Megafauna statues outside the Mt Isa tourist information centre, `Outback at Isa`. [0822]![Megafauna statues outside the Mt Isa tourist information centre, `Outback at Isa`. [0822]](aussiePlaces/mtisaQLD/fulls/town/04-_D0A0822.jpg "Megafauna statues outside the Mt Isa tourist information centre, `Outback at Isa`. [0822]")
These diprotodon sculptures represent the giant extinct marsupial “megafauna” that once roamed inland Australia during the Pleistocene epoch. They are a distant relative of modern wombats and koalas. Fossils have been found throughout western Queensland, including near Mount Isa, where ancient lakebeds preserved their remains. [0822]