Koala Woman Says

All Commonwealth politicians take note: When the next foreign dignitary visits and is given a Koala to cuddle, you can tell them that our nation’s capital’s koalas are extinct. Land clearing first started in the 1820s, and any remaining good-quality bush was later cleared and replaced by pine plantations. I would like to know how many Koalas were shot for fur in the 1920s in this region. I suspect the populations have never recovered from that slaughter.

The last confirmed sighting was in 1992 near the Molonglo Gorge, probably a stray from a small population near Queanbeyan. This is a long way from population recovery though!

Will she Act or Axe?