- Neoproterozoic to Early Carboniferous: development of the Delamerian and Lachlan Fold Belts involving cycles of marine and non-marine deposition alternating with deformation, intrusion of granites, volcanism and metamorphism:
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- Late Carboniferous to Mid-Mesozoic: a period of apparent tectonic stability characterised by extensive erosion, which produced a landscape of low to gentle relief over most of southeastern Australia:
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- Mid-Mesozoic to the present day: Australia separated from Antarctica and New Zealand during the break-up of Gondwana. The main break-up occurred in the mid-Cretaceous when the Tasman Sea began to open and Australia's northward migration was initiated:
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