JUMBO – HOBART’S VICTIM OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

JUMBO - HOBART'S VICTIM OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

In July 1925 a young elephant calf called Jumbo arrived in Melbourne from London aboard the liner Port Curtis. If he was a little ‘swelled in the head’  it was because the previous year he had been a star exhibit at the British Empire  Exhibition at Wembley.

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THE TASMANIAN TIGER OF PENGUIN

THE TASMANIAN TIGER OF PENGUIN

Before Covid19 hit, my partner Rob and I were in Kakadu (Northern Territory). looking at indigenous rock art. For me, the most exciting image was of a thylacine, thought to be over 4,000 years old. How wonderful is that? 😍 A TASSIE TIGER IN PENGUIN TOWN! For

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