Museums Board of Victoria 2010–11 Annual Report Additional Information Contents

Lectures and Presentations

Conference Presentations

Allen, L. 2010. Brokering a peace deal in Arnhem Land: Donald Thomson and Wonggu and the ‘Caledon Bay Massacre’. Symposium on Conciliation Narratives in Settler Societies: Objects and Performances in Historical Perspective (National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 18–19 November).
Allen, L. and Hamby, L. 2011. Unpacking the collections: pathways to knowledge. Methodological and Theoretical Challenges in Reconstructing Lifeways from Museum Collections. Symposium organised by the Catholic University of Leuven and Museum Victoria (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, 7–8 May).
Allen, L., Morphy, H., McKenzie, K. and Deveson, P. 2010. Conversation 5: Imagining a relational museum. Six Conversations on the Shifting Relationships Between Art Museums and their Publics seminar series (Research School of Humanities and the Arts, Australian National University, Canberra, 15 September).
Appeltans, W., Decock, W., Vanhoorne, B., Hernandez, F., Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D., Hoeksema, B., Poore, G., van Soest, R., Stöhr, S., Walter, C. and Costello, M. 2010. The World Register of Marine Species, the first online inventory of all marine species. Poster presentation at the J. Frederick Grassle Science Symposium on the Census of Marine Life (Royal Society, London, UK, 5–6 October).
Avano, D. and Quint, B. 2010. Working mathematically – problem solving. The Mathematical Association of Victoria annual conference (La Trobe University, Bundoora, 2 December).
Avano, D. and Quint, B. 2011. Working mathematically – problem solving. Science Teachers Association of Victoria Primary Teachers conference (Science Teachers’ Association Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre, Melbourne, 24 May).
Balasubramaniam, S., Mulder, R., Pavlova, A., Sunnucks, P. and Melville, J. 2011. Avian blood parasites in fragmented habitats. Poster presentation at the Student Conference on Conservation Science (Cambridge University, UK, 22–24 March).
Balasubramaniam, S., Mulder, R., Radford, J., Pavlova, A., Sunnucks, P. and Melville, J. 2010. The prevalence of avian malaria in fragmented habitats. Poster presentation at the International Congress on Parasitology (Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, Melbourne, 15–20 August).
Bence, M. and Quint, B. 2010. Winging it – explaining the physics of flight. Science Teachers’ Association of Victoria Conference (La Trobe University, Bundoora, 29 November).
Bence, M. 2011. VCE astronomy and astrophysics. Teaching Astronomy and Astrophysics in 2011 conference (Scienceworks, Melbourne, 28 April).
Birch, W. 2010. New minerals from the phosphate deposits north‐east of Adelaide, South Australia. Australian Earth Science Convention, Geological Society of Australia (National Convention Centre, Canberra, 4–8 July).
Birch, W. 2010. Mineralogy of the Cleveland mine, Luina, Tasmania. 20th general meeting of the International Mineralogical Association (Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary, 21–27 August).
Birch, W. 2011. Eugene von Guérard’s volcanic landscapes: their environmental and geological significance. Symposium on Scientific Perspectives and the Landscapes of Eugene von Guérard (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 30 April).
Birch, W. 2011. The future of mineralogy in Victoria: building on the past. Joint Mineralogical Societies of Australasia annual seminar (Gemmology House, Spencer St, Melbourne, 12 June).
Bourke, P., Kenderdine, S. & Shaw, J. 2011. Advanced applications in: stereographic, panoramic and fulldome visualization. First International Conference on VR Innovation, IEEE VR (Singapore, 19–20 March).
Browne, J., Cribb, T. and Pitt, K. 2010. Spatial variation of digenean parasites in the ‘upside-down jellyfish’, Cassiopea species 1. Twelfth International Congress of Parasitology (Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, 15–20 August).
Browne, J., Pitt, K. and Cribb, T. 2010. Investigating life cycles and host specificity of digenean parasites of gelatinous zooplankton using DNA. Third International Jellyfish Blooms Symposium (Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero, Mar Del Plata, Argentina, 14–16 July).
Bush, M. 2010. Changing memories: the design and evaluation of the fulldome show Our Living Climate. Poster presentation at the Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference (Hyatt Regency Hotel, Sacramento, California, USA, 14–17 November).
