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Homes inundated by swollen rivers in Australian floods

Homes have been flooded in Melbourne and other cities in Australia’s south-east, with rivers forecast to remain dangerously high for days. About 70 residents were told to leave the suburb of Maribyrnong in Melbourne’s north-west, along with hundreds ...

14 Oct 2022 at 08:58

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Rescue efforts under way as 230 whales beached in Tasmania

About 230 whales have been stranded on Tasmania’s west coast, just days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island off the south-eastern coast. The pod, which is stranded on Ocean Beach, appears to be pilot whales and at least half are ...

21 Sept 2022 at 11:13

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32 pilot whales rescued out of 230 stranded on Australian coast

Wildlife experts have rescued 32 out of the 230 whales that were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Tasmania a day earlier. Half the pod of pilot whales found stranded in Macquarie Harbour had been presumed on Wednesday to still ...

22 Sept 2022 at 10:20

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14 dead sperm whales found beached on Australian island

Australian wildlife authorities are investigating the deaths of 14 young sperm whales that were found beached on an island off of the south-eastern coast. The whales were discovered on Monday afternoon on King Island, part of the state of ...

20 Sept 2022 at 12:06

Skull of Aboriginal man murdered 200 years ago to be returned to Tasmania

A ceremony to repatriate the skull of a young Tasmanian man which was used for medical education in the 19th and 20th centuries will take place on Friday. The man was shot dead on Tasmania’s Shannon River in possibly the 1820s or 1830s, ...

19 Mar 2025 at 10:58

Scottish university returns rare Tasmanian shell necklace

A rare Tasmanian shell necklace that was donated to a Scottish university in the 19th century is returning to its homeland, 30 years after the first request for its repatriation. The 148cm-long necklace is believed to have been made by ...

19 Mar 2025 at 10:40

David Bowie’s handwritten Starman lyrics sell for five times auction estimate

David Bowie’s handwritten lyrics to pop classic Starman have gone under the hammer for more than £200,000 at auction. The song, about a Starman who would “like to come and meet us but he thinks he’d blow our minds” was released as a ...

27 Sept 2022 at 20:26

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Experts give up hope for 157 false killer whales stranded on Tasmania beach

Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania, officials said on Wednesday. Experts including veterinarians were at the scene ...

19 Feb 2025 at 14:33

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