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In 1924 a Queensland cattle farmer near Roma noticed some large bones eroding out of the ground. They belonged to a large sauropod later called Rhoetosaurus. Where these the first dinosaur bones found and named in Australia? Make sure you visit your local museum for Australia's National Dinosaur Day this May 7th. #australiannationaldinosaurday #nationalfossildayaustralia Music: Back To Cool by ...

It is estimated that at a minimum, 1 in 20 fur coats sold in the 20th century was a fake from Australia. This is the story of the world's longest running retail swindle, and it was all from regions like Rockhampton. The trade became so outrageous the US government had to became involved during WW2. Sorry about the sound - not sure what has happened but this took about 6 attempts to upload Phil ...

With the release of Oppenheimer in cinemas its time to talk about the Australian who not only created the bomb, but helped win the war thanks to radar and designed the technology that led to microwave ovens and the Hadron Collider. #oppenheimer #atombomb #oliphant #australianatombomb #microwaveoven #radar #carrotsradar #carrots #ediacaran #fossils #australianpaleontology #australianfossil #nucl...

Driving from Rockhampton in Central Queensland to Canberra (a trip of nearly 1600km) - and then back again I noticed I passed many of Australia's iconic fossil locations and a bunch of great museums - so why not make it a fun road trip. Here we visit Dunedoo, Coonabarabran, Australia's largest telescope and a 17 million year old volcano. Make sure sure you come back for Day One and Day Three. #...

To be clear, my new book The Thing - a history of a media franchise isn’t a definitive look into John Carpenter’s 1982 film THE THING. Instead, it’s an investigation into one of the longest media franchises in Hollywood history, one that influenced many of the most popular movies and TV shows ever made. During my Research I discovered a wealth of information and video clips that I couldn’t use ...

Paleo-author and museum educator Phil Hore is bringing a museum to your school. Programs include Dinosaurs@School - a visit to the ancient life that once populated Prehistoric Queensland. From Dinosaurs to Mega-fauna, students will get to hold real fossils and explore ancient life. The Big Bang Experience - from the Big Bang to the Ice Age, using fossils and minerals students will be presented ...

This is a modified chapter from my book :HORROR: The First Time America’s Paranoia Infected The World. Comic Books came under attack in the 1950s by governments all over the world for the influence on kids and as a way to explain the growing Juvenile Crime epidemic. One arguments was that comic books were dumbing children down and ‘rotting their brains’. This is the story of how two boys stole ...

Presented by the Prehistoric Times Magazine, the world's longest running dinosaur magazine is celebrating its 30th anniversary. May 7th May is Australia’s National Dinosaur Day. On this date in 1903, William Ferguson found a partial dinosaur claw along the Cape Patterson shoreline in Victoria. This theropod claw was the first dinosaur fossil found in Australia. Visit your local museum or check ...

During the darkest days of 1940 it looked like nothing could stop Hitler from invading England. Nations like Poland had fallen, and France was under attack. The British army was retreating to Dunkirk, where it was expected to surrender or be annihilated, leaving England defenseless and ripe for occupation. It was at this darkest moment when great monsters sped out of the Southern Seas carrying ...

Markosia publishing is about to release Phil Hore's latest book, a look at the history of the entire THING media franchise. Not just John Carpenter's film, or the Howard Hawks movie or even the original story, 'Who Goes There?' by John W. Campbell Jr. Books, movies, music, games comics - its amazing to think THE THING is one of pop cultures longest running franchises. #thething1982 #TheThingFro...

"The Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) is a natural and human history museum in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The museum was chartered in 1882 and opened to the public in 1884; it is a not-for-profit organization operated by the Milwaukee Public Museum, Inc.[2] MPM has three floors of exhibits and the first Dome Theater in Wisconsin. (wikipedia)" Home to the Hebior Mammoth #torosaurus #mammoth #na...

Join Bone Rooms as we visit the Illinois State Museum - featuring "the life, land, people and art of the State of Illinois. The headquarters museum is located on Spring and Edwards Streets, one block southwest of the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield". It also has a great prehistoric display that includes ancient sharks like Xenacanthus and Stethacanthus, mastodons, giant sloths like Megat...

Bone Rooms visits the Queensland Museum, host of Disney studies traveling exhibit on the history of the company's animated movies. "Explore hundreds of original sketches and artworks from your favourite Disney animated classics and go behind the scenes in this rare opportunity to experience the wonderful creativity and innovation from the world’s most prolific animation studio. Young and old wi...

The history of Australia is really the story of the modern world. Instead of being an outpost of British criminals dumped on the far side of the world - the history of the Botany Bay colony and how the West explored this odd continent is actually linked to almost every major historical occurrence since of the fall of the Roman Empire You can check out more stories like this on my podcast The Bi...

Rockhampton's Forgotten Adventurer - Who Was the Pioneering Aviator Victor Roffey?

The Great Koala Cull - 1927 Rockhampton part 2 - the dark story

The Great Rockhampton Goat Race and Dame Nellie Melba - 1927 Rockhampton part 1 - the fun story

Australian National Fossil Day 2022 - Gondwanaland and Scott of the Antarctic

The Bizarre history of Tasmanian Tigers at the Circus

Women at War - the WW1 ambulance driver who won a battle.

Alas, Poor Yorick: the bizarre use of ventriloquists in WW2 when the Allies entered Dutch New Guinea

MARVEL: Universe of Super Heroes exhibit. Bone rooms visits MOPOP Part One

WHAT DRIVES US - Documentary review

Comics, WW2, a shark, a bizarre murder and a lost Serial Killer Down Under - PART TWO

Comics, WW2, a shark, a bizarre murder and a lost Serial Killer Down Under - PART ONE

Bathtubs over Broadway - review

The Brotherhood of the Dragon - chapter 4&5 read by Author

Golgotha: A WWI trench murder mystery Chapter 5 Read by the Author

Chapter 21 from the book HORROR - the first time America's Paranoia infected the World