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made a public call for the bat colony to be "moved away", because "people and bats don't mix" following the outbreak
Coronavirus in Australia. The scientific basis for this claim remains unclear. In response, one of Australia's leading bat experts described calls for the colony to be relocated or
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in 1986 but were relocated to the more natural setting of Yarra Bend Park in 2003. The population is nomadic and migratory and varies in size from 3000 (winter) to 30,000 (summer). The protected bats pollinate and disperse the seeds of native trees. The colony roosts in native hardwoods and can
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was established along Yarra Bend Road, Fairfield. Later simply known as "Fairfield
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There are a number of sports grounds including the Corben Oval, W.T. Long Oval, Sir
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