Rohan Long
Curator, Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Health & Medicine
One of the most affecting and unsettling things I have ever seen
The Berry Collection was a poorly curated anatomical and anthropological collection that facilitated scientific racism and was dominated by unethically sourced Aboriginal remains
Arts & Culture
The legacy of a great scientific hoax
The University of Melbourne’s anatomy museum features fossil models from an entirely fictional early human; a forgery that derailed the study of our evolution for decades
Sciences & Technology
Miss Lambert’s Thylacine skull
Pioneering women zoologists and explorers played an instrumental role in natural history collections around the world
Environment
Why we’re all in a flap about our favourite birds
The unexpected popularity and controversy around Australia’s Bird of the Year 2017 vote shows the strength of our connection with our avian friends