Australian National Wildlife Collection
(ANWC)
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
The ANWC, with over 80 thousand specimens, holds CSIRO’s land vertebrate collections, including the most comprehensively documented collections of Australian-New Guinean birds in the world. The collections are curated to the highest standards in modern, air-conditioned facilities, and are comprehensively databased. Facilities for users, both staff and visitors, have been designed for both convenience and care of the collections.
Although traditionally focussed on morphological research, the ANWC has recently begun a program of genetic studies, drawing on its unsurpassed tissue collection of Australian birds. Morphological studies continue as well, with the second volume of the comprehensive Directory of Australian Birds currently in preparation.
The focus of ANWC research is on the diversity of the Australian bird fauna continent-wide, although the Collection holds extensive regional collections of mammals as well. All collections are under the joint care of a Curator and two collection officers. The ANWC accepts collections from private individuals and institutions. Donations can be made under the Cultural Bequests Program.
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Contact:
Dr Leo Joseph
Research Director and Curator
Tel: (02) 6242 1689
Fax: (02) 6242 1688
E-mail: Leo.Joseph@csiro.au
Mr. Robert Palmer
Collection Manager
Tel: (02) 6242 1639
Fax: (02) 6242 1688
E-mail: Robert.Palmer@csiro.au
Postal Address:
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
GPO Box 284
Canberra ACT 2601
Street Address:
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
"Gungahlin Homestead"
Bellenden Street
Crace ACT 2911
