Formation of Australia

By marianne.guina
  • Supercontinent Pangaea
    280 BCE

    Supercontinent Pangaea

  • Gondwana//Laurasia
    180 BCE

    Gondwana//Laurasia

    Pangaea breaks up into separate land masses. The largest is Gondwana, (Antarctica, Australia, South America, Africa, and India) and Laurasia (North America and Eurasia).
  • Gondwana Splits
    145 BCE

    Gondwana Splits

    Gondwana starts to separate with Africa, South America and India first, then New Zealand and Madagascar
  • Formation of Australia
    65 BCE

    Formation of Australia

    Australia begins to separate from Antarctica, a process spanning oer 20 million years, finally becoming an individual continent around 45 million years ago.
  • Period: 45 BCE to

    Present day

    Australia continues to drift away from Antarctica heading north, travelling 6 cm per year.