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Antarctica and Sir Douglas Mawson - Australia's Culture PortalMawson ice edge, © Australian Antarctic Division, 2006, Kingston Tasmania 7050. Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958) was an Australian who led a series of expeditions to Antarctica. The Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) 1911-14 was an important scie...
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...
Other rock structures in Australia, like Uluru, Mount Augustus and Bald Rock, have been described as monoliths. Uluru is located in the National Heritage Listed Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park about 335km to the south-west of Alice Springs in Northern Ter...
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...
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...
Image courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald. Lawrence Hargrave, who achieved the first powered flight in 1894 with four box kites, was said to be symbolic of many Australian inventors and Australian innovation; 'He was interested in the invention, not th...
World Heritage-listed Fraser Island. However, Australia is actually made up of more than 8,000 islands, including the island state of Tasmania. Norfolk Island is located far off the east coast of Australia. ...
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...
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Geoscience Australia national geoscience datasets. (website Geosciences Australia )'1.0' encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no" ? OGC:WMS OGC Web Map Server maintained by the Australian Government: Geoscience Australia (www.ga.gov.au). High-quality Australia-wide geoscience mapping data. See www.ga.gov.au/products for free downloads of ...
Agreements and correspondence relating to the preparation and revision of Elements of Structural Geology. Inward and outward correspondence with Methuen & Co. Ltd relating to the preparation and publication of the first edition, as well as subsequent rep...
Correspondence relating to the preparation of Outlines of Structural Geology, particularly a proposed fourth edition. Inward and outward correspondence with Methuen & Co. Ltd relating to the publication of the three editions of Outlines of Structural Geo...
Tuesday, 1 September 2009A new computerised grading system will make valuing opals less subjective and more reliable, say Australian researchers. Thursday, 6 August 2009The accumulation of water deep beneath earthquake zones in New Zealand is contributing...
Friday, 16 February 2007New images of a craggy, fissure-filled canyon on Mars provide evidence of long-term underground water flows that may have provided a suitable environment for microbial life, say scientists. Thursday, 7 December 2006Photographs of M...
Friday, 16 February 2007New images of a craggy, fissure-filled canyon on Mars provide evidence of long-term underground water flows that may have provided a suitable environment for microbial life, say scientists. Thursday, 7 December 2006Photographs of M...
Wednesday, 25 April 2007Fossils of a hippopotamus-like creature on an Arctic island show the climate was once balmy, giving clues to risks from modern global warming, a scientist says. Wednesday, 25 April 2007A newly-found mineral contains the same elemen...
Friday, 4 July 2008Tiny traces of carbon trapped inside the oldest diamonds ever found, suggest life started on Earth 700 million years earlier than previously thought, say Australian researchers. Friday, 6 June 2008The Andes mountains may have growth spu...
Thursday, 14 February 2008Saturn moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, scientists report. Thursday, 4 October 2007An earth-like planet seems to be forming some 424 light-years a...
Thursday, 2 October 2008 7 commentsAsk an Expert What is geothermal energy? Thursday, 11 September 2008US scientists believe ocean floor sediments may be the cause of megaquakes, including the 2004 Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami. Thursday, 10 July 200...
Friday, 14 July 2006Australian scientists have found the strongest evidence so far that bacteria play a key role in forming gold grains and nuggets. Thursday, 8 June 2006Researchers say they have found "compelling" new evidence of the earliest known forms...
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