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Issue Details: First known date: 1901... 1901 The Black Bream of Australia
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Becke describes the variety of fish to be found at 'Mosman's Bay' in the 1870s, before Mosman became closely populated. He describes a method of catching the wary black bream, which he says he and his brothers were taught by Aboriginal people on the north coast of New South Wales.

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First known date: 1901
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  • Mosman, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • ca. 1875
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