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Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
Historic koala refuge founded amid a mass cull, now home to around eighty native Australian species.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane centers on Claude Reid, a returned Gallipoli soldier who opened the refuge in nineteen twenty-seven with two rescued koalas, Jack and Jill. It sets his small act of care against the mass shooting season Queensland had just declared, when hundreds of thousands of koalas were killed for their fur. You will hear how the site got its name, and how a visit from an American general's wife during the second world war put it on the map.
This audio guide was created using AI.