Australian Landforms and their History - Geoscience Australia
WEBOct 31, 2014 · Much of the Western Plateau has existed as a landmass for more than 500 million years and is made up of individual plateaus, including the Kimberley, Hamersley, and Yilgarn. These plateaus in part comprise cratons such as …
Prehistory of Australia - Wikipedia
WEBThe 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.
The Cretaceous Period (146-65 million years ago) - Australian …
WEBAustralia was joined to Antarctica, New Zealand and South America, forming the last remnant of the great southern landmass called Gondwana. About 80 million years ago New Zealand drifted away from the rest of Gondwana.
'Super-highways’ First Australians used to cross ancient land, …
WEBApr 30, 2021 · Sea levels were much lower and Australia was connected to New Guinea and Tasmania in a land known as Sahul that was 30% bigger than Australia is today. Our latest research advances our knowledge about the most likely routes those early Australians travelled as they peopled this giant continent.
Tracing Songlines: Unraveling Aboriginal Australia's Ancient Oral …
WEBMay 26, 2023 · The ancient wisdom of Aboriginal Australia’s songlines, intertwined geography, culture and spirituality, guiding generations for thousands of years. From as early as 65,000 to 80,000 years ago, the first human settlements appeared on the vast continent of Australia.
Natural history of Australia - Wikipedia
WEBAustralia was created by the junction of three early pieces of continental crust (cratons). 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.
75,000 years of Australian geography mapped to show arrival
WEBApril 30, 2024. By Matthew Ward Agius. French and Australian scientists have modelled the evolving landscape of the ancient supercontinent Sahul to work out how quickly humans were able to...
How ancient are Australian landscapes and soils?
WEBAB - Old soils on ancient landscapes in a dry and fire-prone continent is how Australia is portrayed by its citizens and by others across the globe. This message, initially developed by various researchers, has entered the public domain by a variety of pathways but especially by books and articles in popular journals and magazines.
WEBA geology primer explains the key terms and principles of earth sciences in easily understood language. From Uluru to the Great Divide, from sapphires to the stars, The Geology of Australia is a comprehensive exploration of the timeless forces that shaped this continent and that continue to do so.
Evidence of first peoples | National Museum of Australia
WEBOct 27, 2022 · New excavations and improved dating techniques push the date further back into the distant past. Footprints in the sand, artefacts in ancient shelters and items such as this piece of ochre all provide evidence of the vast human history of the continent.