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Thomas Mitchell, a soldier who explored vast tracts of western New South Wales and northern Victoria in the 1830s, dragged two wooden skiffs over three thousand miles of arid scrub without once getting them wet, but refused to the last to give up on them.

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The 1145kg Mundrabilla Meteorite in the foyer of the South Australian Museum. The first pieces of the Mundrabilla Meteorite were found in 1911, with two more large fragments discovered in 1966 by a couple of surveyors working in the area. Still later in 1979, two more large fragments were found about 20 km east of the 1966 location. This meteorite remains the largest mass recovery found in Australia. The Mundrabilla Meteorite is believed to have originated from the asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter. Although state laws vary, in Western and South Australia meteorites are held under a statutory obligation and deemed to belong to the state, therefore, unfortunately if you were to discover one you would not be allowed to retain ownership. However, small meteorite fragments can legally be sold within these states.
 

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