Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Search & Discover
Sydneysiders bring bugs,
rocks and bones to this
area for identification.
The public can also access
an online research facility.
VISITORS' CHECKLIST
6 College St.
Map
4 F3.
Tel
9320 6000.
@
Sydney
Explorer, 323, 324, 325, 327,
389.
Museum, Town Hall.
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9:30am-5pm daily.
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www
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Level 2
Surviving Australia
This exhibit explores wild Australia,
including this venemous Speckled
Brown Snake as well as sharks, croco-
diles and other dangerous animals.
Dinosaurs
:
with
this exhibition
discover the 200-
million-year story
of dinosaurs.
Level 1
Birds and Insects
Australia's most poisonous
spider, the male of the funnel-
web species, dwells exclusively
in the Greater Sydney region.
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Kidspace
This mini museum is designed especially for
children aged five and under to investigate
the natural world.
KEY TO FLOORPLAN
“WELCOME STRANGER” GOLD NUGGET CAST
In 1869, the largest gold nugget
Australian Environments
Kidspace
ever found in Australia was
discovered in Victoria. It
weighed 71.06 kg (156 lb).
The museum holds a cast
of the original in a display
examining the impact of
the gold rush, when the
Australian population doubled
in ten years.
Surviving Australia
Indigenous Australians
Temporary exhibition space
Non-exhibition space
Planet of Minerals
67.5 cm (26
1
⁄
2
in) wide
Birds and Insects
