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For this reason, biological warfare against rabbits in Australia is a serious concern for conservation activities in other parts of the world. [42] The cost of rabbit vaccination substantially raises the cost of rabbit meat in Australia; from 2004 to 2014, the number of farms dropped from 80 to 4, and the meat has become a rarity. [43]
Thomas Austin (1815 – 15 December 1871) was an English settler in Australia who is generally noted for the introduction of rabbits into Australia in 1859, even though rabbits had been brought previously to Australia by the First Fleet in 1788.
Rabbits were introduced to Australia with the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. [2] A population of 24 rabbits were released near Geelong in 1859 to be hunted for sport. The native quolls predated upon rabbits [3] and prior to 1870, many accounts recorded quolls impeding their establishment on the mainland while island colonies thrived. [4]
Rabbits in Australia and New Zealand are considered to be such a pest that landowners are legally obliged to control them. [149] [150] Rabbits are known to be able to catch fire and spread wildfires, but the efficiency and relevance of this method has been doubted by forest experts who contend that a rabbit on fire could move some meters.
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Though rabbits were first introduced to Australia in 1788 with the arrival of the First Fleet, [88] the most significant population explosion occurred later on in the 19th century. Twenty-four specimens of the European rabbit were introduced to Australia in 1859 by estate owner Thomas Austin in Victoria . [ 108 ]
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Macrotis is a genus of desert-dwelling marsupial omnivores known as bilbies or rabbit-bandicoots; [3] they are members of the order Peramelemorphia. At the time of European colonisation of Australia , there were two species.