Australian and New Zealand Gardening: TEA ROOM # 28, 1 by Stake

Stake wrote:
G'Day Leeflea,
I noticed back some months ago you asked for some pictures of the Australian animals. These are photos of the Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat which is now the Faunal emblem of Sth Aust. Back in the late 1960s it was feared by some people that this sub species was in danger of extinction because of overgrazing and drought.
So some of us volunteered to take some of them while funds were raised and a reserve purchased and when the drought broke the animals were to be returned to the reserve. The reserve was established and when the feed returned it was found that sufficient animals had survived that we did not need to return our animals if we wanted to keep them and keep a diary with the information being returned to the then Flora & Fauna Dept. We successfully bred these animals and the photos are of the Mother, Father and Young. I hope these photos are clear enough for you to see, the bottom left photo is of a young in its mother's pouch. Because these are a burrowing marsupial their pouch faces backwards not forwards or up like the Kangsroos etc.