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The great koala scam

8 August 2020

6:07 PM

8 August 2020

6:07 PM

Europeans learnt of koalas a decade after they arrived. John Price was shown some dung by a convict who’d lived with Aborigines. In 1802, Barallier’s guide, Gory, got him a koala’s feet, at a very high price. A year later, Aborigines caught one for the new chums. The Sydney Gazette reported it was “excessively nice” in its choice of leaves.

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