Lyall Gillespie's wonderful 1992 book on the history of a part of the Canberra region,
Ginninderra, forerunner to Canberra: a history of the Ginninderra district (Canberra Local History Series, the author, Campbell, A.C.T.) includes a chapter on the impacts of settlement on the native wildlife. He mentions the Apostlebird and Grey-crowned
Babbler:
The grey-crowned babbler or apostle bird, which could be seen in significant numbers at the Village of Hall up to the 1930s, seems to have gone.
Steve Wilson's book mentions both species. He does not mention any babblers from Hall, but states, re the Apostlebird, that 'There is only one record from the ACT, that of Lamm and White (1950) who recorded that a flock of six was reported from Hall in the
summer of 1948' (p. 68).
Interesting - David
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