Australia's Fossil Heritage: A Catalogue of Important Australian Fossil Sites

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Csiro Publishing, 2012 - Nature - 188 pages
The National Heritage List was created in January 2004 to recognize, celebrate and protect places of outstanding heritage value to the nation. One aspect of natural heritage that has been little explored is Australiaâ__s wealth of exceptional fossil sites. While a small number of fossil sites have risen to public prominence, there are many lesser-known sites that have important heritage values.

The Australian Heritage Council engaged palaeontologists from state museums and the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery to compile lists of outstanding fossil sites and to document their characteristics and relative importance against a range of categories, with a view to further understanding about Australiaâ__s important fossil heritage. Sites that were listed for National or World Heritage values were not included in the places for consideration, with the focus being on lesser-known but still important sites. This book is an account of the palaeontologistsâ__ findings.

Australiaâ__s Fossil Heritage provides a useful reference to the outstanding fossil sites it catalogs, and gives a clearer understanding of the heritage values of such sites. More generally, it contributes to a greater appreciation of Australiaâ__s geological and fossil diversity and enables readers to learn more about Australiaâ__s prehistory.
 

Contents

1 New South Wales
1
2 Northern Territory
19
3 Queensland
31
4 South Australia
51
5 Tasmania
71
6 Victoria
89
7 Western Australia
111
List of sites by type
125
Geological timeline
127
Glossary
129
References and further reading
151
Index
183
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