The little Aussie bird that STOLE THE WORLD’S HEART
Apr 30, 2020
2 minutes
PHOTOS: SUPPLIED; KYLIE GOLDSACK; CECIL STOUGHTON, WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHS, JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
In April 1840, a pair of tiny native Australian birds boarded a ship in Sydney’s Darling Harbour, bound for England.
The budgies were part of a huge cargo of dead, or soon-to-be-dead
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