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Squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) This big eyed little fellow is a nocternal gliding possum, Thought to be extinct in South Australia since 1939 until DNA tests showed they still inhabit the area. They live in woodland and forest region in parts of Victoria

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Emu (Kalthi) My memory was when I was 13 years old attending my great grandmothers funeral. For the wake we had emu in a hole cooked the traditinal way. I remember loving it, rich dark meat with yellow fat. My nan talked about the best way to cook emu and Read more…

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Rakali (Hydromys Chrysogaster) The less flattering name is water rat. This is our largest nature rodent. Walking around the shepparton lake at dusk, I saw 3 of these cute little fellows. They life in fresh and blackish water, eating fish, frogs, mussels, crustations and small branches. They are nocturnal.

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Fed Up “This piece was created from a deep exhaustion – an exhaustion with being Aboriginal and with the complicated reality of being “white-passing”. There are moments when my indigeneity becomes public property, when I’m treated like a walking library: expected to educate, explain, argue, defend and perform knowledge on Read more…

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