Eleven hours due west of Brisbane lies Eromanga, a town of 100 people. It is also the site of Australia’s largest dinosaur fossil and the world’s third largest. The Eromanga Natural History Museum has grown rapidly to keep up with the hundreds of other fossils found. It’s a site of massive regional museum investment and emblematic of the move for museum repatriation – to keep invaluable findings close to their source rather than transport them to metropolitan centres.
Corey Richards is the Museum’s General Manager of Operations, but he began working there nine years ago as a tour guide. In the last decade, the Museum has experienced rapid growth and international acclaim, and it has received three international design awards. Richards has a long-term vision for the venue.
