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Australia at a glance - Australia's Culture Portal

Australia is a unique and diverse country in every way - in culture, population, climate, geography, and history. For articles on specific topics about Australian history and culture visit our Australian Stories Index. Australia's population is concentrat...

Australia's fossil past - Australia's Culture Portal

This includes Pleistocene era Aboriginal body fossils, many of which were removed and sent overseas. The Riversleigh fossil site, near Mount Isa Queensland, is recognised as one of the most important fossil sites in the world. The Riversleigh and Narrac...

National parks - Australia's Culture Portal

Blue Lake, Kosciuszko National Park. Australia has over 500 national parks. Most of our national parks are managed by the States and Territories of Australia; however the Commonwealth of Australia manages six national parks and a further 13 marine parks...

Australia's flora and fauna and Charles Darwin - Australia's Culture Portal

Observations of Australia's unique fauna and flora, combined with considerations of the continent's geographical isolation, contributed toward Charles Darwin (1809–1882) developing his theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin's theory of ev...

Zoos in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

However, the first zoo in Australia, Melbourne Zoo, wasn't established until 1862. Taronga Zoo and Western Plains Zoo are jointly administered New South Wales public zoos. The zoo features both Australian native species and exotic species of mammals, bi...

Aboriginal trackers - Australia's Culture Portal

With mounting evidence and stories circulating about their seemingly miraculous ability to find people, Aboriginal trackers' abilities became legendary in the minds of white Australians. Paul Raffaele, Aboriginal tracker Teddy Egan and son. The Australi...

Crossing the Great Dividing Range—surveying an ancient land - Australia's Culture Portal

Ernest Revell, Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, c. In March 1812, the Colonial Surveyor George William Evans was sent to explore Jervis Bay, to determine a possible inland route back to Port Jackson. Other explorers, such as Hume and Hove...

Australian rivers - Australia's Culture Portal

Eventually, streams catch more water or join other streams to form a river. The Murray River and its main tributary, the Darling River, are the two main rivers in the Murray-Darling River Basin. The Snowy River is probably Australia's most famous river,...

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Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum   (more info)

Situated in Bathurst, in central New South Wales, the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum is the home of the internationally renowned Sommerville Collection of rare minerals and fossils. The Museum also has a temporary exhibition space which has a changi

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Western Australian Museum - Fossils and gem stones   (website Western Australian Museum )

The Western Australian Museum Shop has a large range of fossils, fossil jewellery and mineral specimens available in store. They first appeared in the Palaeocene Era (65-58 MYO) and can still be found today along the coastline of southern Australia. Ammon...

Western Australian Museum Invertibrate Fossils   (website Western Australian Museum )

Natural ScienceMinerals & RocksMeteorites & TektitesInvertebrate FossilsVertebrate FossilsBirds, Mammals, Reptiles & FrogsInsectsSpiders & ScorpionsWormsShells, Slugs, Squid and other MolluscsCrabs, Prawns, Barnacles & other CrustaceansFishesSpongesSea St...

Western Australian Museum - Vertibrate Fossils   (website Western Australian Museum )

The large collection of vertebrate fossils, ranges from the world's oldest fishes, dating back 480 million years through to the abundant Pleistocene mammals found in caves throughout Western Australia. Notable are our large collections of Devonian fishes ...

Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum   (website Tourism New South Wales )

In our unique fossil and mineral galleries you can travel through time, experiencing the wonder of ancient specimens that have been uncovered from deep within the earth! <br/> <br/>Situated in the heart of Bathurst, the Australian Fossil and Mineral Muse...

Australian plant fossils - A brief bibliography   (website Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) )

Stewart, WN 1983, Paleobotany and the evolution of plants, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. White, ME 1988, Australia´s fossil plants, Reed, Frenchs Forest, NSW. ISBN 0730103900 Describes the evolution of Australia´s flora, with over 400 colour phot...

Australian Dinosaur Story, Australian dinosaur fossil locations   (website(s) Our House: Histories of Australian homes    Australia's heritage )

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Australian Fossil Mammal Site - Naracoorte World Heritage Values   (website(s) Our House: Histories of Australian homes    Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts    Australia's heritage )

The Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh/Naracoorte) was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994. The World Heritage criteria against which the Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh/Naracoorte) was listed remain the formal criteria for ...

Australian Fossil Mammal Site - Naracoorte - World Heritage - South Australia - more information   (website(s) Our House: Histories of Australian homes    Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts    Australia's heritage )

Over 2000 kilometres separate the Naracoorte (South Australia) and Riversleigh (Queensland) sites, which form the World Heritage Australian Fossil Mammal Site. The site at Naracoorte, South Australia, covers 300 hectares and is located in flat country, p...

Australian Fossil Mammal Site - Riversleigh World Heritage Values   (website(s) Our House: Histories of Australian homes    Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts    Australia's heritage )

The Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh/Naracoorte) was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994. The World Heritage criteria against which the Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh/Naracoorte) was listed remain the formal criteria for ...

Australian Fossil Mammal Site - Naracoorte - World Heritage - South Australia   (website(s) Our House: Histories of Australian homes    Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts    Australia's heritage )

Both the Naracoorte and Riversleigh sites provide evidence separately of key stages in the evolution of the fauna of Australia - the world's most isolated continent. The Naracoorte Fossil Mammal Site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994. The ...

Australian Fossil Mammal Site - Riversleigh - World Heritage - Queensland   (website(s) Our House: Histories of Australian homes    Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts    Australia's heritage )

Both the Naracoorte and Riversleigh sites provide evidence separately of key stages in the evolution of the fauna of Australia - the world's most isolated continent. The Riversleigh Fossil Mammal Site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994. The...