South Australian Museum

The South Australian Museum is a natural history museum and research institution in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1856 and owned by the Government of South Australia. It occupies a complex of buildings on North Terrace in the cultural precinct of the Adelaide Parklands. It has the largest collection of Australian Aboriginal cultural collection in the world, and its Australian Polar collection includes many artefacts from early Antarctic exploration by South Australian scientists and explorers. It also holds a large collection of minerals; over three million animal specimens ; and around 50,000 fossil specimens. The Museum Library includes reference works relevant to the museum research, as well as being a source of specialised publications and photographs for other researchers.

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1856 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Adelaide Museum; SA Museum; SAMA; South Australian Museum, Adelaide
museum, production company, Australia, 

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Location: -34.9205, 138.6032, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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Panoramic View of North Terrace Showing Library and Museum Building(GN05551) (cropped)

Photograph of South Australian Museum(GN04985)

Students at the Museum(GN08944)

Chlamydopsis matthewsi

South Australian Museum showing different bird species(GN09991)

Advertisement for the South Australian Museum(GN10033)

South Australian Museum on North Terrace(GN07564)

Erecting the New Wing of the Museum(GN05524)

Panoramic View of North Terrace Showing Library and Museum Building(GN05551)

Erecting the East Wing of the Museum(GN05525)

• The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum - scientific article published in 1928, Q1860, online
• Feigned Adjudicative Incompetence - scientific article published on 18 September 2015, Q1860, online
• Feigned Adjudicative Incompetence - scientific article published on 18 September 2015, Q1860, 2016, online

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Panoramic View of North Terrace Showing Library and Museum Building(GN05551) (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Photograph of South Australian Museum(GN04985)		Commons
commons	image		Students at the Museum(GN08944)		Commons
commons	image		Chlamydopsis matthewsi		Commons
commons	image		South Australian Museum showing different bird species(GN09991)		Commons
commons	image		Advertisement for the South Australian Museum(GN10033)		Commons
commons	image		South Australian Museum on North Terrace(GN07564)		Commons
commons	image		Erecting the New Wing of the Museum(GN05524)		Commons
commons	image		Panoramic View of North Terrace Showing Library and Museum Building(GN05551)		Commons
commons	image		Erecting the East Wing of the Museum(GN05525)		Commons