Macleay Museum in Australia

Macleay Museum
Local name	Chau Chak Wing Museum
Type	museum

Owner	University of Sydney
Founded	1887
Address	Macleay, 3 University Of Sydney, Science Rd, Camperdown
Zip-code	NSW 2006
Place	Sydney
State	New South Wales
Country	Australia

Directors	2013-now: David Ellis

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants

Elephant keepers
Record history
History of updates	2021-06-27

Latest document update	2021-06-27 04:25:57
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Description

Macleay Museum, located at Macleay, 3 University Of Sydney, Science Rd, Camperdown, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , was founded in 1887.

Taxidermy specimens

Macleay Museum has in its collection 1 elephantine museum specimens with records in this database:

(Measurements of teeth and body parts follow the system described by Maglio (1973; P = plate number, L = length, W = width, H = height, LF = lamellar frequency)

Gandhi Accession nr: . Received: ♂ Gandhi
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born 1912 at Asia unspecified location † Dead 1968-04-19 at Sydney Zoo
Death: unknown Death reason: unknown (N/A)

Comments / picturesThe Macleay Museum gallery closed 2016 to the public in preparation for the opening of the new Chau Chak Wing Museum, scheduled for completion in late 2020.

References for records about Macleay Museum

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2024). Macleay Museum, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2207. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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