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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 18, 1970
Page
5
Cave fossils draw world attention to Naracoorte finds
Visitors flock to Naracoorte caves where caves explorer Grahame Cattrell and PhD student R T Wells uncovered a proceptodon skull and giant kangaroo remains in a Victoria Cave tunnel. The find, described by Dr R H Tedford of the American Museum as among the world’s finest, fuels ongoing study by University of Adelaide zoologists and locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naracoorte
South Australia
Victoria Cave
Thm Club
Grahame Cattrell
Gartrell
Zoology
University of Adelaide
R. T. Wells
R. H. Tedford
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Wells
Meredith Smith
Australia
Smith
Tedford
United States
Europe
Lake Eyre
Victoria Cave finds lure tourists with Ice Age fossils
South Australian authorities plan to open Victoria Cave to many visitors with an underground museum to display fossils. The site yielded complete bones, including diprotodonts and giant marsupials, from Lake Callabanoa, part of an Ice Age fossil belt. Researchers seek diet, species counts, and Aboriginal links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Cave
E. G. Correll
Bureau
Tedford
South Australian Museum
Lake Callabanoa
Adelante
Doctor
Landlord Borrow and Rent to Take Over ACT Department
Canberra observers report Borrow and Rent Pty Ltd negotiating to operate and lease the Department of the Interior in the ACT. The firm, already dominant in landholding, would absorb administrative duties while promising no public change, with further moves to lease the National Capital Development Commission and other Territory buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
Borrow and Rent Pty Ltd
Borrow
Department
Interior
Queanbeyan
Intenor
Crawford Street
Parliament House
Canberra
Borrow and Rent
National Capital Development Commission
Life Aboard A Thames Barge A Quiet River Tale
A couple recounts living aboard a midstream barge near the river, rowing to shore daily, handling oddities like stolen oars and crabs in the dinghy. They describe a comfortable, stove heated interior, pumping water, social river life, milk delivery from a pub, and eventual departure to a house as life aboard ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick
Thames
England
Australia Day Strikes Prompt Calls for Calm Celebrations
The government is urged to consider a national celebration free from strikes and disputes as Joan Lynravn argues for a peaceful day of national reflection and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Joan Lynravn
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