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Subscriber only Chinchilla has received an Australian first tourist initiative that is guaranteed to entice more tourists into the Western Downs. The Chinchilla Museum opened Australia s first Forestry Fire Tower Interpretive Centre, and welcomed more than 300 visitors in the last month. Immaculately restored original Coondarra and Turkey Mountain fire tower cabins are a highlight of the display, after they were by the state government in 2017. Museum volunteers and organisations such as Origin Energy have pitched in to help fund and restore the towers, and other equipment related to the forestry industry. Chinchilla Historical Society president Cath Brandon said it was wonderful to such a welcoming influx of visitors into town since its opening.
Chinchilla receives Australian first museum installation
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University of Queensland researchers identified the
Paludirex Vincenti from fossils first found in the 1980s.
Researcher Jorgo Ristevski said the species was named after Geoff Vincent, who found the giant fossilised skull on Baruŋgam country, near the town of Chincilla. In Latin,
Paludirex means swamp king , and Vincenti honours the late Mr Vincent, said Mr Ristevski.
The fossilised skull was on display in the Queensland Museum for years before it was donated to the Chinchilla Museum in 2011.
Skull pieces of Paludirex vincenti.
Source: Jorgo Ristevski Its fossilised skull measures around 65 centimetres, so we estimate
Paludirex Vincenti was at least five metres long.