Australian Museum CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay in conversation with Phil Gordon, the AM's Aboriginal Heritage Project Officer. Phil coordinates the AM's Repatriation policy to support return of aboriginal remains held in museum collections around the world, and is also investigating potential digital repatriation of secret men’s material. “As part of Aboriginal culture there are materials and knowledge and ceremonies that are controlled by both men and women, that other people can’t part...
Jul 19, 2016•17 min
Australian Museum CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay in conversation with Paul Flemons, Manager of Digital Collections and Citizen Science at the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI). Paul has been instrumental in building the AM’s reputation as a world leader in biodiversity informatics and initiated the award winning DigiVol program. "The collections that are many hundreds of years old we are now being able to make available not just to the local people who can get into the museum, bu...
Jul 12, 2016•16 min
An evening with celebrated explorer, scientist, communicator and former Australian of the Year. Dr Tim Flannery is arguably Australia’s best known scientist and agitator for action on climate change. From 1984 to 1999, Tim was the Principal Mammal Research Scientist here at the Australian Museum. His work helped extend the Australian mammal fossil record by 80 million years, and his expeditions to remote areas of Papua New Guinea resulted in the discovery of 16 species and many subspecies of mam...
Jun 30, 2016•52 min
Australian Museum CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay in conversation with Ichthyology Collection Manager Mark McGrouther at the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI). Mark started work at the Australian Museum in 1981 and over the next three decades he participated in over 30 expeditions within Australia and throughout the Pacific region. "Sydney harbour is, well I like to describe it as a marine jewel. It really is extraordinary, there is nearly 600 species recored from the harbour. And...
Jun 22, 2016•18 min
In this episode, Kim McKay discusses the Cockatoo Wingtag and Hollows as Homes citizen science projects with Ornithologist Dr Richard Major. “By having many people taking part in this citizen science project, we hope to build up a good picture of what hollow availability is like, how much competition there is for hollows, and what we might need to do to look after this hollow resource. This data guides things like planting new trees, retention of particularly important trees, nest boxes, even cu...
Jun 15, 2016•15 min
Australian Museum CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay in conversation with Keren Ruki, Creative Producer of the Pacific Collections in the Cultural Collections, Conservation & Consultancy Branch at the Australian Museum. “Of the 60,000 fantastic objects in the pacific collection, we have about 1,500 from New Zealand, so it was awesome for me, living away from New Zealand, to have a contact point back to my culture through the collections.” Keren Ruki
May 23, 2016•15 min
Join ‘long-rider’ Tim Cope for an evening on the Steppe. “Discovery has never been just about mapping new places, it’s about human discoveries, about meeting people and bringing back those learnings to our own society and changing ones perspective of the world.” Tim Cope In June 2004 Tim Cope set off on an epic journey: to ride horses on the of Genghis Khan, a 10,000 kilometre march the length of the Eurasian Steppe, from Karakorum in Mongolia, through Kazakhstan, Russia, Crimea and the Ukraine ...
May 17, 2016•1 hr 7 min
Australian Museum CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay in conversation with Ornithologist Dr Richard Major, Principal Research Scientist in Terrestrial Vertebrates Collection at the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI). “In Sydney there would be fewer than 20 White Fronted Chats left… this bird was collected in 1867 from Homebush Bay, I find this quite an emotional little specimen. You think about how long they have been living there, we’ve managed to have them in the museum for 150 years...
May 09, 2016•16 min
The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes reward excellence in the fields of research & innovation, leadership, science communication and school science. In this podcast, Trailblazers of Australian Science at the 2016 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes launch include Dr Rebecca Johnson, Professor Terry Speed, Professor Maree Teesson, Dr Phillip Urquijo, Professor Emma Johnston and Dr Robyn Williams AM. “Tonight’s Trailblazers are here to talk about their Eureka moments, the big issues facing Australi...
May 03, 2016•47 min
Australian Museum CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay in conversation with Dr Mark Eldridge, Principal Research Scientist in Mammalogy Collection at the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI). "It’s the thrill of discovery, but more than that it’s just an appreciation of how amazing Australia really is, and every day you learn something new about how animals have survived in this continent for a very long time, and trying to do your bit to make sure they can continue to survive. " Dr Mark ...
Apr 26, 2016•16 min
Kim McKay, the Director and CEO of the Australian Museum talks with Dr Jodi Rowley, amphibian biologist about her love of frogs and passion for communicating biodiversity conservation.
Apr 26, 2016•16 min
The first Trailblazers Talk taking place at the Australian Museum is a conversation between Australian Geographic's founding editor, Howard Whelan, and renowned Aussie explorer and mountaineer, Greg Mortimor. Greg Mortimor was the first Australian to reach the summits of Mount Everest, K2, Annapurna II and Chongtar in the Himalaya – all without supplementary oxygen. Greg also enables adventurous tourists to explore Antarctica and pioneered ship-based adventures. In this hour-long intimate and in...
Apr 19, 2016•1 hr 5 min
Australian Museum Director and CEO Kim McKay talks to Dr Chris Reid about his work in Entomology and field trips to Papua New Guinea .
Apr 05, 2016•15 min
Australian Museum Director and CEO Kim McKay talks to Dr Rebecca Johnson, Director of the Australian Museum Research Centre (AMRI) about her motivations to become a wildlife geneticist. "I look at the DNA of pretty much any species of animal, wildlife in our world here at the Australian Museum basically means all animals but not typically plants, and that also excludes humans... There's so many reasons why you'd want to know about animal DNA..."
Mar 28, 2016•16 min
Australian Museum Director and CEO Kim McKay talks to Dr Jodi Rowley, amphibian biologist in Herpetology, whose research reveals amphibian diversity and her a passion for communicating biodiversity conservation.
Mar 22, 2016•15 min
“Here at AMRI, I’m so passionate about the work we do, of our three most senior scientists, two of them are women, we are very fortunate here to have that kind of leadership, that kind of expertise” Dr Rebecca Johnson Director, Australian Museum Research Institute, Science and Learning
Mar 08, 2016•13 min
