#EasternQuoll

[newsbites]

News from Australia, 9 July

Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney has signalled the four key priorities for the Voice to parliament she outlined will not be enshrined in legislation and will be “based on trust” instead.

2. Protesters in Darwin are attempting to prevent the movement of a powerful on-shore drilling rig to the Beetaloo Basin, highlighting concerns about the environmental impact of fracking.

The Beetaloo Basin is a highly energy resource-rich area, with an estimated 500 trillion cubic feet of gas, but the use of shale fracking in the region is yet to be trialled.

Despite the recent lifting of a five-year moratorium on fracking in the Northern Territory, environmental, Indigenous, and farming groups remain worried about the potential consequences, particularly on groundwater reserves.

3. Conservation groups and traditional owner groups have reintroduced the eastern quoll, a previously-extinct marsupial, to western Victoria. The marsupial, which is only found in the wild in Tasmania, became extinct on the Australian mainland in the 1960s.

Scientists released seven quolls onto a sheep station in Dundonnell last year and dozens more have been reintroduced to regional NSW. This week, the Eastern Maar people helped bring another 12 quolls to the area. The reintroduction process took place during NAIDOC week, a time to recognize the significance of First Nations people and cultures. The hope is that this project will lead to the survival of the quoll on the mainland.

[vkosowski]

"Have you seen any others like my friend?" the little quoll asked the birds. The clearing filled with concerned chatter and sideways glances. They had not.

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As a child, I used to regularly check out a VHS from the library called "Wild Australia" which featured archival footage of the now extinct thylacine (commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf). I was moved by the loneliness of a pacing striped creature with sorrowful eyes, the last known member of its kind, preserved in the zoo with no hope of its species' survival.

That image stuck with me. For my latest portfolio project, I plan to tell a story about a young thylacine who gets separated from her mother and goes on a journey to try to find her with the help of her friend, an Eastern quoll. I'm looking forward to sharing paintings, designs and characters from this project with you as it progresses!

[petecromer]

So happy to share with you the new collaboration I created with @erstwilder This 25-piece collection features an assortment of Australian wildlife, my dog Lucé and a couple of other gems. I hope you all enjoy these resin brooches and thank you all for the amazing support. Launches 12:30PM AEDT Tuesday March 9th. Available online at www.petecromer.com www.erstwilder.com and all through their amazing stockists. #resin #brooches #erstwilder #fairywren #wombat #bunny #cockatiel #easternquoll #fox #ganggang #majormitchell #azurekingfisher #frenchbulldog #petecromer https://www.instagram.com/p/CMJkdxThdxr/?igshid=1903irykxkyuu

[wheresmypencil]

Day 269 - Eastern Quoll - Watercolor & Ink

[histsciart]

Eastern Quolls. #SciArt by Henry Constantine Richter and John Gould for Gould's Mammals of Australia, Vol. 1 (1863). In @biodivlibrary via @silibraries: http://ow.ly/gUnf30bAm1G ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #EasternQuolls #Quolls #Australia #WildOz #Marsupials #Mammals #HistSciArt #HistoricalSciArt #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #Science #Art

[utasmania]

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クソーッ 逃がした魚（=#ウォンバット）はデカい！と悔しがる姿が愛らしい、肉食のイースタン・クオル。 #Tasmania #discovertasmania #ユータスマニア #動物 #タスマニア #有袋類 #easternquoll

[ekelsobarrow]

#Repost @tasmania with @repostapp. ・・・ One of the latest - and cutest - additions to the @bonorongwildlifesanctuary nursery: a baby Eastern quoll photographed by @bernadette.camus. Now considered extinct on the Australian mainland, Eastern quolls are common across Tasmania. They're largely nocturnal, and only occasionally forage or bask during daylight. During the day they sleep in nests made under rocks in underground burrows or fallen logs. Hmmm sleeping during the day... sounds perfect to us! Thanks for tagging #discovertasmania, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary. #easternquoll #wildlife #seeaustralia

[thekid1991]

These marsupials are bloody cute. #easternquoll #spottedeasternquoll #tasmanpeninsula #tasmania #tassieanimals #marsupial #arthurhighway (at Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park, Tasmania, Australia)

[vkosowski]

The line art for last week's painting!

[petecromer]

Nine new Australian animal artworks. Most of the originals have sold, but they are all available as fine art prints online. www.petecromer.com #numbat #tasmaniandevil #flyingfox #quokka #wombat #easternquoll #quoll #platypus #sugarglider #echidna #australian #art #artwork #collage #colour #petecromer https://www.instagram.com/p/B_t9vESB1lU/?igshid=1nqpyorowqz3d