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Kookaburra Sport Pty Ltd (or simply Kookaburra) is an Australian sports equipment and apparel company based in Melbourne, Australia. The company was founded in 1890 and specialises in manufacturing various equipment used for Australian rules football , cricket , and field hockey .
The opening theme from ABC was the basis for a children's book by Brooke Nicholls titled Jacko, the Broadcasting Kookaburra — His Life and Adventures. [16] [15] In William Arden's 1969 book, The Mystery of the Laughing Shadow (one of the Three Investigators series for young readers), the laughing kookaburra is integral to the plot. [17]
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the kookaburra coin, the 2015 coin features the same image of the kookaburra as the original 1990 coin. To differentiate the 1990 and 2015 coins, the date on the reverse reads "1990-2015" and 2015 has been added to the obverse. The 2015 coin had a release date of September 1, 2014. [1]
'The Beast' The Kookaburra Beast is a line of cricket bats manufactured by the Australian company Kookaburra Sport.This bat is popular with many international players, however after a decision in February 2006, the graphite backed model has been banned by the Marylebone Cricket Club in international test matches due to a speculation that the bat's graphite backing unlawfully strengthens the ...
Formerly considered the sole representative of the genus Clytoceyx, a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2017 found that the shovel-billed kookaburra nested with the kookaburras in the genus Dacelo. [3] It was reclassified into Dacelo by the International Ornithological Congress in 2023. [4] The shovel-billed kookaburra is endemic to New ...
Wham-O Inc. is an American toy company based in Carson, California, United States.It is known for creating and marketing many popular toys for nearly 70 years, including the Hula hoop, Frisbee, Slip 'N Slide, Super Ball, Trac-Ball, Silly String, Hacky sack, Wham-O Bird Ornithopter and Boogie Board, [1] many of which have become genericized trademarks.
Montgomery, in an effort repeated in numerous products, sourced the cloth components and oversaw their manufacture. At the New York Bicycle Show the team received requests from bike dealers who wanted to buy the bags. [citation needed] In less than six months Cannondale became the world's largest manufacturer of lightweight bicycle bags. Using ...
Blue Winged kookaburra - Berry Springs - Northern Territory - Australia. The blue-winged kookaburra was first collected by Sir Joseph Banks in 1770, but was initially overlooked and confused with the laughing kookaburra, and was finally officially described by Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1826, its specific name commemorating British zoologist William Elford Leach. [2]