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Although 500km from the ocean today, Richmond was once
part of the Ancient Inland Sea. One hundred million years later, scores
of marine fossils have been unearthed in the rugged landscape
surrounding this Outback Queensland town and are now housed in a
world-renowned collection at Kronosaurus Korner, part of the Queensland
Heritage Trails Network.
Queensland Heritage Trails Network funding of $1 million enhanced the
existing Kronosaurus Korner by extending the museum to provide further
exhibition and storage space including a preparation room for fossils, a
theatrette, a children’s activities centre, a new kitchen for the
museum’s café and upgraded visitor amenities. The museum is now one of
the major economic generators for Richmond.
Amongst a mind-boggling 200 separate exhibits, you’ll find Australia’s
best vertebrate fossil, the 4.25 metres Richmond Pliosaur discovered in
1989 and the armored dinosaur, Minmi, both 100-million-years old – both
discovered by a local grazier. With its fossilised skin intact, Minmi is
Australia’s best preserved dinosaur and believed to be one of two of
the most complete of its type in the world. |
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- Marine Fossil Museum with 200
separate exhibits
- Activity and reference centre, including a collection of ammonites
(shellfish fossils) found all over the world and ranging in age from 510
to 65 million years, developed by Queensland Museum
- Fossil preparation area where you can watch the palaeontologist at
work
- Theatrette
- Children’s discovery area
- Moon Rock Café
- Regional Visitor Information Centre
- Guided museum tours
- Trips to fossicking site with palaeontologist
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8.30am to 4.00pm (excluding Good Friday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and
New Years Day)
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