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An odd-looking rock found in a dirt paddock on an outback western Queensland property is officially a meteorite.
The 27.6kg object was resting under a gidgee tree near Cunnamulla, 825km west of Brisbane last year, when it was discovered by disability pensioner Tom King.
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Row over 'space rock' settled in Cunnamulla court

A court yesterday declared grazier Keith Wilson, who owns the property Rywanda Plainview, the rightful owner of the rock - possibly the second-largest meteorite to be found in the state.
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Landowner wins custody battle for meteorite

A magistrate has handed down his ruling in a lengthy legal dispute over a meteorite that landed in south-west Queensland.
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Ownership of meteorite to be decided in Cunnamulla court today

A bizarre-looking space rock at the centre of a long-running dispute in southwest Queensland should finally land itself in a new home today.
Residents in Cunnamulla, 825km west of Brisbane, have been bickering for eight months over who owns the 25kg stony object which could be the state's second-biggest meteorite.
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Cunnamulla police have admitted they conducted their own fridge magnet test on a bizarre-looking rock to determine whether it was a meteorite.
Acting Senior-Sergeant Sean Relf said he was doubtful the 25kg rock was a meteorite when it was taken by police to the western Queensland station in October.
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An ongoing dispute over a bizarre-looking rock has landed in court.
Residents in Cunnamulla, about 825km west of Brisbane, have been bickering for months over the discovery of a 25kg object which could be the state's second-biggest stony meteorite.
Disability pensioner Tom King, 53, was caretaker at the property, Rywanda Plainview, 70km south of Cunnamulla, when he found the rock and claimed it in October, sparking a dispute with the property's owners
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A bitter ownership battle has broken out over the discovery of Queensland's second biggest ever stony meteorite.
Tom King, 53, was caretaker at Rywanda Plainview, about 70km south of Cunnamulla, when he discovered the 25kg stony meteorite while riding his motorbike.
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Police in the south-west Queensland town of Cunnamulla say they will be keeping hold of a rare rock until a dispute over its ownership is settled.

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This is the meteorite, currently in police hands, at the centre of a bizarre custody battle. It is actually believed to be the state's second-biggest stony meteorite, and now residents of Cunnamulla, about 825km west of Brisbane, are in a bitter dispute over this "peculiar-looking rock" discovered alongside a fence on a grazing property.
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