Cirencester Mammoth Exhibition at Australian Fossil & Mineral Museum
Published on 25 February 2025
The Australian Fossil & Mineral Museum in Bathurst CBD is celebrating a Mammoth Exhibition which is currently on display at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester, England.
Since 2019, the city of Bathurst has been in a formal friendship arrangement with Cirencester, with the UK town being the birthplace of Lord Bathurst.
In February 2025, Corinium Museum welcomed a historic collection of finds from Britain’s ‘biggest mammoth graveyard’. These items were the subject of a 2021 BBC television documentary featuring Sir David Attenborough called "Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard," detailing mammoth remains dating around 210,000 – 220,000 years ago when Britain was still occupied by Neanderthals. Material found on this site includes numbers of stone tools made by Neanderthals including hand axes, flint scrapers and the remains of plesiosaur, marine crocodile, ammonites, steppe bison, brown bears, horse, hyena and of course, mammoths.
Bathurst Mayor, Cr Robert Taylor, remarked that this exhibition provides unique historic insight and reflects the sustained connection of our two cities.
“Bathurst’s connection with Cirencester holds deep meaning. This cross-continent acknowledgement allows for the relationship between the two museums – and regions – to continue to grow, with the display able to be viewed until 15 March to coincide with the full exhibition on show in the UK.
“Further, it is excellent to continue our relationship with Corinium Museum directly, following Council’s Manager Museums, Janelle Middleton, completing a terrific International Fellowship in Cirencester just last year,” he noted.
The Australian Fossil & Mineral Museum is located at 224 Howick St, Bathurst, and is open 9am-4:30pm daily, closed on Wednesdays.
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