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Marsupial Mole’s Evolutionary Mystery Solved: Genetic Study Links to Bilbies and Bandicoots
A genetic study has revealed that the marsupial mole, an elusive Australian species, is a true marsupial, more closely related to bilbies and bandicoots than to other moles. This discovery, based on a specimen from the South Australian Museum, challenges previous assumptions about its evolutionary origins. Marsupial moles, known for their backward-...
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Women-Only Exhibit In Australian Museum To Become Toilet To Keep Men Out
An Australian museum, fighting to keep its exhibition open only to women, is installing a toilet in the gallery to keep men out.
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73-Year-Old Artist Fasts Inside Steel Box For 3 Days, Buried Under Road
An artist has emerged from three days entombed in a steel box under a busy Australian road in a performance billed as a tribute to victims of totalitarian violence.
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Shipwrecks Found During MH370 Search Identified As 19th Century Merchant Vessels
Two shipwrecks found during the hunt for missing flight MH370 in the remote Southern Ocean were identified Thursday as 19th century merchant vessels carrying coal, each crewed by up to 30 people.
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Underwater Survey Reveals Secrets Of Australia WWI Wreck Off Papua New Guinea
Researchers Monday voiced renewed hope of discovering why Australia's first submarine sank, after a detailed underwater survey of the long-lost wreck off Papua New Guinea led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
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Dinosaurs Beheaded At Australian Museum
Three model raptors at Australia's national dinosaur museum have been beheaded by mystery vandals who scaled a fence and removed the parts using an angle grinder or hacksaw, the Australian Capital Territory police said today.
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Australian Museum to Display 'World's Finest Opal'
An Australian museum said today it would exhibit what it believes is the best opal stone ever found -- a 6.0-centimetre (2.4 inch) multi-coloured gem unearthed in the Outback named the Virgin Rainbow.
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Australian Fishermen Lure Rare Monster Shark
Fishermen off Australia who accidentally caught a whopping 6.3 metre basking shark have provided scientists with a rare opportunity to study the second - biggest fish on the planet.
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2,000-Year-Old Natural Pearl Found at Remote Australian Site
Australian scientists said today they have uncovered a "very rare" 2,000-year-old natural sea pearl, the first found on the vast island continent, while excavating a remote coastal Aboriginal site.
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Australian Farmer Discovers Ancient Sea Monster Fossil: Report
An Australian farmer has found the remains of a 100 million-year-old dinosaur on his property in Queensland state, a media report said on Tuesday.
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Melbourne Cricket Club, A Treasure Trove for Sports Fans
Much like the MCC in England, its Australian counterpart is a keeper of history, too. The museum inside the stadium houses some rare memories.
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Australian Gallery to Return Portrait lost under Nazis
An Australian gallery will return a portrait once thought the work of Vincent Van Gogh to its rightful owners in what is believed to be the country's first restitution of art lost under the Nazis.
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Marsupial Mole’s Evolutionary Mystery Solved: Genetic Study Links to Bilbies and Bandicoots
A genetic study has revealed that the marsupial mole, an elusive Australian species, is a true marsupial, more closely related to bilbies and bandicoots than to other moles. This discovery, based on a specimen from the South Australian Museum, challenges previous assumptions about its evolutionary origins. Marsupial moles, known for their backward-...
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Women-Only Exhibit In Australian Museum To Become Toilet To Keep Men Out
An Australian museum, fighting to keep its exhibition open only to women, is installing a toilet in the gallery to keep men out.
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73-Year-Old Artist Fasts Inside Steel Box For 3 Days, Buried Under Road
An artist has emerged from three days entombed in a steel box under a busy Australian road in a performance billed as a tribute to victims of totalitarian violence.
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Shipwrecks Found During MH370 Search Identified As 19th Century Merchant Vessels
Two shipwrecks found during the hunt for missing flight MH370 in the remote Southern Ocean were identified Thursday as 19th century merchant vessels carrying coal, each crewed by up to 30 people.
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Underwater Survey Reveals Secrets Of Australia WWI Wreck Off Papua New Guinea
Researchers Monday voiced renewed hope of discovering why Australia's first submarine sank, after a detailed underwater survey of the long-lost wreck off Papua New Guinea led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
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Dinosaurs Beheaded At Australian Museum
Three model raptors at Australia's national dinosaur museum have been beheaded by mystery vandals who scaled a fence and removed the parts using an angle grinder or hacksaw, the Australian Capital Territory police said today.
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Australian Museum to Display 'World's Finest Opal'
An Australian museum said today it would exhibit what it believes is the best opal stone ever found -- a 6.0-centimetre (2.4 inch) multi-coloured gem unearthed in the Outback named the Virgin Rainbow.
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Australian Fishermen Lure Rare Monster Shark
Fishermen off Australia who accidentally caught a whopping 6.3 metre basking shark have provided scientists with a rare opportunity to study the second - biggest fish on the planet.
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2,000-Year-Old Natural Pearl Found at Remote Australian Site
Australian scientists said today they have uncovered a "very rare" 2,000-year-old natural sea pearl, the first found on the vast island continent, while excavating a remote coastal Aboriginal site.
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Australian Farmer Discovers Ancient Sea Monster Fossil: Report
An Australian farmer has found the remains of a 100 million-year-old dinosaur on his property in Queensland state, a media report said on Tuesday.
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Melbourne Cricket Club, A Treasure Trove for Sports Fans
Much like the MCC in England, its Australian counterpart is a keeper of history, too. The museum inside the stadium houses some rare memories.
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Australian Gallery to Return Portrait lost under Nazis
An Australian gallery will return a portrait once thought the work of Vincent Van Gogh to its rightful owners in what is believed to be the country's first restitution of art lost under the Nazis.
