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From the collection of Healesville Sanctuary Heritage Centre

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Newspaper - Cutting, The Sun News-Pictorial, Melbourne, Here's the Story of the Wicked Wimby, "The Wrecker" Wombat, 28 January 1954

Physical description

Photocopy

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

Description of destruction by Wimby, the wombat.

Keywords

1950s

Identifier

PM00238

Publisher

The Sun News-Pictorial, Melbourne

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Accessed 2 September 2024

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Newspaper - Cutting, The Sun News-Pictorial, Melbourne, Here's the Story of the Wicked Wimby, "The Wrecker" Wombat, 28 January 1954

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Newspaper - Cutting, The Sun News-Pictorial, Melbourne, Here's the Story of the Wicked Wimby, "The Wrecker" Wombat, 28 January 1954

Physical description

Publication type

Summary

Keywords

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Newspaper - Cutting, The School Paper, Birds and Beasts at Badger Creek, 1 Dec 1953

Newspaper - Cutting, Mercury, "Who Brings the Storks", 16 July 1951

Newspaper - Cutting, None, ? 1954

Newspaper - Cutting, The Healesville Guardian, Healesville News and Notes, 7 May 1954

Newspaper - Cutting, City Boys Meet Their Friends from the Bush, 19 Jan 1954

Newspaper - Cutting, The Herald, Melbourne, Sanctuary may be extended, 10 May 1954

Newspaper - Cutting, Trans-Air, The Koala is indifferent toVisitors, Sep 1953

Newspaper - Cutting, Medley, J D G, Christmas - Past, Present and Among the Koalas, 19 December 1953

Newspaper - Cutting, The Age, Melbourne, Aborigines of Coranderrk, 21 October 1953

Newspaper - Cutting, The Age, Melbourne, Room for National Park on Upper Yarra, 13 November 1953

Newspaper - Cutting, The Herald, Melbourne, Snake bite aid at Sanctuary, 13 February 1953

Newspaper - Cutting, The Herald, Melbourne, Snake show draws crowds, ?1 January 1953

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Newspaper - Cutting, The Herald, Melbourne, Tiger Cat's Exciting Nine Days, 5 March 1951

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Newspaper - Cutting, Mixed Bag for Animal Sanctuary, 27 February 1950

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