About Eromanga Natural History Museum
The Eromanga Natural History Museum is a regional natural history museum located in Eromanga, within the Shire of Quilpie in south-west Queensland. Established to house and research fossils found on surrounding pastoral properties, it is best known as the home of Australotitan cooperensis, nicknamed Cooper, Australia's largest dinosaur. The museum combines exhibition galleries, a working fossil preparation laboratory and guided tours focused on Australian palaeontology and outback natural history.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect a purpose-built outback museum with exhibition galleries, a working fossil preparation laboratory and outdoor grounds. Access is by guided tour where staff explain dinosaur skeletons including the Titanosaur Cooper, other Cretaceous fossils from the Winton Formation, and the fossil preparation process. The setting is remote semi-arid plains west of Quilpie, with modern visitor facilities, viewing areas and interpretive displays about regional natural history.
Key highlights
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Home of Australotitan cooperensis (Cooper), Australia's largest titanosaur dinosaur
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Working fossil preparation laboratory viewed on guided tours
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Exhibition galleries with Cretaceous fossils from the Winton Formation
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Guided museum and workshop tours led by palaeontology staff