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... land does not fall away but rises gently into that huge western plateau which covers more than a third of the continent . Such a scarp is caused by what is called a ' fault ' , where a section of land has broken away and moved either up ...
... land does not fall away but rises gently into that huge western plateau which covers more than a third of the continent . Such a scarp is caused by what is called a ' fault ' , where a section of land has broken away and moved either up ...
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... land . Perhaps these plants moved along land - bridges which once joined all the lands fringing the Antarctic . Perhaps the continents have drifted to their present positions in a break - up of a much larger land mass . So those lands ...
... land . Perhaps these plants moved along land - bridges which once joined all the lands fringing the Antarctic . Perhaps the continents have drifted to their present positions in a break - up of a much larger land mass . So those lands ...
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... land - dwelling frog . The word is often incorrectly used for animals which can live in water and on land . For example , hippos or crocodiles are often thought to be amphibians . This is quite wrong and the name only fits a specialised ...
... land - dwelling frog . The word is often incorrectly used for animals which can live in water and on land . For example , hippos or crocodiles are often thought to be amphibians . This is quite wrong and the name only fits a specialised ...
Common terms and phrases
Aborigines animals areas baby bandicoots Bass Strait bats beak best known birds blue body breeding brown burrows called captivity chicks coast colour common name creature crocodiles crow David Fleay dingo dolphins dragon eaten echidna egg-laying eggs feathers feed feet female freshwater frogs geckoes giant glider goannas grass grey ground hatch head hollow honey-eaters huge hunting inches insects islands joey kangaroo killed kinds koala land legless lizards legs live lyrebirds magpie male mammals marsupials miles mother move native naturalist nest noisy scrub-bird normal northern numbat pattern perhaps plants platypus poisonous possum pouch prey python Queensland rats reptiles ring-tail rock scientists scrub-bird seals Silver-eyes skin skinks smaller snake South Australia South Wales southern species swallowed tadpoles tail Tasmania Tasmanian tiger teeth tiger toes tortoises tree turtle victim Victoria wallabies Western Australia whale wings wombats young youngsters