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Today is the 100th anniversary of the death of Mary Roberts, who founded Beaumaris Zoo in #Hobart in 1895. It is famous for its collection of #thylacines, and the site of the earliest known film
of a #thylacine, from 1911. Watch here:
https://t.co/9jbfRH9ZC7

On this day in 1845, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror set sail from Greenhithe in Kent, with a mission to find the Northwest Passage. With 132 men under the command of Sir John Franklin, it was the best supplied expedition ever. None returned.

On this day in 1758, Clara the Indian #rhino died at the Horse and Groom pub in Lambeth, after spending 17 years touring Europe. In that time she was seen by many famous naturalists and artists, and many important descriptions and depictions of #rhinos were based on her.

According to John Gould's Mammals of Australia (1863), early colonists primarily came to know feathertail gliders - the world's smallest gliding mammal - because they often crawled out of branches that were thrown on travellers' fires. #Marsupials #WildOz https://t.co/Jlbfm4IvMh

Two exciting #MuseumsJobs are available at @SedgwickMuseum! Good museum jobs are as rare as hens' teeth, which the Sedgwick almost certainly has fossils of in their collections. 🐔🦷 #MuseumJob https://t.co/pzd6S3NB7p

John Gould died #OTD in 1881. He did as much as anyone to popularise Australian mammals. The artworks - by HC Richter - in his books remain among the most used images of several extinct species today, including #thylacine, oolacunta, crescent nailtail wallabies and rabbit-rats.

The European colonisation of Australia generated massive interest in Australian wildlife...
Meet the giant wolf-headed, dinosaur-footed, baby-feeding kangaroo. (By Vincent Woodthorpe in 1802, held at @nma). #kangaroo #WildOz