This is an endlessly fascinating topic. The creatures were wonderful and bizarre – it’s great fun doing work that lets you think aboutmarsupial lions,giant kangaroos,geese bigger than emus,echidnas the size of wombats, and the rest. The cause of their extinction is perhaps the biggest myster...
In one version (there are many Aboriginal cultures) Altjira was the god of the Dreamtime; he created the Earth and then retired as the Dreamtime vanished. Alternative names for Aktjira in other Australian languages include Alchera (Arrernte), Alcheringa, Mura-mura (Dieri), and Tjukurpa (P...
This archaeological evidence for the earliest desert peoples in Australia was found within 100m of the place where the Federal Court convened in 2008 for the Birriliburu Native Title Determination. But the site is also only about 40km from the historic Canning Stock Route (CSR), a 1,800km ...