THE FASTIDIOUS KOALA insists on special gum leaves for his meals. Both he and the gum leaves are growing scarce in Victoria, so in an attempt to give the koala plenty to cat, a number of schoolboys are giving up football on Saturday mornings to tend 500 gums they are raising from seed at the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Thu 11 May 1939, Page 7
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