. The Australian Museum magazine. Natural history. THE AUSTRALIAN MUSKLM MAGAZINE. 29. THE HAWAIIAN GROUP COMPLETE. , , , , of Taro into poi or native porridge. field, broken up by lanes of blue water. In the offing lies a ship, and a landing party is shown on the ice front. This Antarctic group reflects the greatest credit on the taxidermist. Mr. H. S. Grant, and his assistant, Mr. J. H. Wright, who mounted the animals and constructed the fore- ground, on Mr. Gallop, who painted the background, and on Mr. A. R. McCulloch, who superintended the installation. Any defects in the group are attrib
. The Australian Museum magazine. Natural history. THE AUSTRALIAN MUSKLM MAGAZINE. 29. THE HAWAIIAN GROUP COMPLETE. , , , , of Taro into poi or native porridge. field, broken up by lanes of blue water. In the offing lies a ship, and a landing party is shown on the ice front. This Antarctic group reflects the greatest credit on the taxidermist. Mr. H. S. Grant, and his assistant, Mr. J. H. Wright, who mounted the animals and constructed the fore- ground, on Mr. Gallop, who painted the background, and on Mr. A. R. McCulloch, who superintended the installation. Any defects in the group are attributable to the fact that, as yet, there is no system of artificial lighting in the museum. Groups such as these convey much more information to a visitor than serried ranks of single exhibits, and also create a livelier interest in the facts of natural history. With this object in view, the administration has projected additional groups—one repre- senting a coral reef pool, the haunt of sponge and pearl-shell, tenanted l)y many- coloured fishes, and walled in by masses of gorgeous coral. In the Great Barrier Reef, Australia can boast of the greatest accumu- lation of living coral in the world: yet comparatively few Australians have any adequate conception of the transcendent beauty and brilliant colours of live coral, so unlike the specimens seen on mantel- pieces or museum shelves. Another will show a tide-pool in Port Jackson, peopled with the marine organisms common in our harbour. The group idea has been extended to in- clude man as well as the lower animals, so that ethnological and historical exhibits are no longer confined to collections of weapons, utensils, and ornaments; for every progressive museum now endeavours, by means of carefully executed models, preferably life-size, and prepared from liv- ing subjects, accompanied by appropriate implements and effects, to portray for its visitors the actual appearance, dress, cus- toms, and daily life of various races of men
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