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Rabbit plagues in Australia

European rabbits in Australia 2004
Load of over 3,800 rabbits at Mudgee caught during 1919 plague
Rabbits around a waterhole at the myxomatosis trial enclosure on Wardang Island in 1938
Boy with rabbits caught during plague in 1949 near Kerang
Rabbits in Warren, New South Wales during a plague in 1949
Releasing the Myxoma virus for Rabbits c. 1937
Wild rabbit in Australia
The Rabbit-Proof Fence Australia in 2006

Rabbit plagues in Australia have occurred several times throughout parts of Australia since wild European rabbits were introduced by European colonists.[1]

  1. ^ "Myxomatosis to control rabbits". CSIROpedia. CSIRO. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

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