AMplify - Conversations at the Australian Museum
Treasures, Episode 4: The strange obsessions of Australia’s greatest crab collector
02 Apr 2018
Mel Ward started life on the stage as an acrobat and comedian. But something about the creatures he found on the beach as a child kept calling him back to the sea. But what drove him to collect 25,000 crabs from around the world? And what exactly is eccentric dancing? Behind every object is a story – join Charles Wooley and Kim McKay as they reveal some of the Treasures at the Australian Museum.
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