With the first clay bricks handmade and fired on site in 1929 in a temporary kiln established by the Calligaro family, Geraldton Brick is Western Australia’s oldest clay brick manufacturer that is still operational. These days Geraldton Brick is owned by Geraldton born and raised Mark Blayney, with clay bricks and pavers now being supplied…
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Wacky Magic & Mad Science
An eccentric mad scientist is trapped on Earth after arriving from another dimension. What wonderful discoveries will he make as he explores his surrounds? This brand new crazy and dynamic show presented by Pierre Ulric is part magic and illusion, part science demonstration, all fun and learning. Inspiring and amazing entertainment for the whole family….
Zoom in the Atlas of Life – World Premiere of “Wonder World” – a short film by Minka Waratah
Libby Hepburn of the Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness writes: “Minka made this video when we asked her to illustrate how amazing the underwater world is in one of her favourite places. All along the coasts here we have wonderful biodiversity of seaweeds and sea creatures, from the very large, Bull kelp and…
An Artist’s Perspective on Cimate Change
Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger is an artist with a strong connection to the environment. In previous works she has looked at many of humankind’s inhumanity to the wonderful planet on which we live. In this on-line presentation, she will give her perspective on climate change in an art-filled exposition. Not your ICCC report or fossil-fuelled misinformation campaign,…
ESSENTIAL MEDICINES – panel discussion
Join us for a live-streamed talk and panel discussion followed by a mini hackathon, where you can find out more about the E$$ENTIAL MEDICINE$ project. In this event, our first of two for National Science Week, we will first present the history of the essential medicines and some of the stories of their discovery and…
National Science Week in the Great Southern WA
Welcome to National Science Week in the Great Southern, Western Australia. Major Albany-based partners Great Southern Science Council (a member of Inspiring Australia WA Regional Science Hub Network) and Museum of the Great Southern combine forces with supporters, presenters, science professionals and our community to curate, collate and celebrate everything sciencey in our vibrant community….
Addressing Australia’s Geoscience Challenges
In late 2018, we gathered Australia’s geoscience community across academia, government and industry to develop ideas about tools, services, data and analytics needed to enable purposeful innovation in our sector. We asked: how can we better address Australia’s minerals, energy, water and geohazards questions as our population grows and the environment rapidly changes? Now, we…
The Collection Episode 5: Worm of death
“It looks like an alien… like a deep sea creature. But in real fact, it’s actually living a few hundred metres out the front of most people’s doorsteps in Darwin.” Is it a fish? Is it an alien? Is it a worm of death? In this episode, you’ll find out what lurks in the intertidal…
The Collection Episode 4: Surviving a cyclone
“Losing anything from a museum collection is sad … because it’s not just the museum who loses, it’s the people who live in that community.” In 1974, when Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin, the museum building was flattened. Two blocks away, where some of the first artworks from the Papunya Desert Art movement hung, the roof…
The Collection Episode 2: A heist on the high seas
“The day in mention, I went out to the two fishing vessels that were in our quarantine zone. We had to remove the clams off that vessel … and I saw them and thought this is going to be challenging.” In this episode, we meet a fisheries officer and a mollusc specialist who reveal how…