Can a bird be an illegal immigrant? How the White Australia era influenced attitudes to the bulbul
- Written by Simon Farley, Assistant Lecturer, History, The University of Melbourne
The Conversation, CC BY-NC-SAIn early January, authorities from South Australia’s Department of Primary Industries took to the streets of Adelaide on the hunt for a suspicious individual.
This individual had been spotted several times in the preceding weeks: they had red cheeks, brown wings and a black crest. It was a red-whiskered bulbul &mda...





