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This is the million-year history of the Australian continent
The Australian continent has a remarkable history — a story of isolation, desiccation and resilience on an ark at the edge of the world.
Michael Bird trained as a geologist at the University of Sydney and the Australian National University, obtaining a PhD in isotope geochemistry in 1988.