Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Australian Museum

Australia's oldest natural history museum, founded in 1827.

Name
Alternate
Colonial Museum
Position
1853 - 1869
1860 - 1874
1864 - 1866
1867 - 1879
1874 - 1894
1874 - 1894
1895 - 1920
23 Mar 1920 - 1930
1921 - 1940
1930 - 1941
1941 - 1964
Property
Occupied
1840 - 1841
Occupied
1849 -
Owner of
1979 -
Type

Australian Museum

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The Australian Museum building in College Street was begun in the 1840s and has been extended in stages to house the museum's growing and changing collection and staff.