The study into the Grampians Puma was undertaken by John A. Henry to settle the question of the existence of a puma population in the mountains. People who believe they have sighted a puma, or have sighted other evidence, were interviewed. The study also looked into records relating to the potential of USA army personal leaving a mascot in the grampians. Also see cat no 14012 - Pumas in the Grampians Mountains: A compelling Case?: An up-dated Report of the Deakin Puma StudyWhite A4 pages laser printed pages related to a study conducted on the possibility of a Grampians Puma (Felis concolor) populations. Australian Animal Foklore Collectionaustralian animal folklore collection, john a henry, john henry, maurice hornocker, grampians, geranium springs, puma, felis concor, mt bepcha, scats, us army, peter morris, hans brunner, mt gambier, raaf, ernst wieher, ellis tucker, halls gap, peter dryden, geoff riddle, snow astbury, robert hiatt, tom schubert, trevor clark, dick saligari, ted saligari, terry zerbst, brian warren, gary middleton, barry henderson, morrie lawson, bill hower, michael harrison, ray kerris, robert east, terry rethus, dougal shilcock, garth rees, ilka rees, harry shrive, ellis tucker, american airmen, mascot, billywing range, sandy mackirdy, mark johnson, john morris, des paulson, feral cat, roses gap, paula odare, gaye beveridge, donald macarthur, karen jeffery, plaster casts, terry rethus, tom schubert, victoria valley, mt talbot, fox, john spencer, ivan bother, neal bother, evan macklay, harry shrive, bill hower, michael harrsion, norma harrison, ellis tucker, gary middleton, barry henderson, joy potter, les becker, john ryan, cam anderson, richardson, shirley farrant, adinsall, max xharles, margaret hurley, linda crawford, don anderson, paddy hynes, barry bell, neal boethe, mark johnson, victoria point, david hamilton, wally smith, mythical, myth, folklore

The folder or correspondence is the result of a Freedom of Informaition request made to the Department of Primary Industries in 2011. The folder was collected for research being conducted by David Waldron. John Higgins, managing editor of the Maryborough Advertiser was interested in sightings of what some suggested to be a puma or mountain lion in Central Victoria. A number of A4 printouts relating to large cat sightings in the Maryborough (Vic) area, many reported by the Marlborough Advertiser. The large cat referred to is often referred to as a Puma or Mountain Lion. (.7) Profile of Central Victorian Cat Australian Animal Folklore Collectionaustralian animal folklore collection, cat, ferral cat, puma, mountain lion, maryborough, maryborough victoria, ds saunders, bryan walters, bernie mall, peter chapple. graham george, australian cougar, felid, pamela parker, alan foskett, daisy hill, panther, john dix, ray elliott, dennis wiley, police sightings, graham hunt, brian douglas, stuart mill, graeme grant, a. venes, avoca, julie hobbs, greg gallagher, taltarni, moonambel, fred beach, majorca, michael rayner, chateau remy, john robb, wayne irvine, brian anderson, peter davies, talbot, joyce davies, tom davies, len farthing, barry rinaldi, edward stone, brian stone, judith tranter, alan poole, shane long, jim smith, lloyd forge, carisbrook, murray henderson, doug grose, john higgins, footprint cast, australian dasyurids, felis concolor, lioness, lion, shane long, wareek, koo-jar hill, american troops, betley cat, daisy hill cat, phelan road cat, amherst cat, john higgin, angus reynolds, betley tiger, tim clark, walters cougar catcher, identification chart, david towler, bob carr, rare fauna research society, lancefield cat, bernie mace, robert pattison, bryan de lacy, romsey, murray henderson, brian collinson, neil grummett, grummett, kenneth lamont, lamont, foskett, hobbs, rinaldi, poole, forge, henderson, grant, elliott, anderson, stone, irvine, douglas, stewart, long, mythical, myth, folklore, australian mythical animals collection, david waldron, land protection, d.s. saunders, judith henke, ravenswood, wedderburn, feral cat, laanecoorie, shellbourne, barru rinaldi, lan poole, dorothy smith, amherst cemetery, graham grant, maryborough advertiser, central victorian cat, st arnaud, kyneton, shane one wareek, lack of fossil evidence, koo-jat hill, cougar hill, plaster casts, lummis, goldsborough, ian lummis, hamilton, swan hill, wodonga

