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Palaeontology in Australia continues to grow. The media has been covering digs as they happen each year, and new discoveries consistently make headlines.

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2019

February 14: Announcement of the Snake Creek dinosaur track site in Winton.

ABC Science—The Chase: Tracks across time: Article and Podcast.
ABC—AM: Winton footprint fossils saved from floods.
ABC Radio National
—RN Breakfast: Saving dinosaur footprints from the Queensland floods.
BBC: Tracks across time.


4BC: Walking with dinosaurs in Winton.
7 News: Dinosaur discovery.
9 News: Groundbreaking dinosaur footprint discovery made in outback Queensland town.
The Australian: Dinosaur footprints discovered near Winton in central-west Queensland.
Australasian Leisure Management: Queensland Government claims giant dinosaur tracks discovery will boost visitor numbers to the outback.
Australia's Science Channel: Giant dinosaur trackway discovered in Queensland.
Blue Mountains Gazette: Dinosaur discovery in Winton rescued before Queensland floods.
CNN: Giant dinosaur footprints found and saved from flood in Queensland.

The Courier Mail: A new find of dinosaur footprints will help outback tourism.
The Daily Mail: Incredible dinosaur footprints are found perfectly preserved after almost 100 million years in a creek bed in Australia's rugged Outback.
The Guardian: Gigantic dinosaur prints saved from Queensland flood.
SBS: Dinosaur prints give hope to Qld town.
Sky News: 
Scientists discover 95m-year-old dinosaur footprint fossils in Queensland.
Swinburne University of Technology: Giant dinosaur trackway discovered.
Ten Daily: Dinosaur prints give hope to decimated Qld town.
The Weekly Times: Dinosaur footprints discovered near Winton in central-west Queensland.
Western Magazine: Dinosaur prints give hope to Qld town.

Gizmodo: Newly discovered African titanosaur had a distinctly heart-shaped tailbone.

2017

December 30:
ABC Radio:
 Interview with Lisa Pellegrino.

September 5:
Sydney Morning Herald:
 Rock music: the fossil expert inspired by Soundgarden.
Catalyst (ABC): Secrets of the Dinosaur Crater.
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August 23:
Laelaps (Scientific American):
 A dinosaur's burial at sea: broken bones tell a dinosaur's unusual tale.

July 27: Austrosaurus mckillopi​ paper published in Alcheringa.
Australian Geographic: A long lost excavation site has been rediscovered, new dino bones found.
Brisbane Times: Dinosaur bones rediscovered at lost Queensland site.
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The Conversation: A new look at a lost dinosaur dig in the Australian outback.
News.com.au: New dinosaur bones confirm species.
SBS: New dinosaur bones confirm species.
Swinburne University of Technology: New look at an old dinosaur: the rediscovery of the lost Austrosaurus site.
Xinhua News: Australian paleontologists rediscover important dinosaur.

July 3:
Swinburne University of Technology: Significant dinosaur find in outback Queensland.

June 27: Discovery of "Judy", one of the most complete sauropod skeletons ever found in Australia, announced; cue a local media avalanche...
ABC: Dinosaur discovery in Winton could hold key to sauropods diet.
ABC Radio Canberra: Radio interview with Georgia Stynes (start from 6:07).
ABC Radio Melbourne: Radio interview with Lindy Burns (start from 2:36:22).
ABC Radio Sydney: Radio interview with Chris Bath (start from 10:28).
ABC News 24: TV interview with Ros Childs.
Northern Star: Dinosaur museum makes record breaking discovery.
Queensland Country Life: New dinosaur find at Winton expected to be Australia's most complete sauropod skeleton.
Sydney Morning Herald: Rare bones bring stampede of dinosaur experts to tiny Qld town.
Picture
The "SOD" site which produced the sauropod nicknamed "Judy". Drone photo taken by Nick McGrath (Winton Shire Council). Site map by Stephen F. Poropat. Courtesy Australian Age of Dinosaurs.

​January 3: 3AW Drive with Mark Hawthorne radio interview about "Dinosaur incubation periods directly determined from growth-line counts in embryonic teeth show reptilian-grade development" (skip to 1:21:08).

