Since the Ice Ages, the Bassian Plain land bridge has played a key role in shaping the diversity of species living in Lutruwita/Tasmania.
Once was a grassy plain
What did the Bass Strait land bridge look like during the last ice age and how do we know what and who once lived and journeyed on it?
A view from a small island in Tayaritja/the Furneaux Group of Islands in the eastern Bass Strait. Between about 40,000 and about 10,000 years ago the visible land in this picture was high and hilly country overlooking a vast grassy plain which now lies under the waves. Image by Simon Haberle. CC BY-NC-ND.
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Deep human connection lies under the Bass Strait
New research using computational modelling can help us understand the likely pathways people used to travel to, live on, and traverse the Bass Strait land bridge.
Was the Bass Plain a bridge or a filter?
Why could wombats and kangaroos cross the land bridge but not koalas? We can tell a lot about the ancient Bass Plain landscape from the types of animals that made it to Lutruwita/Tasmania from mainland Australia.
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