South Australia - Flora and Fauna

Foxes

Also see South Australia - Sport - Fox Hunting "Foxes and Other Troubles" is in the Advertiser,
21 July 1905, page 8b.

"Is the Fox a Pest" is in the Register,
14 and 16 September 1905, pages 10c and 4g,
"The Fox in SA" on
6 August 1906, page 6e,
"The March of the Fox" on
14 August 1906, page 9g.

"The Fox Pest" in the Advertiser,
6 June 1907, page 6h,
3 October 1908, page 13e,
"Foxes in the Hills" on
28 January 1910, page 10b,
"Foxes in the Suburbs" on
4 August 1927, page 13c.

"Destructive Foxes" is in the Observer,
17 August 1912, page 12a.

"Our Fox Hunting" is in the Register,
7 May 1918, page 4d.

"The Menace of the Fox" is in the Register,
25 August 1919, page 3e.

"Fox Destruction" is in the Observer,
21 July 1923, page 4e.

"The Raiders - Night Attack by Foxes" is in the Register,
30 December 1922, page 13a.
"Dingo and Fox Menace" on
11 June 1924, page 9e.

A children's story entitled "The Friendship of Mr Fox" is in The News,
25 Janaury 1924, page 6d.

"Hutt Street Hunt - Fox Shot in Toolshed" is in the Register,
5 February 1926, page 9d.

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Goats

A proposal to import Angora goats is in the Register,
21 April 1854; also see
12 and 16 March 1857, pages 2e and 3f,
24 November 1857, page 2d,
21 September 1858, page 2f,
22 October 1861, page 3e.

The export of goats to the Northern Territory is reported in the Observer,
21 May 1864, page 4a.

"The Angora Goat" is in the Observer,
2 May 1868, page 9d; also see
Register,
15 February 1869, page 3a,
1 April 1869, page 2f.

See Chronicle,
8 January 1870, page 8g,
Register
10 January 1870, page 5c,
2 May 1870, page 6c for a feature article on rearing Angora goats;
12 December 1870, page 7a and
19 January 1871, page 6d.
A history of their importation into South Australia is in the Register,
27 June 1871, page 6f and
17 July 1877, page 7c; also see
Observer,
23 September 1871, page 9e,
Register,
3 October 1871, page 7d,
Express,
26 January 1872, page 2d,
13 April 1872, page 2c,
Observer,
27 January 1872, page 8e,
29 November 1873, page 9a,
Register,
13 December 1872, page 7b.
An article on the animal is to be found on
29 April 1872, page 7b.

The Register of
26 January 1872, page 5a tells of the importation of Angora goats by Price Maurice; also see
19 February 1872, page 5c,
15 April 1872, page 5c,
Observer,
25 January 1873, page 7c,
22 March 1873, page 9d,
Register,
25 June 1884, page 7c and Place Names - Castambul.

Mr Price Maurice's Angora Goat Farm is described in the Advertiser,
19 March 1874, page 2f.

"The Angora Goat in South Australia" is in the Register,
25 March 1873, page 7a and
an editorial on
1 December 1873, page 4e; also see
Observer,
30 June 1877, page 9f,
28 June 1884, page 10e,
Register,
4 November 1898, page 6f.

"The Goat as a Milker" is in the Advertiser,
8 January 1886, page 3e.

"[Goatskins] Another Undeveloped Resource' is in the Observer,
29 November 1890, page 32e.

"The Government and the Goats" is in the Observer,
26 March 1892, page 30a.

"Sale of Angora Goats" is in the Observer,
25 June 1898, page 30c.

"The Angora Goat Industry" is in the Chronicle,
6 October 1900, page 3c.
"A Promising Industry" is in the Observer,
24 October 1903, page 11e,
"The Angora Goat Industry", with photographs on,
14 January 1905, page 23.

"Sale of Angora Goats" is in the Observer,
25 June 1898, page 30c,
"A Pure Angora Stud Flock" on
26 January 1901, page 4b,
"The Angora Goat Industry" on
1 June 1901, page 3c.

"Goats in Central Australia" at Peake Station are described in the Observer,
13 June 1903, page 25 (photos),
Register,
31 July 1903, pages 4e-5c,
17 October 1903, page 8e,
The Critic,
24 February 1904, page 20,
Observer,
14 January 1905, page 23a,
Register, 31 March 1905, page 4f under "The Mohair Industry".
Interesting comments on the Angora goat appear on
21 and 22 August 1905, pages 5h and 7c,
Observer,
9 September 1905, page 47c.

"Angora Goat Breeding - The Central Australian Flock" is in the Advertiser,
17 May 1906, page 9e,
"Its Care and Management" on
9 November 1912, page 8f.

Also see Register,
24 August 1905, page 7b,
16 May 1906, page 7f,
19 June 1906, page 8e,
Advertiser,
21 March 1910, page 7f.
"A Plea for the Goat" is in the Observer,
21 May 1910, page 43b.