Carney, R., Menot, L., Billet, D., Galéron, J., Ingole, B., Kitazato, H., Krylova, E., Levin, L., Poore, G., Lavrado, H., Rowe, G., Sellanes, J., Vanreusel, A. and Sibuet, M. 2010. Continental Margin Ecosystems on a worldwide scale – II. Large-scale distribution and diversity patterns revisited along continental slopes. Poster presentation at the J. Frederick Grassle Science Symposium on the Census of Marine Life (Royal Society, London, UK, 5–6 October).
Chen, I-P., Symonds, M.R.E., Hugall, A.F., Melville, J. and Stuart-Fox, D. 2010. Design matters: colour pattern evolution in Australian dragon lizards (Agamidae). Thirty-fifth Meeting of Australasian Societies for Herpetology (Barmera, South Australia, 20–23 September).
Chmiel, K. 2010. #collectionfishing, or how social networking leads to museums collaborating, Museums Australia National Conference 2010 (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 28 September – 2 October).
Clement, A. 2010. Functional morphology of Devonian dipnoans: jaw mechanics and air-gulping behaviour. Third International Palaeontological Congress (Imperial College, London, 28 June – 3 July).
Clement, A. 2011. Ecomorphology, feeding mechanics and bite force modelling of Devonian dipnoans. Thirteenth Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (State Library Lecture Theatre, Perth, 27–30 April).
Cole, E. 2010. Learnings from selling tickets online. Museums Australia National Conference (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 28 September – 2 October).
Dale-Hallett, L. 2010. Making meaning from ashes: reflections on the role of museums in documenting memories of Black Saturday. Conference of the New Zealand Geographical Society in conjunction with the Institute of Australian Geographers (Rydges Hotel, Christchurch, New Zealand, 5–8 July).
Dale-Hallett, L., Carland, R. and Fraser, P. 2010. Making meaning from ashes: reflections on the role of museums following Black Saturday. Museums Australia National Conference (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 28 September – 2 October).
Darian-Smith, K. and Henningham, N. 2010. Longitudinal research and consent: the Childhood, Tradition and Change Project. Australasian Ethics Network Conference (Melbourne Business School, Carlton, 18 November).
Davison, G. 2010. Facts and fables: making history. Guest speaker at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria conference dinner (GPO restaurant, Pall Mall, Bendigo, 28 August).
Demant, D. 2010. Why the real thing is essential for telling our stories. 2010 World Computer Congress (Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, 20–23 September).
Demant, D. 2010. What has posterity done for us? Making museum collection databases accessible to users in the future. Museums Australia National Conference (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 28 September – 2 October).
Edmonds, P. 2010. Pax Britannia: the humanitarian handshake and the anatomy of a transcolonial idea. Symposium on Conciliation Narratives in Settler Societies: Objects and Performances in Historical Perspective (National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 18–19 November).
Edwards, S. 2010. The art of scientific observation. Museums Australia National Conference (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 28 September – 2 October).
Fahey, G. 2011 New Media and Technologies – greater involvement and enjoyment for visitors. ASPAC Conference (Guangzhou, China, May).
Fitzgerald, E. 2010. Evolution and extinction of river dolphins (Cetacea: Platanistoidea) in central Australia. Invited symposium speaker at the 70th Anniversary Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (David L. Lawrence Convention Center and Westin Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 10–13 October).
Fitzgerald, E. 2011. A juvenile aetiocetid skull and cranial evolution in basal mysticetes (Cetacea). Sixth Triennial Conference on Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water (San Diego State University and San Diego Natural History Museum, California, USA, 6–10 June).
Fitzgerald, E. and Rich, T. 2011. Trends and prospects in the vertebrate palaeontology of Australasia. Keynote address at the 13th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (State Library Lecture Theatre, Perth, 27–30 April).
Fox, K. 2011. Historic collection, contemporary design, contemporary interaction, current meaning: a case study of the Melbourne Museum exhibition Wild: Amazing Animals in a Changing World. Sixth Annual Conference on the Arts in Society, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Berlin, Germany, 9–11 May).
Gaff, P. 2010. Science programming at Melbourne Museum. International Science Education Symposium (National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan, 23–24 November).
Gaff, P. and Meehan, C. 2010. Deciphering children’s learning in a dinosaur exhibition. Museums Australia National Conference (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 28 September – 2 October).
Gaff, P. 2011. Biodiversity Snapshots. Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Special Partnerships Program, Science and Environment Network Conference (Philip Island, Victoria, 16 May).
Gaff, P. and Shearer, J. 2011. Biodiversity education through multimedia at Melbourne Museum. Environmental Tool Box Conference (Melbourne Museum, Carlton, 17 March).
