A series furthering my inquiry into Australian History, after my Golden Age [link] series.

**Please note** this has nothing to do with YIFF or Furries or anything like that. Rather I've been inspired by Beatrix Potter, Australian Cultural and Environmental History, and Victorian era Antrhopology, and a dash of Joel-Peter Witkin.

The small size of the image is intentional.

The rise of white Australia saw the decline of many native species. The Zosterops albogularis or White-chested White-Eye was declared extinct in 2000.

"The White-chested White-eye (Zosterops albogularis) also known as White-breasted White-eye or Norfolk White-eye is a passerine from the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to Norfolk Island between New Caledonia and New Zealand and it is regarded as one of the rarest birds in the world. Since 2000 the Australian government has considered the species extinct on Norfolk Island.

The largest threats are habitat destruction and invasive species. The decline of the White-chested White-eye began as the introduced Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) became naturalized on Norfolk Island. It displaced the White-chested White-eye from its breeding range. From the 1940s rats destroyed the nests and clearing of the forests led to a severe decline in the population to only 50 individuals in 1962. In 1986 the Norfolk Island National Park was established to save this bird from extinction, but because of the fluctuation of this species, surveys often remained unsuccessful. In 1978 only four individuals where monitored, a sighting in 2000 resulted in one individual; bird watchers claimed to have seen the bird in 2005, however official surveys have not recorded the species since 1980. A predator-exclusion fence was built around the last remained habitat in the Norfolk Island National Park." from Wikipedia

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