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3 unusual facts about Rawnsley's Bowerbird


Rawnsley

Rawnsley's Bowerbird, rare intergeneric hybrid between the Satin Bowerbird and Regent Bowerbird

Rawnsley's Bowerbird

It was described and illustrated (as Ptilonorhynchus rawnsleyi) in the same year by Silvester Diggles in Part 15 of his three-volume work The Ornithology of Australia.

The specimen disappeared prior to 1950 and a second example was not recorded until sightings and photographic evidence of another bird were obtained in November 2003 and January 2004 at Beechmont, South East Queensland, adjacent to the Lamington National Park.


National Operatic and Dramatic Association

Its publishing department, NODA Pantomimes, offers over 100 scripts by such popular authors as Leonard Caddy, Peter Denyer, Stephen Duckham, Ron Hall, Peter Long & Keith Rawnsley, Robert Marlowe,Geoffrey Rundle & Keith Marsden, John Morley and David Swan, and other publications including The Slipper and the Rose, a musical based on the film of the same name, and practical guides for performers and directors.

Rawnsley

Hardwicke Rawnsley (1851-1920), English clergyman, poet, writer of hymns and conservationist

Brenda Rawnsley (1916-2007), British arts campaigner and arts education activist

Sanford's Bowerbird

Some authorities considered the Sanford's Bowerbird as a subspecies of the Archbold's Bowerbird.

Spilsby branch

Construction of the railway began in March 1867 with the ceremonial cutting of the first turf performed by local rector, the Reverend Rawnsley who was standing in for the railway company's chairman Lord Willoughby de Eresby.

Wilpena Pound

The area has given its name to the Wilpena Group of sedimentary rocks making up the younger sediments of the geosyncline, and names of further subdivisions also originate from the area: particularly the Pound Subgroup, made up of Rawnsley Quartzite and Bonney Sandstone.


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