Noel Coward at the Koala Farm |
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| Title : | Noel Coward at the Koala Farm |
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| Creator : | Phillips, Keith P.; photographer | ||
| Date of creation : | 1938 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 200 x 155 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
British playwright and actor Noel Coward holding three koalas at the Koala Farm in Adelaide. Over the years it has been common for well known visitors to South Australia to be photographed with koalas. The Koala Bear Farm was established in 1929 in Adelaide's north parklands across from where the Women's and Children's Hospital. Initially a snake park, in 1936 the owner, Alfred Minchin, expanded it to include koalas and other native animals. Surplus koalas were released on his property on Kangaroo Island. The Adelaide City Council closed the Koala Bear Farm in 1960. |
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| Period : | 1927-1939 |
| Region : | Adelaide city |
| Further reading : | Martin, Roger. The koala : natural history, conservation and management, Kensington, N.S.W. : UNSW Press, 1999 Phillips, Bill. Koalas : the little Australians we'd all hate to lose, Canberra : AGPS Press, c1990 |
| Internet links : | Living with koalas : Department for Environment and Heritage website SA Life story about the Koala farm |
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