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Quando, nel 1979, la jilleroo Louise Dunn (nata Friis) scoprì i resti di un cranio animale sulle rive del Cox Creek, scavando vicino a Coonabarabran, nella parte settentrionale del Nuovo Galles del Sud, la giovane pensò di aver rinvenuto un reperto storico dell’agricoltura australiana: i resti di un bue risalenti ai tempi in cui le bestie aggiogate trascinavano verso le segherie i tronchi d’albero sulle pianure di terra nera1.
Conversazione con Louise Dunn, gennaio 2005. Il termine jilleroo designa l’apprendista di sesso femminile negli allevamenti di bestiame dell’outback.
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Tuniz, C., Gillespie, R., Jones, C. (2010). Frank, il diprotodonte. In: I lettori di ossa. I blu. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1198-4_8
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