native bear
Britishnoun
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The native bear is in evidence throughout Eastern Australia, from Queensland to Victoria.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The native bear, as a marsupial sloth is termed, is the most innocent-looking of animals, and the most harmless, feeding on the leaves of the gum.
From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard
On the ninth day they shot a native bear, which afforded a sumptuous repast, and gave them strength to travel two days longer.
From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.
Balcun however means native bear according to Mathew126.
From Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia by Thomas, Northcote Whitridge
What's this?" exclaimed the trooper—"an infant, I declare;" Said Morgan, "'Tis the carcase of an old man native bear.
From Saltbush Bill, J. P. by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)
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