For over 100 years people have reported sighting of big cats in the Victorian bush. This report assessed the evidence.22 page report by the Arthur Rylah Institute on whether their are big cats loose in the Victorian bush. Ir asks questions such as if 'big cats' exist in Victoria what species they would be; the veracity of available evidence; Deakin Puma Study Group; Kurt Engel cat; Winchelsea faecal sample Carrie Magnik australian animal folklore collection, big cats, cat, ferral cats, cryptozoology

Don Clark Collection. A page from The Sunday Press newspaper of August 2nd, 1987 with two-part article titled Newspaper excerpt - '$1,000 If A Cat's In The Bag' and 'And More If It Glitters'. Discusses gold prospecting and a $1,000 reward for capture of the fabled Black Puma. Images of Max Davis, and of John Lavery and John Chapman in the Golden Age Hotel. tarnagulla, gold, prospecting, nuggets, black puma, black panther, legends, golden age hotel

Two copies of the Magazine 'Sporting Shooter' dated April 1999 and May 2005. .1) April 1999. Eighty page magazine with articles such as looking after your hunting dog, Australia's Toughest Game, Pigs in Mud, Black Panthers in Oz, scoring Trophy Heads, Hunting in New Zealand. .2) May 2005. 106 page magaine including an article called "Big Cats in the Bush? by Rebecca Lang.australian animal folklore collection, black panthers, panther, mittagong, merimbula, , thylacoleo carnifex, puma, feral cats

The articles were used for research into Australian Animal Folklore.Research documents relating to reports into big cats and other animals of Australian Folklore. (1) Acclimatizing the World: A history of the Paradigmatic Colonial Science by Michael A. Osborne. (.2) A novel microsatellite (STR) marker for forensic identification of big cats India by Anju Singh et al. (.3) The Feral Cat by Ian Mahood (.4) Report Re Faeces Suspected to Be from a Big Cat by David Cass (.5) Indentification of Leopard, Panthera Pardus, in South Eastern Australia by Analysis of DNA from Hairs by Stephen Frankenberg and david Cass. (.6) David Cass's Story by David Cass (.7) Animal calls mistaken for big cats- Graeme Ambrose (.8) Review of Cat Ecology & Management Strategies in Australia - Elizabeth Denny and Christopher Dickman (.9) Ecology of the Feral Cat, Felis catus (L.), in South eastern Australia. III.*Home ranges and Population ecology in Semiarid North-West Victoria -Evan Jones and Brian Coman. (.10) Feeding Ecology and population Dynamics of the feral cat (Felis Catus) in relation to the availability of prey in central-eastern New South Wales - Robyn Molsher, Alan Newsome and Chris Dickman. (.11) Thylaine associated with the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales - R.N. Paddle. Australian Animal Folklore Collectionaustralian animal folklore collection, david cass, brisbane ranges natinoal park, big cats, bruce, meredith, anakie, otway ranges, faecesologist, puma, black leopard, peter chapple, otway, stephen frankenburg, faeces, helen mccracken, feral cats, mythical, myth, folklore

The folder or correspondence is the result of a Freedom of Informaition request made to the Department of Primary Industries in 2011. The folder was collected for research being conducted by David Waldron.Folder of reports of Big Cat by rangers. australian mythical animals collection, david waldron, department of primary industries, rangers, peter walsh, warragul creek, binginwarri, coongulla, straford, licola, blanket hill, darramin, blanket hill, woodside beach, heyfield, puma, panther, cowwarr, glenmaggie, bolands bluff, darrimen, bolands bluff, binginnwarri, dawson, the springs, mt taylor, black range, driffield west, snowy plains airstrip, glenmaggie north, jack smith lake, munro, briagaling, dutson downs, connors plain, giffard west, darriment, joyces road junction, giffard west, wallaby creek, south gippsland highway, avon river, orbost, four mile creek

