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Harry (Henry) J. Burrell (1873-1945), was a renowned Australian naturalist
who specialised in the study of monotremes; particularly the platypus (Ornithorhynchus
anatinus). Burrell is credited with taking a total of five photographs
of a captive thylacine, three of which show the thylacine in the process
of eating a chicken. One of these images (V8221)
was published in the Australian
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Magazine (Burrell 1921). The Burrell photographs have often been
reproduced as heavily cropped images to give the appearance that they were
taken in the wild, or retouched to eliminate shadows, but here they are
shown in their original format. Historically, many authors believed that
the photographs were taken at the property of animal dealer James
Harrison in Wynyard, Tasmania, but this is now known to be incorrect. |
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Source: The Examiner
newspaper, 18th January 1924 (p. 4).
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The Burrell photographs have in recent years been at the centre of scientific
debate regarding the authenticity of the images.
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The
Burrell thylacine chicken-eating sequence.
Australian
Museum Archives: series 392 - V8226, V8227, V8221, V8225, V8222.
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