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Yowie / Bigfoot
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Date: July 29, 1890
Page Number: 4
With regard to the reported discovery of a new species of lizard near Cootamundra by Mr. J. M'Cooey, that gentleman writes as follow:—
"Since my last letter was penned to the Herald, I have been supplied by the acting-curator of the Australian Museum (Mr. R. Etheridge, jun.) with Mr. Ogilby's description of Ablepharus boulengeri, and find that he has duly credited me with the honour of the discovery of the lizard referred to, Mr. Ogilby concludes his accurate and admirable description with the following paragraph, via:— 'The beautiful lizard described above is another of Mr. M'Coooy's discoveries at Brawlin. I have taken the liberty of dedicating the species to Mr. Boulenger, as a slight recognition of the impetus which he has given to herpetological science by formulating a definite method for the description of the species belonging to this interesting sub-order.'"
Robert Etheridge Jnr, Curator and Director 1895–1920
South-eastern morethia skink
Morethia boulengeri - (Ogilby, 1890)
Other names: Ablepharus boulengeri
George Albert Boulenger FRS
(19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Date: August 8, 1890
Page Number: 6
LAND SELECTION BY BALLOT.
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Date: August 15, 1890
Page Number: 3
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Date: September 5, 1890
Page Number: 7
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Date: October 10, 1890
Page Number: 6
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Date: November 8, 1890
Page Number: 4
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Date: January 9, 1891
Page Number: 3
SWALLOWS AT COOTAMUNDRA.
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Date: January 9, 1891
Page Number: 7
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If the swallows were about in tens of millions, the droppings from such an enormous
gathering of birds will have enriched the ground by way of manure that in the near future will be of great benefit to grass, &c.
JAMES S. BRAY.
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On the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of this month the district around Cootamundra was literally alive with swallows. These strange, noisy, twittering visitors crowded upon trees and fences and swarmed around dams and upon roadways in countless millions. To attempt to approximate the number that occupied one square acre would be an egregious act of folly
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Date: February 7, 1891
Page Number: 10
THE DEATH ADDER AND OTHER AUSTRALIAN SNAKES.
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Date: February 19, 1891
Page Number: 3
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Outside of scientific circles it is absolutely undeniable that a vague, unhallowed species of superstitious dread seems to attach to the death adder, and when death has followed its bite, fright, and not snake poisoning, has in all human probability in the majority of instances been the cause. The idea of a venomous snake having a venomous deadly sting in its tail is an outrage on every law of nature, yet the diseased, dread-stricken, irrational, and superstitious fancy of the Australian bushman has armed the death adder with precisely this kind of weapon, and no amount of argument will even to this day rid his mind of this singularly irrational and unnatural fancy.
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Date: February 23, 1891
Page Number: 6
Mr. Henry James M'Cooey captured alive this evening in the Cowra Hospital grounds a well-marked specimen of M 'Cooey's lizard, Lygosoma
Maccooeyi. This beautiful little lizard was discovered at Brawlin, near Cootamundra, in November, 1889, by Mr. M'Cooey, and was named
after him by Dr. Ramsay and Mr. Ogilby. Cowra is 90 miles from Brawlin, which shows that the reptile is somewhat widely distributed.
It has been traced as far south as Gundagai and Weejasper.
Records of The Australian Museum 1:8-9 (1890)
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Date: February 26, 1891
Page Number: 8
BLAYNEY, WEDNESDAY.
At Cowra station shortly before the departure of the 10.40 mixed passenger train from Harden to Blayney, a large venomous brown snake appeared near the platform. Amongst the passengers was Mr. Henry James M'Cooey, who immediately placed a crowbar on the snake's neck, stooped down and caught it by the neck and walked back to the platform. Mr. M'Cooey proceeded by train, taking the snake with him.
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Date: April 10, 1891
Page Number: 3
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Date: June 5, 1891
Page Number: 6
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Date: July 13, 1891
Page Number: 5
