Cape Barren goose
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The Cape Barren goose, sometimes also known as the pig goose, is a species of goose endemic to southern Australia. It is a distinctive large, grey bird that is mostly terrestrial and is not closely re
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Nest with eggs, Cleland Wildlife Park
Gosling, Phillip Island
Juvenile, Maria Island
Cape Barren Island
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Cape Barren Island, officially truwana / Cape Barren Island, is a 478-square-kilometre island in Bass Strait, off the north-east coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is the second-largest island of the Fu
Cape Barren goose
…Cape Barren goose" was first ascribed to this species by shipwreck survivors in 1797. When Sydney Cove was wrecked off Preservation Island, south of Cape Barren Island, the sailors who survived the wreck used the geese as one of few sources of food on the island, and named it after Cape Barren, which was the name of…
Cape Barren Island (centre) from space, January 1997
The settlement on Cape Barren Island, 2009