On a wall in Telopea Park School, said to be the oldest school in Canberra, facing a play ground, is a series of 4 large and spectacular bird images. Each bears the name of what I assume is a school house, and what I
take to be an aboriginal name for the bird. The birds are Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Emu, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo and Crimson Rosella. The name on the YTBC is ‘Gang-gang’. This raises a question whether the mascot of Farrer House (if I remember that
name) is a Gang-gang, in which case they have the wrong picture, or a YTBC, in which case they have the wrong name. Or I might be quite wrong about this. Perhaps the school has a source of information that correctly aligns name and picture, and staff and
students are well aware of this. In that case, it is only the naïve passer-by who is likely to be misled. Perhaps someone with a connection with the school can clarify this.
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