Underground movement

Article Abstract:

The area around Inverell, New South Wales, was once the world's leading producer of diamonds, but the boom ended when the South African diamond mines reopened at the end of the Boer War. An effort to revive the Inverell industry began in 1982. A new theory proposes that the effects of continental drift formed the diamonds. Sampling in 1998 found that 95% of the mined diamonds were of gem quality.

Australia, Natural resources, Diamond industry, New South Wales

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The good gas guzzler

Article Abstract:

Australian scientist Graeme Millar has have developed a catalyst that turns greenhouse gases into synthetic gas for stockfeed for the plastics and methanol industries. Filipino businessman George Marcelo's firm is among the companies offering to test the technology. The catalyst could turn the carbon dioxide in Australian gas fields into a useful by-product rather than a waste product.

Research, Usage, Gas industry, Catalysts, Greenhouse gases

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In the wake of Chauvel

Article Abstract:

Rick Carlsson visits Pitcairn Island where his grandfather Charles Chauvel filmed "In the Wake of the Bounty" in 1933 with Errol Flynn playing the role of founding father Fletcher Christian. Carlsson's 1998 trip included a visit with descendants of Christian. Carlsson is helping his mother, Susanne Chauvel Carlsson research a book about the island, "At the Edge of Time."

History, Pitcairn

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