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    Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre is an interactive science communication facility in Canberra, Australia. It is a museum with more...
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    World." In 2009, artist Tim Wetherell created a large wall piece for Questacon (The National Science and Technology centre in Canberra, Australia) representing...
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    Gardens, the National Zoo and Aquarium, the National Dinosaur Museum, and Questacon – the National Science and Technology Centre. The Canberra Museum and...
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    Demonstration of Torricelli pump at Questacon...
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    respiratory passages. In July 2022, a spark from a plasma globe at the Questacon museum in Australia ignited the alcohol-based hand sanitiser that had...
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    Einstein sculpture at Questacon in April 2008...
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    "The Astronomer" and installed in the Parliamentary Triangle, outside Questacon. Following the 2003 bushfires, the ACT and New South Wales and Australian...
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  • 2010s. One of 16 Einstein E's on Berlin's Unter den Linden Statue at Questacon, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2005 "World Year of Physics 2005"...
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    the Yale–Columbia Refractor telescope (1924) damaged when the 2003 Canberra bushfires burned out the Mount Stromlo Observatory; at Questacon, Canberra....
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  • burns when their hands caught fire upon touching a plasma globe in a Questacon gallery after using alcohol-based hand sanitiser, with the matter scheduled...
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    Mischief's Around the World in 80 Days steampunk-themed event. In 2009, for Questacon, artist Tim Wetherell created a large wall piece that represented the...
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    Australia National Portrait Gallery National Rose Garden Old Parliament House Questacon Reconciliation Place Regatta Point West Block The geology of Parkes has...
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  • Australia (since the 2011 event) as well as the National Portrait Gallery and Questacon (since the 2012 event). There is also live music, film screenings and...
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  • four years, Nova jointly co-ordinated the Shell Questacon Science Circus, a partnership between Questacon, the Shell Oil Company Australia and the Australian...
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    emulate a moving piece of paper (see the figure below). A harmonograph at Questacon in Canberra, Australia A figure produced by a simple lateral harmonograph...
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  • Australia Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra, ACT Scienceworks...
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    Gardens, the National Zoo and Aquarium, the National Dinosaur Museum and Questacon – the National Science and Technology Centre. The Canberra Museum and...
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  • Dreaming: 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History. Sydney: New Holland. "Wuriunpranilli, the Sun Woman". Questacon. 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2011. v t e v t e...
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    Tesla coil Tesla coil at Questacon, the National Science and Technology center in Canberra, Australia Type Resonant transformer Working principle‍ Resonance...
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    Canberra, Telstra Tower, the Old Parliament House, Malcolm Fraser Bridge, Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre (Parkes)  Australia: Hobart...
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    the National Gallery of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery, and Questacon), the Australian National Maritime Museum is the only one located outside...
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    In July 2012 Schmidt was given a three-year appointment to sit on the Questacon Advisory Council. As of March 2017, Schmidt serves as a member of the...
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    Association Press. Retrieved 13 February 2009.[dead link] "Monsoonal Climate". Questacon. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2006...
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    Venezuela Foucault pendulum, School of Physics, University of New South Wales Questacon National Science Exhibition, Canberra Gravity Discovery Centre Military...
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  • away". The Sydney Morning Herald. "Wine Casks, Eskys and Lamingtons". Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre. Archived from the original...
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    (c 1925) wrecked by the 2003 Canberra bushfires which burned out the Mount Stromlo Observatory; at Questacon, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory....
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    Library of Australia National Museum of Australia National Portrait Gallery Questacon Sport AIS Arena Australian Institute of Sport Canberra International Sports...
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  • Message Stick program on Aboriginal Astronomy The Emu in the Sky story at Questacon ABC Radio National Artworks piece on "The First Astronomers" Cairns, H...
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  • Zealand 1991 Gravity Discovery Centre Gingin, Western Australia Australia Questacon Canberra Australia 1986 Scienceworks (Melbourne) Melbourne Australia 1992...
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    burgeoning science centre eventually grew into Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre. Questacon was the brainchild of Michael Gore, a senior...
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