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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...

European discovery and the colonisation of Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

The first ship and crew to chart the Australian coast and meet with Aboriginal people was the Duyfken captained by Dutchman, Willem Janszoon. In 1770, Englishman Lieutenant James Cook charted the Australian east coast in his ship HM Barque Endeavour. Coo...

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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Australian Dinosaur Story, Australian dinosaur fossil locations   (website(s) Our House: Histories of Australian homes    Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts    Australia's heritage )

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Australian Fossil Mammal Site - Naracoorte - World Heritage - South Australia - more information   (website(s) Our House: Histories of Australian homes    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 - Queensland - more information   (website(s) Our House: Histories of Australian homes    Australia's heritage )

Over 2000 kilometres separate the Naracoorte and Riversleigh sites, which form the World Heritage Australian Fossil Mammal Site. Riversleigh is one of the world's richest Oligo-Miocene mammal records, linking that period (15-25 million years ago) to the ...

Australian Fossil Mammal Site - Riversleigh World Heritage Values   (website(s) Our House: Histories of Australian homes    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...

Australian Fossil Mammal Site - Naracoorte World Heritage Values   (website(s) Our House: Histories of Australian homes    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 ...

The Somerville Collection - Australian Fossil & Mineral Museum Bathurst NSW   (website Bathurst NSW Central Tablelands )

Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum situated in the heart of Bathurst. Close to 2000 fossil and mineral specimens are displayed in two main exhibitions - the MasterFoods Fossil Gallery and the Minerals Gallery. The Australian Fossil & Mineral Museum - 22...

Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum - Arts Around Canberra   (website Canberra Arts Marketing )

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Thylacine Design at the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum - Arts Around Canberra - Canberra Arts Marketing   (website Canberra Arts Marketing )

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