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. Search & Discover VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Sydneysiders bring bugs, rocks
and bones to this hands-on Practical Information
area for identification. 1 William St. Map 4 F3.
The public can also access Tel 9320 6000. Open 9:30am–
an online research facility. 5pm daily (till 9pm Wed Dec–
Feb). Closed 25 Dec. & 7
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∑ australianmuseum.net.au
Transport
@ Sydney Explorer, 323, 324,
325, 389.  Museum, Town Hall.
Level 2

Surviving Australia
This exhibit explores wild Australia, including
this venomous Speckled Brown Snake, as
well as sharks, croco diles and other
dangerous animals.

Dinosaurs
Discover the
200-million-year-old
story of dinosaurs
Level 1 in this exhibition.

Birds and Insects
Australia’s most poisonous spider, the male . Kidspace
of the Sydney funnel-web species, dwells This mini museum is designed especially for
exclusively in the Greater Sydney region. children aged five and under to investigate
the natural world.
Key to Floorplan
Dinosaurs
Kidspace
“Welcome Stranger” Gold Nugget Cast
Surviving Australia
First Australians In 1869, the largest gold nugget
ever found in Australia was
Temporary exhibition space discovered in Victoria. It weighed
Non-exhibition space 71.06 kg (156 lb). The museum
Plants and Minerals holds a cast of the original in a
Birds and Insects display examining the impact
of the gold rush, when the
Search & Discover Australian population doubled
Long Gallery in ten years. 67.5 cm (26 ⁄2 in) wide
1
Wild Planet

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