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... South Wales benefits , being mid - way between the two zones described , and , though autumn tends to be wetter ... South Australia into the western edges of Queensland and New South Wales - is desert . Farming in such areas is chancy ...
... South Wales benefits , being mid - way between the two zones described , and , though autumn tends to be wetter ... South Australia into the western edges of Queensland and New South Wales - is desert . Farming in such areas is chancy ...
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... south as Dorrigo in New South Wales . In the north - west and north is the rainbow . pitta while the blue - breasted pitta is a summer migrant . So brilliantly coloured are the pittas that one is also known as the dragoon bird . Its ...
... south as Dorrigo in New South Wales . In the north - west and north is the rainbow . pitta while the blue - breasted pitta is a summer migrant . So brilliantly coloured are the pittas that one is also known as the dragoon bird . Its ...
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... south along the coast to the Hunter River in New South Wales . Their haunts are the rain forests . The beauty of plumage does not extend to voice , and the riflebird's call can be described as raucous . By the casual observer the birds ...
... south along the coast to the Hunter River in New South Wales . Their haunts are the rain forests . The beauty of plumage does not extend to voice , and the riflebird's call can be described as raucous . By the casual observer the birds ...
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Aborigines animals areas baby bandicoots Bass Strait bats beak best known birds blue body breeding brown burrows called captivity chicks coast colour common name creature crocodiles crow David Fleay dingo dolphins dragon eaten echidna egg-laying eggs feathers feed feet female freshwater frogs geckoes giant glider goannas grass grey ground hatch head hollow honey-eaters huge hunting inches insects islands joey kangaroo killed kinds koala land legless lizards legs live lyrebirds magpie male mammals marsupials miles mother move native naturalist nest noisy scrub-bird normal northern numbat pattern perhaps plants platypus poisonous possum pouch prey python Queensland rats reptiles ring-tail rock scientists scrub-bird seals Silver-eyes skin skinks smaller snake South Australia South Wales southern species swallowed tadpoles tail Tasmania Tasmanian tiger teeth tiger toes tortoises tree turtle victim Victoria wallabies Western Australia whale wings wombats young youngsters