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Title The rabbit in Australia / produced by the CSIRO Film and Video Centre
Published Melbourne : CSIRO, 1979
(2011)

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'BOOL  599.3220994 Csi/Ria 2011  AVAILABLE
Description 1 videodisc (DVD) (23 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Summary "This film traces the hostory of the rabbit from its evolutionary home in the Mediterranean through to its introduction into AUstralia as a source of food and sport and as a reminder of the English countryside. The rabbit population ex[plosion began abouut 1860. and within 30 years rabit numbers had reached plague proportions over large parts ofsouthern Australia. The long battle to control the rabbit had begun."
Gives an insight into the research done in Australia to try to control the rabbit population. Shows some methods of eliminating them including the use of myxomatosis
Notes DVD. Region unspecified
Available to Deakin University staff and students only
Subject Rabbits -- Control -- Australia.
Genre/Form Video recordings.
Author Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia). Film and Video Centre