Rex Gilroy
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Rex Gilroy is an Australian who has published books and articles on cryptids and unexplained or speculative phenomena. His work has focused on yowie
reports, 'out of place' animals, UFOs, and propositions regarding a 'lost' Australian civilization. He has contributed to, or been the subject of, several articles, in speculative media such as Nexus magazine
and in Australian newspapers. He is the author and publisher of several books, the first of which appeared in 1986. He has documented over 3000 reports relating to yowies. His eclectic career has seen field research into butterflies and anthropology, but he remains most notable for his controversial searches for the recently extinct Thylacine
, Moa
s, alien big cats or the source of the yowie legend.
and attended the Villawood infants and primary school. He moved to the Liverpool Boys High School in 1957 and recalls the libraries as his most important memory. Gilroy also refers to a life long interest in museums and credits these as the inspiration for his work. He opened a small museum at Mount York peninsula in New South Wales at the age of 21.
In 1959 he documented a sighting of an unidentified object in the sky and began collecting data on this and other fringe phenomena. Rex Gilroy spent many years researching the "Ancient Archaeology" of Australia, and claimed through thousands of artifact finds that the Phoenicians established many colonies in parts of Queensland in Australia, including port and dockside facilities. Gilroy claims that thousands of years ago, Australia must have had many inland tributaries and river networks, and the Phoenicians sailed upon them. Pyramids, such as the so-called Gympie Pyramid
have also been claimed to have been found in Australia by Gilroy, who insists that they reveal that at some period in the distant past there existed a vast network of pyramids across the Pacific Asia Region, which he equates to the civilization and continent of Lemuria
. Sonar mapping has shown there was no such landmass in the Pacific.
Yowie (cryptid)
Yowie is the term for an unidentified hominid reputed to lurk in the Australian wilderness. It is an Australian cryptid similar to the Himalayan Yeti and the North American Bigfoot....
reports, 'out of place' animals, UFOs, and propositions regarding a 'lost' Australian civilization. He has contributed to, or been the subject of, several articles, in speculative media such as Nexus magazine
Nexus magazine
Nexus is a bi-monthly alternative news magazine. It covers geopolitics and conspiracy theories; health issues, including alternative medicine; future science; the unexplained, including UFOs; Big Brother; and historical revisionism. The magazine also publishes articles about freedom of speech and...
and in Australian newspapers. He is the author and publisher of several books, the first of which appeared in 1986. He has documented over 3000 reports relating to yowies. His eclectic career has seen field research into butterflies and anthropology, but he remains most notable for his controversial searches for the recently extinct Thylacine
Thylacine
The thylacine or ,also ;binomial name: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Greek for "dog-headed pouched one") was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger or the Tasmanian wolf...
, Moa
Moa
The moa were eleven species of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand. The two largest species, Dinornis robustus and Dinornis novaezelandiae, reached about in height with neck outstretched, and weighed about ....
s, alien big cats or the source of the yowie legend.
Biography
Rex Gilroy was born in New South WalesNew South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
and attended the Villawood infants and primary school. He moved to the Liverpool Boys High School in 1957 and recalls the libraries as his most important memory. Gilroy also refers to a life long interest in museums and credits these as the inspiration for his work. He opened a small museum at Mount York peninsula in New South Wales at the age of 21.
In 1959 he documented a sighting of an unidentified object in the sky and began collecting data on this and other fringe phenomena. Rex Gilroy spent many years researching the "Ancient Archaeology" of Australia, and claimed through thousands of artifact finds that the Phoenicians established many colonies in parts of Queensland in Australia, including port and dockside facilities. Gilroy claims that thousands of years ago, Australia must have had many inland tributaries and river networks, and the Phoenicians sailed upon them. Pyramids, such as the so-called Gympie Pyramid
Gympie Pyramid
The Gympie Pyramid is a terraced structure located in the outskirts of Gympie in Queensland, Australia. It has been proven to be an Italian farmer's construction to stop erosion....
have also been claimed to have been found in Australia by Gilroy, who insists that they reveal that at some period in the distant past there existed a vast network of pyramids across the Pacific Asia Region, which he equates to the civilization and continent of Lemuria
Lemuria (continent)
Lemuria is the name of a hypothetical "lost land" variously located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The concept's 19th century origins lie in attempts to account for discontinuities in biogeography; however, the concept of Lemuria has been rendered obsolete by modern theories of plate tectonics...
. Sonar mapping has shown there was no such landmass in the Pacific.