Professor Janet Hergt

Professor of Earth Sciences and Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

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Sciences & Technology

Australia’s oldest known Aboriginal rock paintings

New dating techniques reveal Australia’s oldest known, intact, Aboriginal rock paintings – dating back 600 generations

Sciences & Technology

Probing Earth’s deep and ancient secrets

A rock that is the source of most of the world’s diamond deposits is giving us insights into the Earth’s formation

Sciences & Technology

Is this the oldest rock art in the world?

Researchers are using state-of-the-art nuclear science to date the enigmatic rock art of the Kimberley

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