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Hoary-headed Grebe introduced to Australia

To: "Jeremy O'Wheel" <>
Subject: Hoary-headed Grebe introduced to Australia
From: Dave Torr <>
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 15:47:09 +1100
Funny how some people prefer a sentence to sound better rather than be
accurate!

On 2 February 2013 15:05, Jeremy O'Wheel <> wrote:

> Hi Steve, the edit history shows that until the 9th of November the article
> read; "The 'Hoary-headed Grebe (''Poliocephalus poliocephalus'') is a
> member of the grebe family found in Australia and, since 1975, New Zealand,
> where it is scarce."  However on the 9th of November an anonymous editor
> changed the sentence to what you've posted because; "It was merely a
> restructuring of a sentence to sound better."  I am now reverting the page
> to before that edit.
>
> Jeremy
>
>
> On 2 February 2013 14:57, Steve <> wrote:
>
> > G'day all
> >
> > I just read the Wikipedia entry for HHGrebe.
> >
> > Hoary-headed Grebe
> >
> > From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
> > The Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus) is a member of the
> > grebe family introduced in 1975 to Australia and to New Zealand, where it
> > is scarce.
> >
> >
> > So my question is "From where was it introduced?"
> >
> > Cheers
> > Steve
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