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  2. Australian Aboriginal prehistoric sites - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Australian Aboriginal prehistoric sites. Key: BGS = Below ground surface; C14 = Radiocarbon date; char. = charcoal;

  3. Prehistory of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The prehistory of Australia is the period between the first human habitation of the Australian continent and the colonisation of Australia in 1788, which marks the start of consistent written documentation of Australia. This period has been variously estimated, with most evidence suggesting that it goes back between 50,000 and 65,000 years.

  4. Natural history of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Three areas of the Australian landmass that are made of Archaean rocks are more than 2.5 billion years old, among the oldest known rocks. These igneous and metamorphic rocks are found in the Yilgarn (West) and Pilbara (North) cratons in today's Western Australia and the Gawler (South) craton which makes up the Eyre Peninsula in South

  5. Australian megafauna - Wikipedia

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    The red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus) grows up to 1.8 m (6 ft) tall and weighs up to 85 kg (187 lb). Females grow up to 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) tall and weigh up to 35 kg (77 lb). Tails on both males and females can be up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) long. [citation needed] The eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus).

  6. Riversleigh World Heritage Area - Wikipedia

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    [1] The fossils at Riversleigh are unusual because they are found in soft freshwater limestone which has not been compacted. [2] This means the animal remains retain their three-dimensional structure, rather than being partially crushed like in most fossil sites. The area is located within the catchment of the Gregory River. [3]

  7. Dinosaur Cove - Wikipedia

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    Tom Rich (right) at Dinosaur Cove, Victoria, Australia c.1995 In the 1980s and 90s Dinosaur Cove yielded hypsilophodontid -like dinosaurs as Leaellynasaura amicagraphica and Atlascopcosaurus loadsi, and a Coelurosaur , as well as fragments of what may be a caenagnathid (relatives of the Oviraptors ).

  8. Land of the lost: Hidden lagoon network found with living ...

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    This would make the structures similar to the ones found on ancient Earth. The system of lagoons in Argentina was initially discovered through satellite imagery in April 2022. - Brian Hynek

  9. Sahul - Wikipedia

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    Sahul (/ s ə ˈ h uː l /), also called Sahul-land, Meganesia, Papualand and Greater Australia, [1] was a paleocontinent that encompassed the modern-day landmasses of mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea, and the Aru Islands.