From George Miller to an Egyptian mummy, Australian Museum unveils 200 treasures

By Julie Power
Updated October 13 2017 - 8:53pm, first published 8:49pm
Australian Museum Director, Kim McKay, (second from left) with Gabi Hollows, Premier Gladys Berejiklian, George Miller and Ita Buttrose at the opening of the 200 Treasures exhibit at the Australian Museum in Sydney. 13th October 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett
Australian Museum Director, Kim McKay, (second from left) with Gabi Hollows, Premier Gladys Berejiklian, George Miller and Ita Buttrose at the opening of the 200 Treasures exhibit at the Australian Museum in Sydney. 13th October 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett
200 Treasures of the Australian Museum Exhibition preview to open in October 2017. Included is a cape gifted to Captain James Cook. Seen pictured with it is Logan Metcalfe - Collections Officer Pacific at the museum. Photographed Thursday 29th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 170829
200 Treasures of the Australian Museum Exhibition preview to open in October 2017. Included is a cape gifted to Captain James Cook. Seen pictured with it is Logan Metcalfe - Collections Officer Pacific at the museum. Photographed Thursday 29th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 170829
200 Treasures of the Australian Museum Exhibition preview to open in October 2017. Photographed Thursday 29th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 170829
200 Treasures of the Australian Museum Exhibition preview to open in October 2017. Photographed Thursday 29th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 170829
200 Treasures of the Australian Museum Exhibition preview to open in October 2017. Photographed Thursday 29th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 170829
200 Treasures of the Australian Museum Exhibition preview to open in October 2017. Photographed Thursday 29th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 170829
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEMPTEMBER 28: Kim McKay Director at the Australian Museum on SEMPTEMBER 28, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Christopher Pearce/Fairfax Media)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEMPTEMBER 28: Kim McKay Director at the Australian Museum on SEMPTEMBER 28, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Christopher Pearce/Fairfax Media)
200 Treasures of the Australian Museum Exhibition preview to open in October 2017. Photographed Thursday 29th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 170829
200 Treasures of the Australian Museum Exhibition preview to open in October 2017. Photographed Thursday 29th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 170829
200 Treasures of the Australian Museum Exhibition preview to open in October 2017. Photographed Thursday 29th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 170829
200 Treasures of the Australian Museum Exhibition preview to open in October 2017. Photographed Thursday 29th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 170829
200 Treasures of the Australian Museum Exhibition preview to open in October 2017. Included is a cape gifted to Captain James Cook.  Photographed Thursday 29th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 170829
200 Treasures of the Australian Museum Exhibition preview to open in October 2017. Included is a cape gifted to Captain James Cook. Photographed Thursday 29th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 170829
200 Treasures of the Australian Museum Exhibition preview to open in October 2017. Included is a cape gifted to Captain James Cook.  Photographed Thursday 29th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 170829
200 Treasures of the Australian Museum Exhibition preview to open in October 2017. Included is a cape gifted to Captain James Cook. Photographed Thursday 29th August 2017. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 170829

Film director George Miller of Mad Max fame is used to viewing the world through a camera. But as one of the Australian Museum's newly chosen 200 treasures - along with Australia's first female prime minister Julia Gillard, a 2800-year-old Egyptian mummy and a Tasmanian tiger pup - his image will shine brightly inside and outside the museum.

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