Australia: The Land Where Time Began

A biography of the Australian continent 

Kings Park Shale

In the Kings Park Shale of the Perth Basin mangrove pollen has been identified. Based on the present-day distribution of mangroves it is believed southern Western Australia had a hot, wet climate during the Middle to Late Eocene.

Sources & Further reading

• Mary E. White, The Greening of Gondwana, the 400 Million Year story of Australian Plants, Reed, 1994
• Mary E White, After the Greening, The Browning of Australia, Kangaroo Press, 1994
• Penny Van Oosterzee, The Centre - The Natural history of Australia's Desert Regions, Reed Australia, 1993