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Newspaper - Cutting, Jack the platypus is dead, 1956

Historical information

Life and times of Jack the platypus. Unknown

Physical description

photocopy

Subjects

1950s

Identifier

PM00260

Date made

1956

Measurements

Width: 400 millimetres, Height: 2600 millimetres

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Newspaper - Cutting, Jack the platypus is dead, 1956

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Newspaper - Cutting, Jack the platypus is dead, 1956

Historical information

Physical description

Subjects

Other items from this collection

Newspaper - Cutting, 3 May 1955

Newspaper - Cutting, 24 April 1955

Newspaper - Cutting, The Healesville Guardian, 25 March 1955

Newspaper - Cutting, Healesville Guardian, 25 February 1955

Newspaper - Cutting, The Listener, 22/28 January 1955

Newspaper - Cutting, Herald Sun, Melbourne, 8 January 1955

Newspaper - Cutting, The Herald Melbourne, 27 December 1954

Newspaper - Cutting, The Argus, Melbourne, 29 December 1954

Newspaper - Cutting, Herald Newspaper, 16 July 1954

Newspaper - Cutting, Herald Sun, Melbourne, 26 June 1954

Newspaper - Cutting, 7 May 1954

Newspaper - Cutting, NY Herald Tribune, 30 January 1954

Newspaper - Cutting, NY Herald Tribune, 6 November 1953

Newspaper - Cutting, The BHP Review, September 1953

Newspaper - Cutting, 26 August 1953

Newspaper - Cutting, The Courier Mail, 16 July 1953

Newspaper - Cutting, The Argus, Melbourne, 2 February 1953

Newspaper - Cutting, Herald Sun, Melbourne, December 1950

Newspaper - Cutting, The Age, Melbourne, 4 October 1950

Newspaper - Cutting, The Guardian, 5 August 1950

Newspaper - Cutting, The Age, Melbourne, A wise old bird is the pelican, 1 December 1951

Badge - Badge, cloth - emu, Healesville Sanctuary

NewsPaper Cutting, Article, Tabain, Merita, Worawa program short of funds, Tuesday January 16, 1990

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 - Notes, Robarts, O C, "Healesville - Home of the Australian Platypus", 9 June 1956

Newspaper - Cutting, Platypus Can Win You Cash, ? June 1959

Newspaper - Cutting, None, ? 1954

Newspaper - Cutting, Making Friends at Sanctuary, 1950

Newspaper, Mobil Road Guide, Mobil Road Guide to the Sir Colin MacKenzie Sanctuary Healesville, 1950