Historical information

Article written in Wonthaggi newspaper giving up to date information about facilities, visitation and numbers of Little Penguins at the Phillip Island Penguin Parade in 1966.

Significance

The information in the article is a very valuable record of the population of the penguins, (small compared with 2023); the huge numbers of visitors permitted per night - 10,000 compared with maximum of about 2,500 per night 2023; facilities available then and how funded.

Physical description

photocopy cutting of newspaper article. 4 columns text but right hand column cut in half. large photo of penguins above text. Poor photocopy

Inscriptions & markings

20/1/66