Ramjet,
That would be the stomatolites at Shark Bay in WA, and they are 2-3,000 years old.
That would be the stomatolites at Shark Bay in WA, and they are 2-3,000 years old.
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Not even close Dr Duck.DrDuck said:
Much older
Not the plum pine Pete. Half right 
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A team of American scientists has discovered traces of bacteria in Western Australia's Pilbara dating back more than 3.9 billion years.
Or a we talking the woolemi pines
Not the Wollemi
Huon pine in tasmania
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Paul
Discovered in 1995 by forestry worker Mike Peterson, the ancient Huon Pine has marched its way over more than a hectare, down a hill towards the Lake Johnston glacial lake, reproducing genetically identical male copies - clones - of itself. While the oldest individual tree or stem on the site now may be 1000 to 2000 years old, the organism itself has been living there continuously for 10,500 years.
The Duck got in first... tho with only basic info
AT least two miracles have saved Tasmania's 10,500-year-old stand of Huon Pine - the world's oldest clonal tree - from destruction.
Located in the sub-alpine heights of Mt Read near Rosebery in northwestern Tasmania, it's miraculous that 100 years of mining has not wrought the sort of havoc that copper smelting has visited on nearby Queenstown, where woodcutting and acid rain have stripped the slopes of vegetation. Second, it's good fortune that when wildfire did strike the Mt Read heights in the early '60s, killing ancient stands of King Billy pines, the flames stopped metres short of the heart of the Huon Pine that has stunned scientists around the world.
This is another amazing unique Australian.
The valley with the 10000 + year old tree is filled with clones of that tree.
Any branch or twig that falls from the tree can sprout and grow a new clone.
Amazing.
Your turn Duck
AT least two miracles have saved Tasmania's 10,500-year-old stand of Huon Pine - the world's oldest clonal tree - from destruction.
Located in the sub-alpine heights of Mt Read near Rosebery in northwestern Tasmania, it's miraculous that 100 years of mining has not wrought the sort of havoc that copper smelting has visited on nearby Queenstown, where woodcutting and acid rain have stripped the slopes of vegetation. Second, it's good fortune that when wildfire did strike the Mt Read heights in the early '60s, killing ancient stands of King Billy pines, the flames stopped metres short of the heart of the Huon Pine that has stunned scientists around the world.
This is another amazing unique Australian.
The valley with the 10000 + year old tree is filled with clones of that tree.
Any branch or twig that falls from the tree can sprout and grow a new clone.
Amazing.
Your turn Duck
What happened in victoria 7000 years ago and hasn't happened since
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Paul
It has been more than 7000 years since the last volcanic eruption in Victoria,
What he said.
I have been going to research the last active volcano in oz for a future question. DOH
I have been going to research the last active volcano in oz for a future question. DOH
Yes headbutt correct at one time the lava from the volcanoes flowed over the south australian border and up to the yarra river most of the lakes in the western districts are volcanoes and they are coming due to erupt again
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Paul
Name 7 living fossils found only in Australia , there may be more , but I have found 7.
Boganus erectus
Ocka. Boganus
Aussie Stralyanus
That's all I got
Ocka. Boganus
Aussie Stralyanus
That's all I got
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Paul
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