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'Since the beginnings of settler occupation in Australia, the kangaroo has been claimed at once as a national symbol and as a type of vermin to be destroyed en masse. In Kate Clere McIntyre and Michael McIntyre’s recent award-winning film, Kangaroo: A Love Hate Story, Sydney academic Peter Chen sums up this stark contradiction: “Kangaroos are wonderful, fuzzy, they’re maternal, and they’re also a pest that should be eliminated wholesale”.' (Introduction)
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https://theconversation.com/amp/friday-essay-the-art-of-the-colonial-kangaroo-hunt-102169
The Art of the Colonial Kangaroo Hunt
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- Dot and the Kangaroo 1899 single work children's fiction
- Colonial Hunt 1805 single work poetry
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