A Western Australian Museum palaeontology team is recovering several rare and nearly complete Diprotodon skeletons at Du Boulay Creek, 100km south-west of Karratha. Diprotodons are extinct marsupials, related to koalas and wombats. They are the largest marsupials that ever lived, weighing up to 2,800kg. The fossil site lies within the Fortescue River floodplain. Diprotodon fossils…
CITIC Pacific Mining (CPM) has partnered with the Western Australian Museum and the Foundation for the WA Museum to provide financial, logistical and operational support for the Museum’s 2023-24 Pilbara fieldwork program. Research and fieldwork is at the core of the Western Australian Museum’s work and contributes to the knowledge of biodiversity, geodiversity and the…
Olivia Carroll, an immunologist and microbiologist representing the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, is the winner of the FameLab Australia 2023 science communication competition. CSIRO astrometallurgist Dr Matthew Shaw, and Curtin University’s neuroscientist Melissa Papini were named runners-up. Yesterday’s Final took place at WA Museum Boola Bardip’s Hackett Hall in front of…
Supported by Founding Partner Wesfarmers, the Foundation for the WA Museum has created Ngalang Koort Conversations, a new lecture series, where acclaimed international speakers will explore topics of global importance. The renowned philosopher A. C. Grayling has been confirmed as the inaugural speaker of the series, and will explore the question Will AI be humankind’s…
The FameLab Academy science communication Final was held at Curtin University’s Elizabeth Jolley Lecture Theatre on 6 September 2023. Amongst the twelve finalists, Obi Rogers from Scotch College was named the winner of FameLab Academy 2023, with Kassandra Avedikian from Mercedes College and Siofra Cashman from Sacred Heart College named runners-up. This year, approx. 430…
The Foundation for the WA Museum’s Impact Circle donors have awarded the 2023 Impact Circle Grant to a faunal and maritime archaeological survey of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands. At an event held on 3 August at WA Museum Boola Bardip, the Foundation for the WA Museum’s Impact Circle donors voted for the project they…
Twelve early career researchers and up-and-coming science communicators have been selected to compete in the FameLab Australia 2023 Final in Perth on 21 September 2023. Representing universities and research institutions across Australia, the researchers work across a wide field of science, ranging from astrometallurgy to genomics. This year, 76 applications for FameLab Australia were received,…
Three projects have been submitted by the WA Museum for funding through the Foundation for the WA Museum’s Impact Circle in 2023: Project 1: Sydney to Sound: One Ship – Four Stories With the upcoming bicentenary of Albany in 2026, it is imperative for the Museum of the Great Southern to ensure the occasion is…
PwC Australia Partner, Chris Bingemann and Healthengine founder, Dr Marcus Tan have joined the Board of the Foundation for the WA Museum. Chris Bingemann is a Partner at PwC Australia. He has over 18 years of investment banking and corporate advisory experience across metals and mining, oil and gas, food and agriculture and general industrial…
Science communication solutions provider, Comm-it, has partnered with the Foundation for the WA Museum to support FameLab Australia 2023, the Australian division of the largest public-facing science communication and training program in the world. With applications for FameLab Australia 2023 now open, Comm-it has joined forces with the Foundation to provide expert science communication training…