Capturing Nature | Early scientific photography at the Australian Museum 1857-1893 garden horseshoe crabs are considered living

horseshoe crabs are considered living fossils

Wooden platypus earrings with sterling silver studs

founded in 1827

Tjanpi is the word for grass in the Pitjantjatjara language

in the author's Country in the Kimberley region of Western Australia

Capturing Nature | Early scientific photography at the Australian Museum 1857-1893 garden horseshoe crabs are considered livingIn the mid 19th century, scientists around the world were quick to see photography's huge potential for capturing fleeting moments of life, death and discovery. At the Australian Museum, curator Gerard Krefft and taxidermist Henry Barnes began to experiment with the revolutionary new art form, preparing and staging their specimens from whales and giant sunfish to lifelike lyre bird scenes and fossils and documenting them in thousands of arresting