Made up from whole cloth, Lia, perhaps to provide something under the heading ‘Things to see and do in Meningie’
https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/meningie-sa
The NLA’s Trove and other usual sources have no mention of an ostrich-riding Peggotty, What Trove does have is evidence that Meningie was notably law-abiding at the time, so perhaps
boredom gave rise to the story –
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Subject: [Canberrabirds] Odd story
Has anyone ever heard this bird story before? My sister has sent me this photograph.
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