Gaff, P., Shearer, J. and Bence, M. 2011. Science online@Museum Victoria. Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Elluminate web conference (online conference, 2 February).
Greene, J.P. 2010. ‘New wine in old bottles’: presenting natural history collections in the 21st century. Museums Australia National Conference (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 28 September – 2 October).
Hale, J., Heard, G., Smith, K., Parris, K., Melville, J. and Austin, J. 2010. Museum specimens reveal consequences of a severe population decline on genetic diversity in an endangered frog, Litoria raniformis. Thirty-fifth Meeting of Australasian Societies for Herpetology (Barmera, South Australia, 20–23 September).
Hammond, C. 2010. Sustaining the aesthetic: the development of environmentally sustainable exhibitions in the cultural sector. Museums Australia National Conference (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 28 September – 2 October).
Hammond, C. 2010. Integrating environmental sustainability into museum production. Museums Australia National Conference 2010 (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 28 September – 2 October).
Hammond, C. 2010. Integrating environmental sustainability into museum production. Sustainability Victoria and Arts Victoria sustainability working group (Arts Victoria, Grainger Room, 27 September).
Hart, T., 2010. Large-scale 3D visualisation, augmented reality and virtual heritage a museums perspective (Government House, Sydney, August).
Hart, T. 2011. Cultural data sculpting. Ignite (Washington, USA, April).
Hart, T. and Wallis, E. 2010. Video conference ‘Intelligent Heritage’. Delivered at the City University in Hong Kong (September).
Hart, T, 2011. Korea Australia New Zealand Broadband Summit (Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, 28–29 April).
Hart, T. 2010. Victorian collections. National Digital Forum (New Zealand, 18–20 October).
Hart, T. 2011. Content, collaboration and capability: museum collections online. Meta 2011 Conference (University House, Australian National University, Canberra, 25–27 May).
Hart, T. 2011. Stimulating the senses with immersive digital media – a museums’ perspective. National Public Sector Digital Media Officers Forum (Melbourne Marriott Hotel, 21–22 June).

Hart, T. 2011. The trade in digital: partnerships in the content economy. Professional Forum on the Content Economy – Should We Be In or Out? Museums and the Web 2011 (MW2011) conference (Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 6–9 April).

Hart, T. 2011. ‘Creative agency’: alternative reality gaming/social media/phone apps. Hot Science, Global Citizens – The Agency of the Museum Sector in Climate Change Interventions – Research and Programming Symposium (Australian Museum, Sydney, 6 May).
Hart, T., Fleming, A. and Neale, A. 2010. Sharing Systems, Services and People forum. Ninth Annual National Digital Forum conference (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ, 18–19 October).
Hastie, D. and Fitzgerald, E. 2011. Biogeographic significance of a basal monachine seal (Carnivora: Phocidae) from the Late Miocene of Australia. Thirteenth Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (State Library Lecture Theatre, Perth, 27–30 April).
Henry, D. 2010. EMu and the natural sciences at Museum Victoria. Ninth Australasian EMu User Group Meeting (University of Queensland Art Museum, St Lucia Campus, 21–22 July).
Henry, D. 2011. Dead and dangerous! Managing contaminated taxidermy specimens. Joint meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections and the Natural Science Collections Alliance (California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, 23–28 May).
Henry, D. 2011. From ‘cabinet of curiosities’ to cloud computing: what next for museum mineral collections? Joint Mineralogical Societies of Australasia annual seminar (Gemmology House, Melbourne, 12 June).
Hill, T. 2011. What’s going on with the universe? Keynote presentation at the Primary and Middle Years Science Teachers’ Conference (Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre, Darebin, 24 May).
Hirst, R. 2010. When it really matters: museums and national disasters. Museums Australia National Conference (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 28 September – 2 October).
Hocking, D., Evans, A. and Fitzgerald, E. 2011. Filter feeding in marine mammals: the importance of tooth shape in the evolution of feeding modes. Thirteenth Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (State Library Lecture Theatre, Perth, 27–30 April).
Holland, T. 2011. Large spiracular openings in a tetrapodomorph fish from a mass death site in the MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory. Thirteenth Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (State Library Lecture Theatre, Perth, 27–30 April).
Horvath, A. 2010. Creating a communication ‘mindset’. National Science Communication Officers’ Forum (Marriott Hotel, Melbourne, 29–30 November).
Horvath, A. and Sproul, L. 2011. Creating online content and programs. Australasian Science and Technology Exhibitors Network conference (Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 2–4 June).