The folder or correspondence is the result of a Freedom of Information request made to the Department of of Conservation, Forests and Lands in 2011. The folder was collected for research being conducted by David Waldron.Folder of reports relating to "Big Cats", Thylacines, and other large predators sightings australian mythical animals collection, david waldron, thylacine, sassafras, peter monhorst, jodie hoey, kelvin smith, traralgon south, gormondale, bridgewater, g. mcclure, whorouly, albury, jim walker, andrea westcott, john dawson, nicole walsh, grampians, eddy scott, talbot, lancefield, kalorama, inglewood, gavin cerini, dereel, rosemary fernandez, brian walters, alexandra, unidentified mammel, romsey, bill butterworth, flowerdale, bob hoare, trafalgar, lyn demopolis, broadford, green gully, ian weir, noel pascoe, bruce carter, mount stirling, andrea cooper, stawell, yvonne shepherd, red hills, halls gap, jill reid, puma, w.r.c. hill, caelli

The folder or correspondence is the result of a Freedom of Information request made to the Department of Sustainability and Environment in 2011. The folder was collected for research being conducted by David Waldron.Folder of correspondence and newsclips relating to "Big Cats" and other large predators. Sections of this file includes redacted areas relating to the privacy of correspondents.australian mythical animals collection, david waldron, depatment of primary industries, marsupial lion, thylacoled, thylacine, apollo bay, dingo, east gippsland, metung, lake king, s. temby, footprint, feral cat, puma, australian rare fauna research association inc, geelong, ceres hill, gippsland tasmanian tiger, tasmanian tiger, wilsons promomontory, fauna, scats, lochsport, philip g. gittins, wilson's promontory national park, peter hall, lang lang, alberton, yanakie, fish creek, waratah bay, walkerville, cap liptrap, lower tarwin, middle tarwin, grantville, toora, koonwarra, foster, welshpool, cotters lake, wild dogs, stuart atkins, bob cameron, big cat, sheep kills, jaw bones, livestock loss, peter walsh, woodside, binginwarri, yarram, mountain lion, cougars

The folder of correspondence is the result of a Freedom of Information request made to the Department of Sustainability and Environment in 2011. The folder was collected for research being conducted by David Waldron.Folder of correspondence and newsclips relating to "Big Cats" and other large predators. Please note: sections of this file are closed to protect the privacy of correspondents.australian mythical animals collection, david waldron, brian waters, moonambel, joyce collins, ian smith, thylacene, marrarkuli, burragorang, m.g. hornocker, mt bepcha, billywing upland, john a. henry, bryan wlaters, ken bodinnar, harcourt, kevin farley, fowlers bay, carolyn hodges, puma, macarthur, paynesville, john aldreson, animal damage control, mountain lion, bryan walters, cougar, big cat, maryborough, joan kirner, bernard mace, tasmanian tigers, d.g. willey, calder highway sightings, kevin phelen, mt richmond national park, feral cat, felis catus, lancefield, pyalong, broadford, pyalong pantherleopard, porsche park, dick shaw, big cats in victoria, peter hall, lyn sellens, south gippsland, plaster cast, foot cast, unidentified wildlife, john seeback, michael moss, carnivores, halls gap, halls gap puma scats, kooreh, ballan, ballan large cat, a.g. kerr, south gippsland tasmanian tiger sightings, central victorian puma, otways, wilsons promontory, john higgins, tasmanian wolf, j.k. depmster, vermin, lion, cooper's creek, warrego river, dingo, thylacinus cynocephalus, mirboo north, newham, operation puma victoria, australian skeptics, kangaroo ground, rare fauna, black wildcat, pyalong panther, bob warneke, black puma, maryborough puma, creswick panther, cape bridgewater, pyrenees panther, footprints, daisy hill, bung bong, phantom puma, geranium springs, maurice hornocker