March 2006
Robin, Libby
'Weird and wonderful'
(reCollections, vol. 1 no. 2, September 2006)
Trinca, Mat
Collecting for the future: a collections development plan for the National Historical Collection, 21 March 2006
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