2016


23 December: ABC News 24 television interview about "Extreme ontogenetic changes in a ceratosaurian theropod".
5 December: Diffusion Science Radio - Savannasaurus and teenage blood.
21 October: 
Savannasaurus elliottorum and new Diamantinasaurus matildae specimen published in Scientific Reports​; cue media avalanche...
3AW: New Australian dinosaur discovery unveiled in Queensland.
7 News: ‘World first’: New dinosaur discovered down under.
9 News: New Qld dinosaur named after grazier.
ABC Science: New 'titanic' Aussie dinosaur stretched half the length of a basketball court.
The Advertiser: Scientists reveal Wade, an Australian dinosaur from 95 million years ago.
The Age: Dinosaur discovery a world first - and it hails from Australia.
Australian Geographic: Huge new dinosaur hints at when sauropods arrived Down Under.
BBC News: Giant dinosaurs 'crossed continents'.
CNN: Meet Savannasaurus, a new huge dinosaur species.
Consumnes Connection: Massive dinosaur roamed the Australian outback.
Cosmos: Meet 'Wade' – a new Australian titanosaur species.
The Conversation: Meet Savannasaurus, Australia's newest titanosaur.
The Courier-Mail:
World-first discovery of new dinosaur unearthed in Queensland town of Winton.
The Daily Advertiser: New dinosaur named at Winton Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum.
The Daily Mail:
Meet the Savannasaurus: New dinosaur species that lived 95 million years ago may shed light on how the giant creatures arrived in Australia.
Gizmodo: We just discovered a massive new Australian dinosaur.
The Guardian: New species of giant herbivorous dinosaur found in outback Australia; How an Australian sheep farmer discovered a new species of giant dinosaur.
IB Times: Savannasaurus, dinosaur that roamed Australia 95 million years ago, given formal name.
Inquisitr: Savannasaurus elliottorum: wide hips, big belly, amazing voyage from Antarctica to Australia.
InvestorPlace: Savannasaurus: New dinosaur discovered in Australia.
Los Angeles Times: Scientists unearth new species of titanosaur that roamed Australia 95 million years ago.
Live Science: Wide-hipped dinosaur the size of a bus once trod across Australia.
Motherboard (Vice): Climate change helped these giant dinosaurs colonize Australia.
National Geographic: Titanic dinosaurs trekked across Antarctica to reach Australia.
Newcastle Herald: New dinosaur named at Winton Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum.
News.com.au: Huge dinosaur species unearthed in Australian outback rewrites history books.
The New York Times: Meet the new titanosaur. You can call it Wade.
SBS: New titanic sauropod Savannasaurus joins the ranks of Aussie dinosaurs.
Science Daily: New Cretaceous dinosaur from Queensland: Australian researchers shed light on global sauropod evolution.
Slash Gear: New dinosaur species Savannasaurus discovered in Australia.
Stuff: New species of long-necked small-headed Australian dinosaur discovered.
The Sydney Morning Herald: Dinosaur discovery a world first - and it hails from Australia.
The Telegraph: New species of giant long-necked dinosaur discovered by farmer on outback sheep station in Australia.
Ten News: Huge new dinosaur identified in Queensland​.
The Verge: A new dinosaur species has been discovered in Australia.
WAER: Dinosaurs Down Under may help explain prehistoric migrations.
Washington Post: While herding sheep, Australian man discovers bones of a giant dinosaur. Meet Wade.
The Wall Street Journal: New species of dinosaur identified in Australia.

2015
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December 7: Back Roads (ABC) - Episode 2 Winton
September 25: ABC News - New fossils of dinosaur Austrosaurus found at dig near Richmond in north-west Queensland
September 25: 612 ABC Brisbane (Tim Holland radio interview) - 100 million-year-old treasure unearthed in North-West Queensland
July 22: Courier Mail - Dinosaurs in Queensland: Outback dig of amateurs unearthing 95 million-year-old bones
June 8: ABC News - Annual outback Queensland dinosaur dig unearthing bones up to 98 million years old

2014

September 30: Palaeocast (podcast interview) - 4th International Palaeontological Congress, Day 2 (skip to 21:49)
July 31: Scope (TV) - Dino Dig
July 4: ABC Radio National Breakfast (radio interview) - Dinosaur bone bonanza in western Queensland
May 2: Monash University - Walking with dinosaurs - and loving it

2013

December 9: ABC News - 3D computer modelling helps bring outback Qld dinosaur 'Wade" to life
October 9: Australian Geographic - New Aussie dinosaur was a true monster
July 12: ABC News AM (radio interview) - Dinosaurs the great hope for Qld town
June 27: National Science Week - Walking with Dinosaurs in Winton
June 17: Australian Geographic - Huge dinosaur bones found in Queensland

2012

August 28: Australian Geographic - Dinosaur jackpot in Queensland
August 20: North Queensland Register -
Winton's dino discovery
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