"The Poor Man's Cow" is in the Advertiser,
14 September 1912, page 20g,
"Goat Meat" in the Observer,
29 May 1915, page 12a; also see
14 February 1916, page 9d.

"The Angora Goat Industry", Register,
12 February 1916, page 8h.

"Angora Goat Breeding - The Central Australian Flock" is in the Advertiser,
17 May 1906, page 9e,
"Its Care and Management" on
9 November 1912, page 8f.

Also see Register,
24 August 1905, page 7b,
16 May 1906, page 7f,
19 June 1906, page 8e,
Advertiser,
21 March 1910, page 7f.

"Disagreement Over Goats" is in the Advertiser,
12 November 1920, page 6g.

"Yorke Peninsula Goats - Milkers and Workers" is in The Mail,
2 January 1926, page 13c.

Also see Register,
16 February 1916, page 3h,
6 June 1923, page 15d,
Advertiser,
30 September 1931, page 20g (first importation) and
Place Names - Angorichina
Place Names - Blood Creek
Place Names - Castambul
Place Names - Augusta, Port
Place Names - Stirling North.

"Goats Numerous in the Outback" is in The News, 19 August 1936, page 6f.

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Horses, Donkeys and Mules

"Imported Arab Horses" is in the Observer,
2 March 1861, page 2h (supp.).

"Our Horse Stock" is in the Advertiser,
25 and 27 February 1862, pages 2e and 3g,
8 and 14 March 1862, pages 2e and 2e,
Register,
18 August 1866, page 2d.

"Shoeing Horses" is in the Advertiser,
9 November 1864, page 3b,
27 July 1869, page 2e,
5 August 1869, page 3h,
"New System of Shoeing Horses" in the Observer,
3 and 24 April 1869, pages 9b and 9a,
31 July 1869, page 5e,
8 July 1882, page 13c.

"Australian Horses" is in the Observer,
7 January 1865, page 1b (supp.).

Horse training is discussed in the Register,
21 February 1865, page 2f,
4 and 13 March 1865, pages 2h and 3h.

"Shall We Eat Our Horses" is in the Advertiser,
5 May 1868, page 2d,
"Remember the Horses" in the Register on
15 April 1911, page 12e.

"Horse Breeding in SA" is in the Chronicle,
3 September 1881, page 5d.

"The Horse Epidemic in the North" is in the Observer,
12 March 1887, page 10a.

"The Horse in Australian Literature" is in the Register,
7 November 1898, page 4d.

"The Early History of the Clydesdale" is in the Observer,
19 July 1902, page 7a,
"The Clydesdale Horse" on
5 September 1925, page 8a,
11 September 1928, page 23f,
"A History of Clydesdale Horses" in the Chronicle,
5 September 1935, page 19d,
Register,
1 August 1924, page 13c.
Information on a Clydesdale Society is on,
29 July 1926, page 15d.

"Mule Breeding" is in the Express,
9 September 1902, page 1h.

"Adelaide Horses - How to Care For and Feed Them" is in the Express,
23 January 1903, page 2e.

"The Horse Season - The Opening Sale" is in the Express,
27 July 1905, page 4e; also see
20 September 1905, page 2c.

"How to Drive a Horse" is in the Express,
18 September 1905, page 1d.

"The First Mules in SA" is in the Register,
27 April 1926, page 3d.

Information on donkeys is in the Observer,
6 October 1883, page 41d,
Register,
27 September 1902, page 7a,
Advertiser,
4 and 14 May 1907, pages 6g and 6e.
"Donkeys for Sale" appears on
8 January 1908, page 6e,
"Mules for Broken Hill" on
9 January 1908, page 6f.
""An Army of Ears - Mob of 129 Donkeys" is in the Observer,
29 July 1911, page 13e,
"Mules at Auction" in the Register,
29 January 1916, page 9e.

Photographs of horse sales on the Jubilee Oval and at Gilles Arcade are in the Observer,
3 August 1907, page 31.

"Demand for Horses" is in the Observer,
19 February 1910, page 51c.

"A Great Ally - The Horse in War and Peace" is in the Register,
27 and 28 February 1919, pages 6i and 4g,
9 and 15 April 1919, pages 6g and 4d.

"Increase of Wild Horses" is in the Advertiser,
21 April 1925, page 12h,
"Mustering Brumbies" in the Observer,
14 November 1925, page 39c.

"The Passing of the Horse" is in the Observer,
16 January 1926, page 48d.

"Decay of Horsebreeding in Central Australia" is in The Mail,
13 March 1926, page 17e.

"Mustering Wild Horses", the reminiscences of Joe Martyr, is in the Observer,
14 July 1928, page 18a.

For the export of horses see South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary - Horses.

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