Australia's natural history collections
Learn about the institution, the collections they hold and view records of specimens that have been databased. Currently only the collections of ALA partners are shown. Over time this list will expand to include all natural history collections in Australia.
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- Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit
- Animal Health Division Culture Collection
- Australian Antarctic Division Herbarium
- Australian Biological Tissue Collection
- Australian Collection of Antarctic Microorganisms
- Australian Collection of Microorganisms
- Australian Inoculants Research Group
- Australian Museum Arachnology Collection
- Australian Museum Entomology Collection
- Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
- Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
- Australian Museum Malacology Collection
- Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
- Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
- Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
- Australian Museum Palaeontology Collection
- Australian National Algae Culture Collection
- Australian National Fish Collection
- Australian National Herbarium
- Australian National Insect Collection
- Australian National Reference Laboratory in Medical Mycology
- Australian National Wildlife Collection
- Australian Plant DNA Bank
- Australian Tropical Herbarium
- Biocatalytic Microbe Collection
- Biosecurity Queensland Cairns Collection
- Charles Sturt University Herbarium
- CSIRO Food & Nutritional Sciences
- Dadswell Memorial Wood Collection
- Dadswell Wood Collection
- DAFWA - Invertebrate Reference Collection
- DAFWA - Plant Pathology Culture Collection
- Downing Herbarium
- Edith Cowan University The Robert Brown Herbarium
- Fish Disease Culture Collection
- Forestry Commission of NSW Insect Collection
- Forestry Tasmania, Tasmanian Forest Insect Collection
- Gauba Herbarium
- IFM Quality Services Pty. Ltd.
- IMVS Culture Collection
- IMVS Mycology Culture Collection
- James Cook University Herbarium
- John Ray Herbarium
- John T. Waterhouse Herbarium
- Kings Park and Botanic Garden Herbarium
- La Trobe University Herbarium
- Macleay Museum - Entomology
- Microbial Gene Research and Resources Facility
- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory
- Microbiology Culture Collection
- Monash University Herbarium
- Murdoch University Algal Culture Collection
- Murdoch University Herbarium
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Amphibian Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Annelid Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Bird Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Entomology Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Ichthyology Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Malacology Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Mammal Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Reptile Collection
- Museum Victoria Arachnology Collection
- Museum Victoria Entomology Collection
- Museum Victoria Herpetology Collection
- Museum Victoria Ichthyology Collection
- Museum Victoria Mammalogy Collection
- Museum Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
- Museum Victoria Ornithology Collection
- N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium
- National Collection of Fungi, Knoxfield Herbarium
- National Herbarium of New South Wales
- National Herbarium of Victoria
- Neurospora crassa Mutants
- New South Wales Plant Pathology Herbarium
- North Coast Regional Botanic Gardens Herbarium
- Northern Territory Economic Insect Reference Collection
- Northern Territory Herbarium
- Northern Territory Herbarium (Alice Springs)
- Patent Culture Collection
- Phytoplasma DNA Collection
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Annelids
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Arachnids
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Birds
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Entomology
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Herpetology
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Ichthyology
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Mammals
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Molluscs
- Queensland Forestry Research Institute
- Queensland Herbarium
- Queensland Museum Amphibians
- Queensland Museum Arachnid Collection
- Queensland Museum Birds
- Queensland Museum Crustaceans
- Queensland Museum Echinoderms
- Queensland Museum Entomology
- Queensland Museum Fishes
- Queensland Museum Mammals
- Queensland Museum Molluscs
- Queensland Museum Palaeontology
- Queensland Museum Protozoans
- Queensland Museum Reptiles
- Queensland Museum Sessile Marine Invertebrates
- Queensland Museum Tropical Marine Invertebrates
- Queensland Museum Worms
- Queensland Plant Pathology Herbarium
- Queensland Primary Industries Insect Collection
- Queensland Primary Industries Mareeba - Entomology
- South Australian Museum Australian Biological Tissue Collection
- South Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
- South Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
- South Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
- South Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates Collection
- South Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
- South Australian Museum Parasitology Collection
- South Australian Museum Terrestrial Invertebrate Collection
- Southern Cross University Medicinal Plant Herbarium
- State Forests of New South Wales Herbarium
- State Herbarium of South Australia
- Tasmanian Agricultural Insect Collection
- Tasmanian Herbarium
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Faunal Collection
- The Janet Cosh Herbarium
- The University of Melbourne Herbarium
- The University of Melbourne, Land and Food Resources (Burnley) - Entomology
- University of Queensland Insect Collection
- University of Tasmania - Entomology
- University of the Sunshine Coast Microbial Library
- University of Western Australia Herbarium
- University of Western Australia Microbiology Culture Collection
- Victorian Agricultural Insect Collection
- Waite Insect and Nematode Collection
- Western Australian Culture Collection
- Western Australian Herbarium
- Western Australian Museum Arachnology Collection
- Western Australian Museum Bird Collection
- Western Australian Museum Entomology Collection
- Western Australian Museum Fish Collection
- Western Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
- Western Australian Museum Mammal Collection
- Westmead Medical Mycology Collection
- WHO/FAO/OIE Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis
- Wine Microorganism Culture Collection