# google fu help needed finding diprotodon fossil/replics **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 19, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-help-needed-finding-diprotodon-fossil-replics/656088 "2013-04-19T00:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-help-needed-finding-diprotodon-fossil-replics/656088/1 "2013-04-19T00:17:01Z")
Hi all, at present I have a lovely young autistic lad in my life who I like to encourage. we get along great - he likes dinosaurs/fossils/mega fauna and so do I so we can talk like nobodies business. He is a great kid and I want to buy him a present - either a real fossil (which I suspect I will never afford) or a replica of something Diprotodon. Problem is at the moment is that my mental health is crap and I have some difficulty in finding what I want working through google. Would prefer to buy form australia but will take other chioces to. he is a good kid with struggles and totallly obsessesd with diprotodons atm so I want to do this nice thing for him. If anyone is able to point me in the right direction I would be really greatful. cheerss ---
**Author:** ![FeAudrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@FeAudrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeAudrey)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-help-needed-finding-diprotodon-fossil-replics/656088/2 "2013-04-19T01:47:59Z")
> [@madrabbitwoman](#): > > … I want to buy … either a real fossil … or a replica of something Diprotodon … Just now, PBS is running a four-part Australian paleontology series: > **[Australia: First 4 Billion Years](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/series/australia-first-4-billion-years/)** > > One of the strangest landscapes on Earth reveals our planet's complex history. including a page on Oz-ly megafauna: > **[Evolution Down Under — NOVA | PBS](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/evolution-down-under.html)** > > How did Australia come to be marsupial heaven? The credits for each episode include museums where the artifacts are housed (also protected sites where they were dug up). American museums usually have gift shops, and they generally do mail-order. I’d guess Australian ones are pretty much the same. Something related to the exhibits would likely be available through them. So you could try googling up a few such institutions from the credits lists. Another source is rock shops. You can buy common fossils at remarkably modest prices, although they will mostly be whatever local rockhounds are chipping out of the nearby landscape. Your lad might be able to meet whomever found the fossil. Hope this is enough in the way of leads. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-help-needed-finding-diprotodon-fossil-replics/656088/3 "2013-04-19T11:31:27Z")
thanks for that ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-help-needed-finding-diprotodon-fossil-replics/656088/4 "2013-04-19T13:15:15Z")
[Here’s a link](http://www.scienceandnature.com.au/Dinosaurs_2/Excavation-Kits/Aust-Fossil-Find-pack-of-6) to an Australian fossil digging kit, including a Diprotodon.