Kean, J. 2010. Walter Baldwin Spencer: scientist, photographer, collector and Darwinist. Art Association of Australia and New Zealand conference on Charles Darwin and the Art of Evolution (Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 9–11 September).
Kenderdine, S. 2010. Advanced workshop in visualisation strategies for large-scale heterogeneous data. Virtual Systems and Multimedia (Seoul, Korea, August).
Kenderdine, S. and Hart, T. 2011. Cultural data sculpting: omni-spatial interactive visualization for large scale heterogeneous datasets. Museums and the Web 2011 (MW2011) conference (Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Pennsylvania, USA, 6–9 April).
Kenderdine, S. and Schettino, P. 2010. Place-Hampi: narratives of inclusive cultural experience. Third International Conference on the Inclusive Museum (Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 29 June – 2 July).
Knapman, G. 2010. Conciliator or pacificator: the bust of George Augustus Robinson. Symposium on Conciliation Narratives in Settler Societies: Objects and Performances in Historical Perspective (National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 18–19 November).
Ladas, N. 2010. Showcase your system. Ninth Australasian EMu User Group Meeting (University of Queensland Art Museum, St Lucia Campus, 21–22 July).
Ladas, N. and Calderara, G. 2010. Discussion group – Importing into EMu using the import tool. Ninth Australasian EMu User Group Meeting (University of Queensland Art Museum, St Lucia Campus, 21–22 July).
Lambert, M. 2011. Engaging Students with Technology at Museum Victoria. In Touch – ICT in Education Victoria Conference (Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne, 21 May).
Levin, L., Menot, L., Billet, D., Carney, R., Galéron, J., Ingole, B., Kitazato, H., Krylova, E., Poore, G., Lavrado, H., Rowe, G., Sellanes, J., Vanreusel, A. and Sibuet M. 2010. Continental margin ecosystems on a worldwide scale – III. Influence of the newly perceived habitat heterogeneity on biodiversity. Poster presentation at the J. Frederick Grassle Science Symposium on the Census of Marine Life (Royal Society, London, UK, 5–6 October).
Lyndon-Gee, F. 2010. Do forest management practices retain genetic variation in a lizard (Eulamprus heatwolei) across a logged landscape? Thirty-fifth Meeting of Australasian Societies for Herpetology (Barmera, South Australia, 20–23 September).
McCubbin, M. 2010. Applying a collection care framework for archaeological collections. Developing Sustainable, Strategic Collection Management Approaches for Archaeological Assemblages symposium (Melbourne Museum, Carlton, 11–12 November).
McCubbin, M. 2011. Caring for the collection carers: managing hazardous substances in collections. Breathe Easy: Hazardous Substances in Collections – Australasian Registrars Committee workshop (Melbourne Museum, Carlton, 20–21 June; Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 23–24 June).
McLean, C., Moussalli, A. and Stuart-Fox, D. 2010. The predation cost of female resistance. Thirty-fifth Meeting of Australasian Societies for Herpetology (Barmera, South Australia, 20–23 September).
Maldonado, S., Melville, J., Sumner, J. and Peterson, G. 2010. Human-induced versus historical habitat shifts: identifying the processes that shaped the genetic structure of the Striped Legless Lizard, Delma impar. Thirty-fifth Meeting of Australasian Societies for Herpetology (Barmera, South Australia, 20–23 September).
Marchant, R. and Kefford, B. 2010. Taxonomic distinctness as a measure of diversity of stream insects exposed to varying salinity levels in southern Australia. The Conservation and Management of Rivers: 20 Years On conference (University of York, UK, 6–9 September).
Marchant, R. and Kefford, B. 2010. The response of stream invertebrate communities to catchment disturbance on Macquarie Island. Annual Congress of the Australian Society for Limnology (Thredbo Alpine Hotel, Thredbo, NSW, 2 December).
Mauri, T. 2010. Diversity in Health Conference. Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health (Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, 7–9 June).
Mauri, T. 2010. Migration studies, information and communication technologies. Association of European Migration Institutions Conference (Bilbao, Spain, 26–29 September).
Mauri, T. 2010. Knowledge city summit. City of Melbourne (Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, 16–19 November).
Melville, J., Parry, L., Hunjan, S. and McClean, F. 2010. Agamid limb length: a genetic perspective. Thirty-fifth Meeting of Australasian Societies for Herpetology (Barmera, South Australia, 20–23 September).
Molloy, J. 2010. Australia’s Muslim Cameleers: education programs at the Immigration Museum. Australia’s Muslim Cameleers Teaching and Learning Workshop (Immigration Museum, Melbourne, 7 July).
