1882 - Victoria Express, Gorilla Shot
Public AYR report page for 1882 - Victoria Express, Gorilla Shot. Location cue from public page title/path: Victoria, Victoria. Body excerpt retained for review: Elliott Brockman has shot a gorilla, at the Augusta, and another of these anthropoid apes has been seen. Such is the rumour, which adds,…
- Record ID
- 677
- Year
- 1,882
- Source
- Australian Yowie Research
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 677
- Source
- Australian Yowie Research
- Publication
- Australian Yowie Research
- Published
- 26 April, 1882
- Narrative type
- Hairy Humanoid and Wild-Person Accounts
- Public-text label
- Yowie
- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
- Location
- Victoria (VIC): medium
- State or territory
- VIC
- Source voice
- Public Report Archive
- Publicness
- Public Heritage Page
Source-grounded excerpt
Public AYR report page for 1882 - Victoria Express, Gorilla Shot. Location cue from public page title/path: Victoria, Victoria. Body excerpt retained for review: Elliott Brockman has shot a gorilla, at the Augusta, and another of these anthropoid apes has been seen. Such is the rumour, which adds, that the height of the slain individual is no less than 8ft. 6in.
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