Collecting curiosities was a gentlemanly occupation for wealthy and
educated 18th-century Europeans. Few creatures aroused more
curiosity than those from Australia. But collections demand
organisation, and classification itself reveals patterns to life
that cannot be ignored. From a leisurely occupation, the science of
biology was born. Cabinets de curiosites became national museums,
with specimens from Australia playing an integral role in all kinds
of biological debates. Australian museums now foster their own
research and continue to provide major and sometimes unexpected
perspectives to international scientific developments. Continent of
Curiosities follows the thread of individual natural history
stories through the scientists of one of Australia's oldest
museums, Museum Victoria. Together, these stories weave a history
of the development of biological science from an Australian
perspective, with insights into the people and places that
influence the way we see and understand the natural world around
us.
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