Molloy, J. 2010. Communicating migration stories: public programs and community partnerships at the Immigration Museum – new media, more stories. MyLanguage, Your Language in the Digital Age, MyLanguage Conference 2010 (State Library of NSW, Sydney, 9–11 August).
Molloy, J. 2011. Using the resources of the Immigration Museum to deliver outcomes for multicultural education and global citizenship. Regional Network Leaders Immersive Professional Learning Day (Immigration Museum, Melbourne, 17 February).
Molloy, J. 2011. Immigration Museum: onsite, online and offsite resources for intercultural learning and understanding. Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Intercultural Understanding Field Trial Information Day (Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 2 March).
Molloy, J. 2011. Immigration Museum: onsite, online and offsite resources for intercultural learning and understanding. Workshop for Curriculum Leaders Catholic Education Office Melbourne (Immigration Museum, Melbourne, 9 March).

Molloy, J. 2011. Using the resources of the Immigration Museum to deliver outcomes for multicultural education and global citizenship. Northern Metropolitan Region, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Professional Learning Day (NMR–Northern Metropolitan Region Offices, Coburg, 26 May).

Moussalli, A., Norman, M. and Lu, C.-C. 2010. A preliminary multi-locus phylogeny of Sepiidae (Cuttlefish): is our classification in order? Seventeenth International Congress of Unitas Malacologica, World Congress of Malacology (Phuket, Thailand, 18–24 July).
Murray, T. 2010. Research using museum collections need not be a vale of tears, though it often is. Symposium on: Developing sustainable, strategic collection management approaches for archaeological assemblages (Melbourne Museum, Carlton, 11–12 November).
Murray, T. 2010. Transformations: an Antipodean perspective. American Anthropological Association annual meeting (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 19 November).
Naughton, K. 2010. Glacial connectivity in a coastal marine invertebrate: the Little Biscuit Star on the southern Australian coastline. Australian Marine Sciences Association annual conference (University of Wollongong, 4–8 July).
O’Hara, T. 2010. Marine biogeography: the way forward. International Network for Scientific Investigations of Deep-Sea Ecosystems symposium (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 10 December).
Quint, B. and Avano, D. 2010. Measurement and technology – using data loggers. The Mathematical Association of Victoria annual conference (La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3 December).
Quint, B. 2010. Simple machines made simple. Science Teachers’ Association of Victoria conference (La Trobe University, Bundoora, 30 November).
Quint, B. 2010. VCE electricity and electric power. Science Teachers’ Association of

Victoria/Australian Institute of Physics VCE Physics conference (Monash University,

Clayton, 18 February).
Raberts, M. 2010. Web initiatives and Indigenous cultural collections at Museum Victoria. Casting the Net: Joint Smart Services CRC, RMIT University, Australian Museum forum, exploring issues of intellectual property and traditional knowledge in digital cultural collections (Australian Museum, Sydney, 17 September).
Rolfe, T. 2010. Smash that showcase and let me in! Museums Australia National Conference (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 28 September – 2 October).
Sebastian, P. 2010. Identity, culture and community: the integral role museums play in dynamic and cohesive cities and communities. Sixth Diversity Matters conference. (La Salle College of the Arts, Singapore, 24–25 September).
Schmidt, R. 2010. Palaeoecological implications of fluctuating bryozoans abundance in an Early Oligocene drill core, Gippsland Basin, Australia. Fourteenth International Bryozoology Association Conference (Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany, 1–7 August).
Schmidt, R. 2011. Palaeoecological implications of fluctuating bryozoans abundance in the Early Oligocene of Esso core Groper-1, off-shore Gippsland Basin, Australia. Fourth AustraLarwood Symposium (Kaikoura Campus, University of Canterbury, NZ, 8–9 March).
Shearer, J. and Gaff, P. 2011. Biosnaps – online biodiversity survey tool. VCE Biology Teachers’ conference (La Trobe University, Bundoora, 21 February).
Shearer, J. and Gaff, P. 2010. An introduction to Biodiversity Snapshots. Toolbox for Environmental Change Conference (Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, 17 March).
Shearer, J 2010. An introduction to Biodiversity Snapshots, Ecolinc Professional Learning Day (Ecolinc, Bacchus Marsh, 18 March).
Shearer, J. 2010. An Introduction to Biodiversity Snapshots. ICT in Education Victoria Professional Teachers’ Association annual conference (Melbourne Grammar, Melbourne, 21 May).
