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The Coorong near Lake Albert
Title : The Coorong near Lake Albert The Coorong near Lake Albert
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Creator : Angas, George French, 1822-1886, artist
Source : South Australia illustrated, plate 9
Place Of Creation : London
Publisher : Thomas M'Lean
Date of creation : ca. 1846
Additional Creator : Giles, J.W.
Format : Book
Dimensions : 234 x 323 mm
Contributor : State Library catalogue
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Scene on the Coorong near Lake Albert. Part of the text accompanying the illustration reads 'The scene represented on the opposite plate is not far from the extremity of Lake Albert ... the kangaroo figured in the drawing is a new species, inhabiting this location precisely: this elegant little animal is called 'Halmaturus Greyii' in honor of Governor Grey, by whom it was discovered; its distribution is so extremely limited as to extend only for a distance of about fifty miles; it inhabits the scrub adjoining the Coorung to the S.E. of Lake Albert'.

Coorung was the original spelling used by Angas. The animal described is actually the now extinct Toolache wallaby (Macropus greyi) formerly known as Halmaturus Greyii.

Subjects
Period : 1836-1851
Region : Riverland and Murraylands
Further reading :
Linn, Rob A diverse land: a history of the Lower Murray, Lakes and Coorong, [Meningie, S. Aust]: Meningie Historical Society, 1988
Internet links :
Coorong National Park : ParksWeb, South Australian Department for Environment and Heritage website
Coorong : South Australian Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation website
Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth : South Australian Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation website
Coorong & Lower Lakes : South Australian Murray-Darling Basin NRM Board website

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