140 Mill years ago: Australia is part of Gondwana
Australia sits on the east coast of Gondwana in a moist climate
Until about 120 Mill years ago, all southern continents were joined in one giant super continent, Gondwana. Gondwana was covered in evergreen forests. It was a completely different land to the dry continent we know today. All mammal types, placenta mammals as we know them in most parts of the world, and marsupials and monotremes - egg-laying mammals - existed in Gondwana.
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120 Mill years ago: Gondwana breaks up
Today's Africa & India broke off first, much later South America
45 Mill years ago: Australia and Antarctica separate
Australia begins its journey to the north. It was an isolated world on its own for 30 Mill years. Here, animals and plants evolve completely differently to the rest o fthe world.
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