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Timothy John Winton is an Australian writer of novels, children's books, non-fiction books, and short stories. In 1997 he was named a Living Treasure by the National Trust, and has won the Miles Franklin Award four times.
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  • 1. Australian Age of Dinosaurs Winton
    Australian Age of Dinosaurs Ltd is a not for profit organisation located in Winton, Queensland and founded by David and Judy Elliott in 2002. The organisation’s activities include operation of the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History which holds annual dinosaur digs in the Winton Formation of western Queensland and oversees the year-round operation of Australia’s most productive dinosaur fossil preparation laboratory. Since 2005, the AAOD Museum has accumulated the largest collection of Australian dinosaur fossils in the world and holds the holotype specimens of Diamantinasaurus matildae , Savannasaurus elliottorum , and Australovenator wintonensis , Australia’s most complete theropod skeleton. The museum is open to the public daily from April to end September and op...
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  • 2. Waltzing Matilda Centre Winton
    Waltzing Matilda is Australia's best-known bush ballad, and has been described as the country's unofficial national anthem.The title was Australian slang for travelling on foot with one's belongings in a matilda slung over one's back. The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker, or swagman, making a drink of billy tea at a bush camp and capturing a stray jumbuck to eat. When the jumbuck's owner, a squatter , and three mounted policemen pursue the swagman for theft, he declares You'll never catch me alive! and commits suicide by drowning himself in a nearby billabong , after which his ghost haunts the site. The original lyrics were written in 1895 by Australian poet Banjo Paterson, and were first published as sheet music in 1903. Extensive folklore surrounds the song and the process ...
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