Let us follow _____ _________ __ how rabbits were__________ into Australia. ___________
rabbits ____________ ______________with the first European____________ ___ ________and
repeated introductions followed. ____ ______ ________ _______rabbits were being kept
in________ ___________ _________________ and had been liberated _________ _________.
All the early __________ ______________either died out____ ____________ ________.
No one knows why.___ ______________ ________, ________, the brig HMS Lightning
__________ _____ _________ with about a dozen ______ _____________ _________bound
for an estate. _____ ____________ ___________. Within three years, __________ _____
_________________ ___ ________ after a bush fire ___________ ______ _________
enclosing one colony. _______ ____ _______ ______ ____ _______ the colonization picked up
speed___________ ___ _________, and by 1900 _____ __________ ___________had spread
1000 miles ___ ______ _________ _______ ______, changing the _______ _________ ____
nature____ _______________ ___________.
____ ____ __________the story of ____ ____________ _______introduced___________
_______________. European __________reached Australia____________ ____ ____________
_________________ settlers in 1788, ___ _______________ ________________ ___________.
By the early 1800's, ___________ ___________ _________ ________ ___every large settlement
____ _____ _______ _________many times._____ _____ __________ rabbit introductions
__________ ____________ _____, or remained localized. ____ _______ _________ _______.
On Christmas Day, 1859, ____ _______ _____ ________arrived at Melbourne ______ _______
____ ____________wild European rabbits____________ ______ ___ _______ in western
Victoria. ___________ _________ __________ rabbits had started to spread__________ ____
________ ______ destroyed the fences ____________ ______ _________. From a slow spread
at first, _____ _____________ ___________ ___ ________ during the 1870s, ___ ____ ______
________the European rabbit _____ _______ ________ ________ to the north and west,
_________ _____entire economy of __________ in southeastern Australia.