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Titles tagged with ‘fossils’

4 titles - sorted alphabetically or by year

Australian Cement in the Making documentary – c1926

Everything you wanted to know about cement making — in the 1920s — but were afraid to ask.

Catalyst – The Antarctic Peninsula television program – 2006

ABC science reporter Dr Paul Willis tells a little-known scientific story about fossils found in Antarctica that prove it was once a huge forest and that Antarctica was once joined to Australia and South America.

Catalyst – Wollemi Pine television program – 2005

The discovery of a tree from the Jurassic period in the Blue Mountains of NSW in 1994 was like finding a family of dinosaurs alive and well.

Terrible Lizards of Oz documentary – 2004

A whimsical review of Australia’s palaeontology, Terrible Lizards of Oz superimposes prehistoric animals on contemporary settings to humorous effect.