Australia's Lost Kingdoms

Australia's reptiles, birds and mammals from the Cretaceous to the present

Site sections

Snapshots through time

Step back in time and take an exciting journey through an ever-changing Australia from 110 million years ago to the present and beyond.

Geological time

What is geological time and how is it measured?

110 million years ago

When dinosaurs walked the Earth

65 million years ago

A spectacular end to a spectacular era

55 million years ago

Ghosts of Gondwana

20 million years ago

Australia's splendid isolation

8 million years ago

The drying of Australia

4 million years ago

The beginnings of modern Australia

100,000 years ago

The time of the giants

10,000 years ago

The impact of people

Australian Museum site sections

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