*Pic: Fossil Bluff, North-West Tasmania …
We always thought Tasmania was different, and now geology can explain why. New discoveries from Tasmania’s oldest rocks at Rocky Cape reveal that about 1.5 billion years ago Tasmania was not part of Australia, but wedged between two other continents. The geology of north-western Tasmania may have more to do with North America and Antarctica than it does with the rest of the Australian mainland. … It’s a startling discovery that means Tasmania started out as a microcontinent in its own right. It’s old enough to be part of the ancient supercontinent called Nuna, when what’s now Antarctica and Australia was in the Northern Hemisphere. …
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