Riversleigh Fossil Centre 7150721.5 ghost bat

Riversleigh Fossil Centre

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July 15th 2021
The fossil discovery centre is situated within the Tourist Info Centre. A guided tour explained the work being done out at the Riversleigh Fossil Fields, some 380km north of The Isa (as the locals say) and of the research being conducted in the working laboratory here in the discovery centre. As well as an interesting display of ancient fossilized bones and some more recent specimens, ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more