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Pangaea breaks up into separate land masses. The largest is Gondwana, (Antarctica, Australia, South America, Africa, and India) and Laurasia (North America and Eurasia).
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Gondwana starts to separate with Africa, South America and India first, then New Zealand and Madagascar
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Australia begins to separate from Antarctica, a process spanning oer 20 million years, finally becoming an individual continent around 45 million years ago.
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Australia continues to drift away from Antarctica heading north, travelling 6 cm per year.
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