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An artistic impression of the newly discovered frog species (right) and a previously described species (left), both from Murgon. Image: Samantha Yabsley.

Secret to tree frog adaptability may lie in 50 million-year-old fossils, say palaeontologists

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The caskets of warrant officers Russell Grigg and Clement Wiggins ready to be lowered at the Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby, PNG. Photo: Department of Defence

RAAF airmen of Beaufort A9-186 laid to rest at Port Moresby

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All dressed up outside Taree Fire Station for Saturday’s centenary commemoration. Photo: FRNSW

Taree Fire Station chalks up 100 years of putting blazes out

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Sydney Fair at Randwick racecourse will be host to a celebration of 100 years of art deco. Photo: supplied

Come to the Sydney Fair to celebrate 100 years of art deco glamour

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SA Principal Maritime Heritage Officer Mark Polzer probes the seabed with a metal detector. Photo: Ruud Stelten

Final resting site of 168-year-old Dutch shipwreck may have been found

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WWI Aussies

Four more missing Aussies from the Great War unearthed in France

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Ingham wreath

Bids for NSW war memorial funding grants now being accepted

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Chunuk Bair remains

Kiwi diggers lend a hand to cover up exposed remains at Chunuk Bair

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Spitfire Avalon

80 years fail to weary McDonald’s joy back in the cockpit of a Spitfire

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Abydos tomb

Ancient tomb from a lost Egyptian dynasty emerges into the light

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