From value to vermin: A history of the donkey in Australia

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 388-396

  Bough, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian history; Domestic and feral animals; Donkeys; Judas donkeys; Transport Draught animals and their drivers; Victoria river district and the kimberley

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ETHICS; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; MAMMAL; RESEARCH WORK;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 36448997417     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/az.2006.013     Document Type: Review

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