Crocodile enclosure at Mount St John Zoo, 1940s. St John Robinson was able to observe crocodiles building their nests in this enclosure.

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Crocodile feeding at Mount St John Zoo, 1957. Crowds at the Mount St John Zoo had a close-up view of crocodile feeding time.

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The Fryer sisters used a boat to retrieve a clutch of crocodile eggs from a nest in the centre of the lagoon at Mount St John Zoo.

Compulsory feeding of crocodile at Taronga Park Zoo, 1934.

The Mount St John Zoo was a popular attraction in the Townsville region in the 1930s-40s, widely acclaimed as the largest privately-owned zoological garden in Australia.

Edward River Mission (now Pormpuraaw) crocodile farm, 1990. Slides by Marie Hayes. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland

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Crocodile caught near the punt on the Normanton River, trapped by the local police sergeant, Normanton, 1973. Slide by John Hindmarsh.

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Crocodile hunting, North Queensland, postcard. Murray Views Collection, Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland

Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland

Crocodile sunbaking on the Daintree River, postcard. Murray Views Collection, Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland

Rene Henri, founder of the Australian Crocodile Shooters’ Club, also wrote a children’s book featuring crocodile hunting.

Collection of Museum Victoria

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