Note that "fossick" is Australian slang for "searching"
From ABC (Australia) News: Dinosaur museum proponents fossick for funds
Work is continuing on a proposed $2.4 million dinosaur museum in south-west Queensland.
The Quilpie Shire Council is working with the Outback Gondwana Foundation to build a facility at Eromanga, south-west of Longreach.
Australia's largest dinosaur, Cooper, was discovered in the region several years ago.
Foundation spokeswoman Anita Milroy says they are still vying for federal funding.
She says some of the ancient fossils being discovered in the region are from dinosaurs not seen before.
"A lot of them look to be completely new - new genus and new species - so this will really be very interesting to international scientists," she said.
"For example, the dinosaurs, they are part of the Cretaceous Age and during that age they all died out.
"It was a big extinction event, so it's pretty exciting to be finding dinosaurs that have never been seen before."
Ms Milroy says they are feeling more confident about securing round two funding from Regional Development Australia.
"We have to be shovel ready by May and there hasn't been a lot of time between round one and round two but the goalposts changed, so we've had to adapt to that and be ready to go," she said.
"There is a lot of work to be done ... I don't think there have been any projects west of the Great Divide that have managed to get any funding before.
"We are certainly not asking for a huge amount of money and I think the benefit that will be returned from it will be quite positive."
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