Mutton bird

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(Zool.)

the Australian short-tailed petrel (Nectris brevicaudus).

See also: Mutton

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Later, the camp had a Jungle Thanksgiving Dinner of mutton bird, spatchcock and beer.

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Testifying to the extent of literacy and its centrality in the daily life of southern Kai Tahu by the turn of the twentieth century, Tini explained that after she arrived at The Neck she wrote to her 'mother and all the dear ones that I had left behind, to tell them of my safe arrival, and then settled down to hard work, and hard work it was, preparing for the mutton bird island'.

Kai Tahu writing and cross-cultural communication

We used to cook a mutton bird for each tourist on the tour,' said Hank Horton, owner of Jahadi Indigenous Tours in northwest Tasmania.

Venturing out in dreamtime business: aboriginal communities are embracing the opportunities presented by the new international interest in cultural tourism. But can Aboriginal people maintain a viable tourism product while protecting their cultural independence and the sensitive ecosystems that exist in their homelands?

Being on Ngai Tahu soil during the mutton bird and oyster seasons also meant the catering was superb.

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Geoff 'Hagar' Barter is credited as the inventor of that 'famous' drink for sailors -- the Mutton Bird Repellent.

Hobart's heroes: Yachtsman John 'The Fish' Bennetto is poised to have logged the most Sydney to Hobart races when he skippers his 47-footer, Mirrabooka, in the 57th annual bluewater classic

The story of an English naturalist who spent three summers on small islands around Tasmania helping with research into the mutton bird industry.

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m o " Later the camp had a Jungle Thanksgiving Dinner of mutton bird, spatchcock, and a bottle of beer

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The two remaining races will be conducted off Coffs Harbour and will start near Mutton Bird Island on January 5 and 6, 2001.

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Serventy explored the effects of regular harvesting by Aborigines on the Tasmanian mutton bird population in the Furneaux Islands in Bass Strait.

Fields of discovery: the CSIRO's long history of environmental research is brought to life in a new book, Fields of Discovery. In this extract, author Brad Collis introduces some early heroes of environmental science

But the Mutton bird is pretty cool and is sort of mini albatross.

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On Chappel Island there is very little food and only when the mutton bird is resident do the snakes get to eat.

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New Zealand's Mutton Birds famously flew 1,200 miles to play a gig at the Flapper & Firkin, as it was previously known.