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Description: A brownish coloured turtle identified by the Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery curator as a Green turtle, called a Hawksbill, a sub adult of the species.This species is common in the warm waters of the Great Barrier Reef but every year or so one or two are sighted in Furneaux Group waters, probably having come south with the warm East Australian current. Format: realia Object: turtles Titles: Hawksbill Turtle Subjects: turtles Places: Furneaux Group, Tasmania Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. Object number: FHR_00584 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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