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Edna Christensen feeding kangaroos on Pulbah Island. c1937
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…Media … Edna Christensen feeding kangaroos on Pulbah Island. c1937 … Photo Ref: 5923 … Creator: Williams, Mrs Elizabeth Bodel … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License … Related search terms … girl … kangaroos … p…
Reverend Lancelot E Threlkeld, 1788-1859
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…The first set of the dance was indescribable, the second part consisted of the kangaroo dance in which the blacks place their waddies so as to resemble the tail of a kangaroo, and stooping forward in a bending posture, as though they were on all fours, each one placed his hands on the one before him……The…
Pulbah Island
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…Kangaroos, koalas, wombats, wallabies and emus were settled on the island. They were brought over on Jack Richardson's (Fisho Jack) launch. There was not enough food for them all and food was imported.……Kangaroos, koalas, wombats, wallabies and emus were settled on the island. They were brought over…
Bundarra Close
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…Bundarra is a Kamilaroi Aboriginal word meaning 'kangaroos' (Source: Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places by R and B Appleton). The Bundarra Vineyard is in NSW.……Bundarra is a Kamilaroi Aboriginal word meaning 'kangaroos' (Source: Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places by R and B Appleton).…
Dandaraga Road
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…Dandaraga Road … The name Dandaraga is derived from the title of a waterhole, 9 km north of the present town site of Dandaragan, called Dandaraga Spring, which according to local Aboriginal language meant good kangaroo country. (Source: Shire of Dandaragan, WA.)……licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs…
Moss End, Pacific Highway Belmont
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…Thousands of people, from many parts of Australid and overseas, have seen it.Among the figures in the garden are Puss in Boots, an emu family, a dog that looks like Toto, kangaroos, swans, penguins, polar bears, gnomes, an aboriginal boy, a pelican with a fish in its beak, a tree of birds, and an Australian……Thousands…
Eraring
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…The paddle steamer Kangaroo was used to show prospective buyers the site. … In 1910 the Excelsior Land Co. sold farming blocks at Eraring. D.P.6747, which showed a subdivison of part of Portion 86, was declared 28 March 1912.……The paddle steamer Kangaroo was used to show prospective buyers the site. … In…
Dora Creek
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…Sydney, Kangaroo Press, 1983. … The Heritage of J.J. Hilder by Brett Hilder. Sydney, Ure Smith, 1966. … The Life and work of Sydney Long by Joanna Mendelssohn. Sydney, McGraw-Hill, 1979.……Sydney, Kangaroo Press, 1983. … The Heritage of J.J. Hilder by Brett Hilder. Sydney, Ure Smith, 1966. … The Life and…
Cockle Creek News
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Cockle Creek News
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