Western Australian Museum
Peter Downes is a Curator at the Western Australian Museum since 1995, specializing in Minerals. Prior to this, Peter was an Exploration Geologist at Wiluna Mines Ltd from 1993 to 1995 and Plutonic Resources for a brief period in 1992. Peter holds a PhD in Kimberlite petrogenesis from The University of Western Australia and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geology/Earth Science from The University of Queensland. Downes completed their high school education at St Peters Lutheran College in Queensland.
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Western Australian Museum
The Western Australian Museum was established in 1891 (as the ‘Perth Museum’) and its initial collections were of geological, ethnological and biological specimens. Indeed, it can claim to be one of the oldest scientific institutions in the State. In 1959, its botanical collection was transferred to the new Herbarium and it continued to concentrate on earth sciences and zoology.