Long before gum trees and wattles, Gippsland was blanketed in cool-temperate rainforests where ferns, conifers, and the world’s first flowers thrived. Fossils from Koonwarra and the Strzelecki Group reveal how these early plants and insects reshaped ancient life — one bloom and beetle at a time.
Long before Gippsland’s hills rolled green with pasture, it was part of a polar forest teeming with small, fast-moving dinosaurs. Creatures like Leaellynasaura and Qantassaurus thrived in icy darkness, challenging what we thought we knew about dinosaurs. Discover the deep-time story of Australia’s southernmost prehistoric survivors.
Discover Gippsland’s polar dinosaurs — from feathered runners to giant predators — and how they survived in a land of darkness and ancient forests.
Long before humans set foot in Gippsland, this land lay near the South Pole, teeming with polar dinosaurs and ancient forests. Discover how millions of years of fire, ice, and shifting continents forged the landscapes we know today — from Tarra-Bulga’s rainforest to Port Albert’s coastline.
Discover how colonisation disrupted Gunaikurnai tree‑bark canoe traditions in Gippsland, and how revival efforts honor their cultural renewal.
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