Tory Shepherd, Drawings of Kangaroo Island fossils provide inspiration for stamp series, The Guardian, 11 February 2026
Colourful illustrations by Peter Trusler depict 500m-year-old fossils of creatures from the Palaeozoic and inspire Australia Post.
Prehistoric fossils from Kangaroo Island have been transformed into vibrant creatures of the deep for a series of artworks, which in turn have been made into a series of stamps.
Dr Peter Trusler has used the latest research on the 512m-year-old fossils to make detailed, colourful illustrations, which Australia Post has released as a series called Creatures of the Palaeozoic.
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