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The Diprotodon Fossil Bones
Australia's Giant Prehistoric Wombat
The largest marsupial to walk the earth, some of their bones are in the Burra Railway Station.
The fossilised bones were found not far from here in the hills
Roughly 1.8 metres tall and up to 13.7 metres long
Had a pouch like a kangaroo
Vegetarian, ate grasses, leaves and shrubs and sometimes dug for food.
Lived about 45,000 years ago when the first Aboriginal people were living in Australia.
First Nation people have stories about the giant "Kudimukras" who walked the land with them
Display from the Queensland Museum of a Diprotodon
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