South Australia - Flora and Fauna

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Possums
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Possums

Possum soup and allied matters are discussed in the Register,
6 April 1857, page 3e.
An early sketch of an opossum hunt is in the Chronicle,
24 January 1935, page 48.

Damage done by the animal in the Angaston district is reported in the Chronicle,
16 August 1862, page 2c.

The purchase of skins for a "new industry", ie, the manufacture of gloves, is discussed in the Observer,
11 February 1871, page 7d.

Informative letters on the animal are in the Express,
26 and 27 July 1875, pages 3f and 3c,
Chronicle,
31 July 1875, pages 5e-10f.

An advertisement for the purchase of skins is in the Observer,
23 April 1887, page 2b.

"The Doomed Marsupial" is in the Register,
25 April 1903, page 4h,
Observer,
2 May 1903, page 32d.

"The Last of the Opossums" is in the Chronicle,
1 October 1904, page 11a.

A proposed closed season for possums is discussed in the Register,
28 September 1904, page 6f; also see
25 November 1905, page 6i,
13 June 1912, page 6f,
5 March 1913, page 12f,
9 July 1913, page 5g,
11 June 1914, page 6f.

"South Australian Furs - Big Export Trade" is in the Advertiser,
11 June 1912, page 12d; also see
10 July 1912, page 8g.

"Fur Skins in Great Demand" is in the Advertiser,
19 May 1909, page 6h,
"Possum Shooting by Gaslight" in the Register,
20 July 1911, page 6e; also see
Chronicle,
22 June 1912, page 44c,
Express,
27 September 1912, page 2f.

"Opossum Farming" is in the Register,
9 August 1910, page 6f.

"Open Season for Opossums" is in the Register,
12 and 29 June 1920, pages 8h and 4f; also see
6 April 1921, page 6g,
Observer,
20 October 1923, page 32a,
Advertiser,
27 April 1923, page 8g,
2 May 1927, page 19b,
2, 9, 10 and 17 June 1927, pages 12e, 13b, 17f and 15f.

"Possum Farming - New Use for Poor Land" is in the Advertiser,
18 June 1914, page 17f.

"The Opossum - A Tragic Position" is in the Register,
8 June 1920, page 9e; also see
12 June 1920, page 8h.

"Slaughter of Opossums" is in the Observer,
3 and 10 July 1920, pages 29b and 28d,
14 August 1920, page 28e,
4 December 1920, page 28c,
Register on
6, 7, 10, 14, 21, 24 and 26 July 1920, pages 6g, 6h, 9f, 10e, 10b, 6h and 4h,
2 and 6 August 1920, pages 6f and 4g,
Express,
25 November 1920, page 1d,
Register,
26 November 1920, page 6h,
6 April 1921, page 6g,
18 August 1922, page 6f,
13 October 1923, page 11g,
23 May 1924, page 8f,
9 May 1925, page 13f,
18 and 19 April 1927, pages 10a and 10e,
8, 9, 10, 14 15 and 27 June 1927, pages 10d, 8d, 9e, 10e, 13b and 8d.

"Closed Season for Opossums" is in the Register,
27 April 1923, page 8e,
28 May 1927, page 8f; also see
The News,
17 and 19 May 1926, pages 9e and 12c,
Observer,
23 April 1927, page 59b,
11 and 18 June 1927, pages 41e and 11a-19a.

For information on the fur industry see Advertiser,
12 May 1924, page 15a,
Observer,
16 May 1925, page 56c.

A photograph of a sale where 21,545 skins were offered at auction is in the Register,
16 June 1927, page 10; also see
27 and 28 June 1927, pages 8d and 13f,
4 July 1927, page 8g,
4 May 1928, page 15f,
Chronicle,
18 June 1927, page 54,
The News,
25 October 1927, page 17g,
23 May 1928, page 8c,
Observer,
11 and 18 June 1927, pages 41e and 11a-39a,
2, 9 and 23 June 1927, pages 35b, 59b and 60a,
28 September 1929, page 2c,
24 and 31 July 1930, pages 4d and 16 (photo.)-60b,
The News,
12 June 1930, page 14f,
Chronicle,
19 June 1930, page 45,
Register,
24 July 1930, page 6d,
4 September 1930, page 6e.

"Troublesome Opossums" is in The News,
12 April 1927, page 5d; also see
19 May 1927, page 19f,
15 June 1927, page 2c,
13 July 1932, page 6g.

"How Opossums are Snared" is in the Advertiser,
13 October 1932, page 11e.

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