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Out of Gondwana Marita Bradshaw, Jennie Totterdell, George Gibson, irina Borissova, John Kennard 'Out of Gondwana' is a chapter of the new book on Australia's geology being published by Geoscience Australia for the 34th International Geological Congress (IGC) to be held in Brisbane in 2012. As part of this book, Shaping a continent-building a nation: a geology of Australia, this chapter will tell the story of the break up and creation of Australia as the island continent, and how this unique geology has impacted the Australian people. Geoffrey Blainey recognises climate and distance as the two major influences on the historical development of Australia and Australians; and the 'tyranny of distance' was established with the separation from Gondwana. But the Gondwanan history has also bestowed resource riches - coal, gas and oil - which power the Australian economy today.
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