Shearer, J. and Lambert, M. 2011. Biodiversity online@Museum Victoria. Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Elluminate web conference (online conference, 3 February).
Shearer, J. 2011. Biodiversity Snapshots. Contemporary Science Learning, Catholic Education Office (St Joseph’s Primary School, Hawthorn, 30 March).
Sherrin, S. 2011. Release your local species into the iOS ecosystem. Museums and the Web 2011 (MW2011) conference (Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 6–9 April).
Sherrin, S. 2011. Giving everyone a bite of the apple – demonstration of Museum Victoria’s field guide app. Ignite (Washington, USA, April).
Sibuet, M., Menot, L., Billet, D., Carney, R., Galéron J., Ingole B., Kitazato, H., Krylova, E., Levin, L., Poore, G., Lavrado, H.P., Rowe, G., Sellanes, J. and Vanreusel, A. 2010. Continental margin ecosystems on a worldwide scale – I. Species rich, complex and fragile deep-sea landscapes within human reach. Poster presentation at the J. Frederick Grassle Science Symposium on the Census of Marine Life (Royal Society, London, UK, 5–6 October).
Smith, C. 2010. Introduction to the Commonwealth Block project. Symposium on developing sustainable, strategic collection management approaches for archaeological assemblages (Melbourne Museum, Carlton, 11–12 November).
Smith, K., Kearney, M., Austin, J., Parris, K. and Melville, J. 2010. Hybrid zone dynamics in the tree frogs, Litoria ewingi and L. paraewingi: Genetic and acoustic insights. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 7–12 July).
Smith, K., Kearney, M., Austin, J., Parris, K. and Melville, J. 2010. Hybrid zone dynamics in the tree frogs, Litoria ewingi and L. paraewingi: Genetic and acoustic insights. Thirty-fifth Meeting of Australasian Societies for Herpetology (Barmera, South Australia, 20–23 September).
Suda, E. and Molloy, J. 2010. Cultural diversity and historical investigation. History Teachers’ Association of Victoria annual conference (Moorabbin, 22–23 July).
Suda, E. and Molloy J. 2010. Learning in the city. History Teachers’ Association of Victoria middle years conference (Cliftons Training Centre, Melbourne, 22 October).
Suda, E. and Molloy J. 2010. Using collections to contextualise and inspire stories of place and the Diaspora – museum experiences for the English classroom. Victorian Association of Teachers of English annual conference (Deakin University, Melbourne, 7 December).
Suda, E. and Molloy J. 2011. The object is the story: the role of museums in history education. Building Bridges Symposium (School of Education, University of Canberra, Canberra, 28–29 March).
Suda, E. 2010. Illuminating history through cultural organisations. History Teachers’ Association of Victoria primary conference (National Gallery of Victoria, Federation Square, Melbourne, September).
Suda, E. 2010. Museums and schools: partners in history. Queensland History Teachers’ Association annual conference (Queensland State Library, December).
Suda, E. 2010. Learning in museums. Discover our Pacific Neighbours forum, Multicultural Education Unit, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (Melbourne Museum, Carlton, July).
Sumner, J., Chapple, S., Martin, C.M. and Melville, J. 2010. Deep historical divergence without speciation in the widely distributed central netted dragon. Thirty-fifth Meeting of Australasian Societies for Herpetology (Barmera, South Australia, 20–23 September).
Taylor, J., Ahyong, S. and Poore, G. 2011. Squat Lobsters: two superfamilies, 1000 stunning species. The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting (Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 6–9 June).
Tout-Smith, D. 2011. Imagining the past, remembering the future: the role of narrative in museums. American Association of Museums annual meeting (George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, USA, 22–25 May).
Veis, N. 2010. How do we tell the story of the cochlear implant? Fifteenth Biannual Conference of the European Association of Museums for the History of Medical Sciences (University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 16–18 September).
Walker, K. 2011. Connecting biodiversity collections in Australia. Second international conference of Scientific Collections International (SciColl) (Melbourne Museum, 2 February).
Wallis, E. 2010. #collectionfishing or how social networking leads to museums collaborating. Museums Australia National Conference (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 28 September – 2 October).
Zarro, R. 2011. Intercultural understanding in language learning. Victorian Association of Teachers of Italian Conference (Darebin Conference Centre, Preston, 1 April).
Zarro, R. and Molloy, J. 2011. Identity: Yours, Mine, Ours and intercultural knowledge and understanding. Modern Language Teachers’ Association of Victoria (Conference (Carstens, Melbourne, 20 May)