Hi List, I am reflecting on the subject of Rabbits. In my shed is the Poison cart operated by the Briagolong Rabbit Suppression League. Knowing what is was, I bought it at auction about five years ago to preserve it. I have just acquired, on loan, the minutes of that League, 1919-1923. The final entry is: "The meeting then closed at a late hour and the secretary was glad to get home and go to bed". Rabbits have always fascinated me (I have to admit that I am the daughter of a professional rabbit trapper), as have the politics of their spread. Rabbits crossed the Divide into Gippsland in 1896. Maffra and Avon Shires were still at each others' necks after the split 25 years before, and wouldn't co-operate on suppression. The Gippsland Rabbit Suppression League was therefore totally ineffective, could not agree on anything (even if there were rabbits there, in some cases) and was disbanded in September 1902. No-one on the flats around Stratford would believe that rabbits were in the Avon Shire, until one of the councillors slapped one down on the desk in front of the Shire President at a council meeting in 1903. Anyone got any family rabbit stories???? I talk every two months on the local ABC, and am running out of topics. Rabbits sound like a great subject for the end of November. Cheers Linda Barraclough Briagolong List Owner: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND email: kapana@netspace.net.au http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/