----- Captain Wilson reported seeing traces of Fox close to his house at Letts Beach (now Golden Beach on 90 mile beach), and a camper at Prospect (on the Ninety Mile Beach) in 1894 whilst out shooting wallabies near Lake Reeve reported surprising an animal described as a fox. In 1901 they were on the Romawi property near Lake Victoria (Wattle Point area) where A.L.Evans reported losing 30 lambs. Also at Maffra and Sale. On Rigby Island Henry McMahon remembered that there were few foxes when his family lived there between 1899 and 1909. Henry believed that the farm dogs chased them away but later he thought that the fox was responsible for wiping out the Bandicoot population of Rigby Island. The fox arrived on Sperm Whale Head / PointWilson area about 1912. -----Original Message----- From: Linda Barraclough [mailto:kapana@netspace.net.au] Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 8:33 PM To: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AVG] pademelons It is thought their >decline/disappearance is related to the arrival of the fox. Foxes do not >occur in Tasmania where pademelons are still common. >[Linda, perhaps we need to look at the arrival dates of the fox?] Now, of that I have no idea. Can anyone help???? Linda Barraclough Briagolong List Owner: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND email: kapana@netspace.net.au http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ ______________________________