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Australia: The Time Traveller’s Guide

This DVD covering the natural history of Australia can be purchased from the ABC Shop. Scott Hocknull and Robyn Mackenzie make contributions. Cooper makes an impact. Click the above link for details. Check out the video below for a sneak preview of the Eromanga Giants walking past the pub!

AUSTRALIA: The Time Travellers Guide - compilation from Eye Candy Animation on Vimeo.

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Media Releases

A home for Cooper, Australia’s largest dinosaur

Australia’s largest dinosaur, Cooper, is closer to finding a home in SW Qld with the Eromanga Natural History Museum Project a top contender in the latest round (2) of RADF funding to be announced in May by Minister for Regional Development, the Hon Simon Crean.

Fossicking for Funds

ABC News March 2012.Work is continuing on a proposed $2.4 million dinosaur museum in south-west Queensland.

Regional Qld projects vie for RDA funds

The Eromanga Natural History Museum is one of five Southern Queensland projects vieing for funding from the Regional Development Australia Fund

Natural History lives on in Maranoa

December 2011
Federal Member for Maranoa, Bruce Scott, recounts his recent visit to Eromanga in his Christmas newsletter
 

Latest Newsletter

2010 Newsletter

OGF Newsletter Issue III Nov 2010

Featuring:
Science & Art
Eromanga Dinosaurs
Searching for Wallabies in Idalia
Eromangasaurus - Queensland’s own Loch Ness Monster
The Perfection of Collection

Media Releases

2012

23 March 2012
ABC NEWS – Dinosaur Museum Proponents Fossick For Funds

19 March 2012
OGF – Building a home for Cooper

13 January 2012
ABC NEWS – Regional Qld projects vie for RDA funds

2011

December 2011
MARANOA ELECTORATE NEWSLETTER – Natural History lives on in Maranoa

28 November 2011
ZOOKEYS – New species of beefly, Palirika mackenziei, discovered at Plevna Downs

8 September 2011
ABC NEWS – ‘Dying’ regions miss RDA injection

28 July 2011
ABC WESTERN QLD – Sid’s the new kid on the dino block

27 June 2011
7NEWS – Searching for Dinosaurs

20 June 2011
ABC NEWS – Call For Dinosaur Museum In Qld’s South-West

11 March 2011
ABC NEWS – Dinosaur museum mooted for outback Qld

10 March 2011
TOURISM QLD – OGF receives funding towards Integrated Attraction Plan

2010

10 June 2010
ABC NEWS – Years to piece together outback dinosaur

31 May 2010
ABC NEWS – Outback dinosaur hunt continues

31 May 2010
ABC WESTERN QLD – Up close and personal with a dinosaur

2009

8 December 2009
TIME MAGAZINE – The Top 10 Everything of 2009

9 November 2009
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD – Dinosaurs roar again on outback tourist trail

1 November 2009
QLD PREMIER’S MEDIA RELEASE – State Govt chips in for dinosaur dig project

26 October 2009
AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL – ARC – $394 M for groundbreaking Australian research

31 August 2009
ABC NEWS – Second dinosaur museum mooted for outback Qld

31 August 2009
ITWIRE – Zac the dinosaur calls Australia home

29 August 2009
DIGITAL JOURNAL – New Species of Dinosaur Discovered in Australia

28 August 2009
EVERYTHING DINOSAUR – Aussie Dinosaurs come Thick and Fast – Introducing “Zac” the Titanosaur

28 August 2009
ABC NEWS – Outback’s Zac could be new dinosaur

28 August 2009
ABC PM INTERVIEW – Outback Zac sparks Aussie dinosaur rush

28 August 2009
OGF – SW Queensland – The New Gateway to Discovering Australia’s Giants

27 August 2009
REDORBIT – Paleontologists Uncover New Dinosaur In Australia

27 August 2009
BBC NEWS – Australia discovers new dinosaur

26 August 2009
BRISBANE TIMES – Meet Zac – Queensland’s newest dinosaur

26 August 2009
THE AUSTRALIAN – Long-necked sauropod fossil found in Eromanga

26 August 2009
ABC NEWS – Another dinosaur found on Qld cattle station

2008

2 July 2008
QLD GOVT Q150 – Q150 – Dig turns dinosaurs into video stars

6 June 2008
OGF – Metre-long bones found in dinosaur dig

6 March 2008
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD – Gondwana dinosaurs rule, OK?

2007

7 May 2007
USA TODAY – 82-foot dinosaur bones unveiled

4 May 2007
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD – Biggest dinosaurs ahead by a neck

4 May 2007
DISCOVERY CHANNEL – Bones of 82-Foot-Long Dinos Found

4 May 2007
HERALD SUN – Dinosaur find of Jurassic proportions

4 May 2007
THE AGE – Stripping back the bones of a massive discovery

4 May 2007
COSMOS MAGAZINE – Australia’s largest ever dinosaur unveiled

3 May 2007
DAILY MAIL UK – How the 100-tonne Titanosaurs stalked Australia

3 May 2007
ABC NEWS – Qld Museum to unveil Aust’s biggest dinosaur bones

3 May 2007
ABC AM Interview – Record dinosaur bone found in Queensland

3 May 2007
QLD GOVT MEDIA RELEASE – Largest Dinosaurs in Australia Discovered