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| Moore Park
Zoo [Sydney] (continued):
Sleightholme & Campbell also found two additional references in the
minutes of the Zoological Society of NSW (published in the Evening News
[Sydney]) relating to donations of thylacines to |
| Moore
Park in 1900 by a Dr. Rundle (President of the Zoological Society); the
first in April, and the other in July.
It is probable that the April donation by Rundle refers to the Stevenson
capture of March 1900. However, the July Minutes state that a Tasmanian
wolf was also donated by Rundle in June 1900.
If correct, and Rundle did indeed donate two thylacines, |
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| Evening
News (Sydney), 7th April 1900 (p. 3). |
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| Evening
News (Sydney), 7th July 1900 (p. 3). |
|
then his July donation
was also probably sourced from City Park Zoo in Launceston and takes the
total number of thylacines displayed at Moore Park Zoo to 5. Research
is ongoing and updates will be provided as they become available.
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| Thylacines
displayed at the Moore Park Zoo (1885 - 1905) |
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| N |
Date
of arrival |
A/J/P |
Sex |
Captured
by |
Source
(dealer) |
Capture
locality |
Sold
/ exchanged |
Date
of death |
Ref |
FN |
| . |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
15/10/1885 |
A |
M |
Unknown captor |
Thomas Jennings
(purchaser) |
Buckland |
N/A |
(Mar) 1887 |
1 |
1 |
| 2 |
(Sep) 1886 |
A |
F |
Mr. Cooper? |
City Park Zoo |
Waterhouse Station? |
N/A |
(Sep) 1891 |
2,3,4 |
|
| 3 |
(Sep) 1886 |
P |
? |
Mr. Cooper? |
City
Park Zoo |
Waterhouse Station? |
N/A |
Unknown |
3,4 |
|
| 4 |
(Mar) 1900 |
J |
? |
Mr. Stephenson |
Mr. Stephenson |
Williatt Estate,
North Esk |
N/A |
1905 |
5 |
|
| 5 |
(Jun) 1900 |
A |
? |
Unknown captor |
City Park Zoo
Dr. George Edward Rundle
(purchaser) |
Unknown locality |
N/A |
Unknown |
6 |
2 |
.
| A/J/P |
Adult
/
Juvenile / Pup |
| Short
dates are formatted Day/Month/Year. |
| References:
1. Mercury 5/10/1885 p. 2 & Examiner 6/10/1885 p. 3; 2. Evening News
(Sydney) 5/9/1891 p. 11; 3. Sydney Morning Herald, 6/9/1886 p. 9; 4. Sydney
Morning Herald, 4/9/1886 p. 3; 5. Examiner 30/3/1900 p. 4 & Evening
News (Sydney) 7/4/1900 p. 3; 6. Evening News (Sydney) 7/7/1900 p. 3. |
| Footnotes:
1. Purchased at auction at the Campania sale yards for £6. 2. Dr.
George Rundle was President of the Zoological Society of NSW. |
. |
.
| (Research
on this listing is ongoing and further information will be added as it
becomes available.) |
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| Taronga Zoo [Sydney]:
Taronga Zoo officially
opened to the general public on the 7th October 1916. Only one
thylacine, a male, was ever displayed at the zoo. The thylacine
was obtained from Mrs. Mary Roberts's private zoo "Beaumaris" in Hobart,
and was on display at Taronga from 1918 until its death in 1923. |
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| Thylacines
displayed at the Taronga Zoo (1918 - 1923) |
.
| N |
Date
of arrival |
A/J/P |
Sex |
Captured
by |
Source
(dealer) |
Capture
locality |
Sold
/ exchanged |
Date
of death |
| . |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
(Oct)
1918 |
A |
M |
William "Paddy"
O' May |
Beaumaris Zoo
(SB) (14/10/1918) |
Tyenna |
N/A |
14/11/1923 |
.
| A/J/P |
Adult
/ Juvenile / Pup |
| Short
dates are formatted Day/Month/Year. |
. |
.
| (Research
on this listing is ongoing and further information will be added as it
becomes available.) |
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| Shortly after its arrival
at the zoo, the thylacine was placed in an enclosure next to a puma (Felis
concolor). The puma managed to pull the thylacine's tail through
the enclosure fence and bite most of the tail off. The only surviving
photograph of the Taronga thylacine shows it pacing along the perimeter
fence of its enclosure displaying the remnant of its tail. |
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|
Taronga Zoo's thylacine,
circa 1922. View close-up.
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|
Two views of the main
entrance to Taronga Zoo (Sydney), circa 1916.
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