Identification instructions for email
Photos should include a familiar object (e.g. a coin or a ruler) to provide scale.
Send several pictures from different angles (the front, back and sides).
Before you email the photos please reduce the image size as much as possible without losing detail.
Email pictures to: inquirycentre@qm.qld.gov.au
Additional Instructions
Insects and Spiders
Please use extreme caution. Don’t put yourself at risk of being bitten or stung and assume all unknown animals have the potential to harm you.
Include as much additional information as possible, i.e. locality, habitat, time of day etc.
Fossils and Geological Specimens
Information should include (if applicable): where the item was found, whether it may have been moved, and how it was collected.
Specimens out of context are harder to identify and are of less interest to science.
Birds, mammals, fish, and reptiles (vertebrates) Specimens
Don’t put yourself at risk of being bitten or stung and assume all unknown animals have the potential to harm you.
Include as much additional information as possible, i.e. locality, habitat, time of day etc.
Clothing and Textiles, General Cultural Items (Indigenous and Non-indigenous)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural sites and objects are protected under State Legislation. It is an offence under this legislation to knowingly move or disturb cultural heritage materials from where you find them. While Queensland Museum does not enforce this legislation, it does encourage people to leave artefacts in their original location. The disturbance or relocation of cultural material - whether Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander or not - greatly diminishes its scientific and cultural significance.
For more information on the legislation protecting these sites and objects please refer to the Department of Natural Resources and Water Cultural Heritage Compliance Fact Sheet*.
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