The diverse range of exhibitions and displays has a focus on natural and cultural history, biodiversity and human science.

Maddy is investigating ways to learn more about when and where these ships were built through analysis of copper alloy artefacts discovered on the shipwrecks.

More recent additions to the collections have been purchased from First Nations artists and communities who create innovative works and draw on both traditional and contemporary styles, designs and techniques in their art practice.

By recentring and recording First Nations voices, language and stories, these collections can be appropriately cared for and shared with our communities and audiences.

Since 2005, the TATSICC has been a collaborative space, showcasing the significant history, living culture and heritage of Townsville’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

In 2020, the collection of historic and contemporary objects showcased at the Cultural Centre was relocated to a new temporary home: Museum of Tropical Queensland.

Queensland Museum conducts research on the taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, ecology and evolution of corals.

However, a robust taxonomy that accurately reflects patterns of biodiversity underpins virtually all aspects of biological and conservation science.

For example, the capacity to accurately identify species is critical for understanding how our changing environment is affecting the diversity and abundance of corals, and for informing management on everything from permit compliance to the effectiveness of interventions designed to assist recovery of degraded reefs.

Traditionally, fossils needed to be painstakingly removed from the encasing rock, a process that can take months or years of work.

Improved dating of fossil-bearing rock formations in Queensland is helping to place them in a global setting.