The Kangaroo Meets the Cook Expedition.

Posted by gail in Animal, Arts & Crafts on May 2, 2007 at 8:55 pm


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“The kangaroo," writes Richard Waller, "was first discovered in Australia by Captain Cook. He brought back its skin and asked painter George Stubbs to make a picture from it. He inflated the skin, and this is the finished picture at Parham House." The rest of the kangaroo was eaten by the expedition, with relish.


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7 comments to "The Kangaroo Meets the Cook Expedition."

  1. Jon
    May 3rd, 2007 at 6:32 am

    Great story!

  2. Ross
    May 3rd, 2007 at 7:54 am

    Mmm, kangaroo with relish!

  3. gail
    May 3rd, 2007 at 8:24 am

    Or possibly a nice mango chutney.

  4. ocky
    May 3rd, 2007 at 6:38 pm

    Actually, the kangaroo was not 'discovered' by Cook. It was already well known by the local residents at the time of Cook's arrival in 1770. The story goes that Cook pointed at one of the strange beasts and asked an Aborigine, "What do you call that?" The man replied: "Kangaroo." It was later learnt that in the local dialect, "kangaroo" means "What you talkin' about, white man?". Or something like that.

  5. gail
    May 3rd, 2007 at 7:29 pm

    "the kangaroo was not ‘discovered’ by Cook. It was already well known by the local residents at the time of Cook’s arrival in 1770."

    Well, duh!

  6. gail
    May 3rd, 2007 at 7:32 pm

    That's like, if somebody said "I discovered a great new restaurant," and somebody else said, "No you didn't. The owners already knew where it was." It's two different uses of the word.

  7. Nathan B.
    May 4th, 2007 at 12:33 pm

    ocky: Misinformation will be your doom.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo#Terminology


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