| Kitten |
Sold |
Derivation
of Kitten Name |
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OZSPOTS
BENDIGO
Tawny
spotted male
Dark
Blue collar |
SOLD
- Caryn E, Rozelle, NSW |
Bendigo,
Victoria's second largest inland city, lies about 131 km north of
Melbourne. The area was originally known as 'Bendigo's Valley' and
became a major provincial centre as a result of the Victorian gold rush
in the 1850's. The name "Bendigo" derives from an employee of
the Mount Alexander Run, an ex-sailor or bullock driver who was handy
with his fists and nicknamed and fought under the name "Bendigo
Thompson”. |
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OZSPOTS
STRATHBOGIE
Tawny
spotted male
Pale
Blue collar |
SOLD
- Benjamin P, Hillcrest, NSW |
Strathbogie
is a town in Victoria, Australia with a population in 2001 of just 256
people. It was first settled by European squatters from about 1842
on large tracts of rugged land throughout the Strathbogie Ranges where
they ran thousands of sheep and hundreds of cattle. |
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OZSPOTS
CAPTAIN STARLIGHT
Chocolate
spotted male
No
collar |
SOLD
- Caryn E, Rozelle, NSW |
Henry
Arthur "Harry" Redford (1841-1901) was a well known
Australian cattle thief, known as Captain Starlight, "the
gentleman bushranger". In 1870 (just 10 years after the Burke
& Wills expedition) Redford, was working as a stockman on the huge
Bowen Downs Station in Queensland where remote parts of the property
were seldom visited by station workers. With help, he built stockyards
in an outlying part of the property, gradually assembled a herd of about
1000 prime cattle, which he then stole. Knowing the cattle would
be recognised as stolen if sold in Queensland, he headed for South
Australia through the Channel Country and the Strzelecki Desert - a
truly remarkable droving achievement. He sold a white bull at
Artracoona Native Well near Hill Hill Station, and the remainder of the
mob at Blanchewater Station, east of Maree. Workers at Bowen Downs
eventually discovered the loss of the cattle and a party of stockmen and
trackers took off in pursuit, many weeks behind Redford. They
eventually reached Artracoona, and found the white bull. They
caught up with Redford in Sydney in 1872. He was tried in Roma,
Queensland. But the jury were so impressed by his achievements that they
found him not guilty, whereupon the Government shut down the Roma
District Court for eight months! Redford became something of a
national hero, and the character Captain Starlight in Rolf
Boldrewood's book 'Robbery Under Arms' was based in part on his
exploits. Redford died while trying to swim across a flooded creek in
the Northern Territory in about 1901. |
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OZSPOTS
HAWTHORN
Chocolate
spotted female
Pink
collar |
SOLD
- Tanya & Fraser H, Burnside, Q'land |
Hawthorn
is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, situated 6 km east of
Melbourne. The area was settled in the 1830's and the name
Hawthorn, gazetted in 1840 as "Hawthorne", is thought to have
originated from a conversation involving Charles La Trobe (the first lieutenant-governor
of Victoria), who commented that the native shrubs looked like flowering
Hawthorn bushes. |
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OZSPOTS
RBT O'HARA BURKE
Tawny
spotted male
Green
collar |
SOLD
- Paul & Nellie C, Brunswick, Vic |
Robert
O'Hara Burke, born about 1820 in Ireland, came to Australia where he
worked as a police officer. He was the leader of the ill-fated
'Burke & Wills Expedition' of 1861 - the first expedition to
cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the
continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of
Carpentaria. The expedition party was well-equipped, but Burke was
not experienced in bushcraft and his leadership is often blamed for the
failure of the project and deaths of seven people in the party,
including himself. |
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OZSPOTS
NORFOLK
Tawny
spotted female
Red
collar |
SOLD
- Jane H, Mordialloc, Vic |
Norfolk
Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between
Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. It and two neighbouring
islands form one of Australia's external territories. It was first
sighted by Captain James Cook in about 1744. It is famous for its
beautiful tall, straight Norfolk Pines as well as its terrible penal
colony history, begun in about 1787 and ended in about 1855. |
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OZSPOTS
JILLAROO
Tawny
spotted female
Mauve
collar |
SOLD
- Linda & Geoff T, Darwin, NT |
In
Australia, stockman is the traditional name given to a person who
looks after the livestock on a large property known as a station.
Station employees, including stockmen, who work at a number of different
occupations within their work, are also known as “station hands”.
Male trainee station managers are known as "jackaroos" and
their female equivalent as "'Jillaroos".. |
Watch your Kitten Grow .....
To see enlarged 'thumbnail photos', click on photo ....
September 25, 2009 - 24 hours old
October 4, 2009 - 10 days old
Some of their eyes are now open - they are as chubby as little
grubs!!
Ozspots
Hawthorn - Chocolate spotted female
Ozspots
Captain Starlight - Chocolate spotted male
(L )
Ozspots Hawthorn & (R) Ozspots Captain Starlight - Chocolate spotted
female & male
Tawny spotted female #1
Tawny spotted female #2
Tawny
spotted male #1
Tawny
spotted male #2
Tawny
spotted male #3
Three
tawny toys
Proud
mum - lunch time! - Happy
babies!
October 12, 2009 - 2 1/2 weeks old
Lots of candid shots - the kittens are now mobile around their
basket and every now and then, one or two of them tumble out of their bed to
explore their new world - especially when they hear Granny Nola's voice!
Still finding it difficult to clearly identify some of the kittens, but where
possible, their names are included with their photos .....
Just waking up ....
D'ya
think we should ....?
Lemma see ... yeah, why not!? (L: tawny girl, R: tawny boy)
I'll
just test to see how high .... (L: tawny boy, R : chocolate girl)
Um - a
..... I'll tell on you!! (chocolate girl)
Foolish, is what I say they are! (tawny girl)
And I don't care if I do sound stuffy! (tawny girl)
Well,
I'm just gunna watch from here .... (tawny girl)
Yeah,
us too .... (L: chocolate boy, R : tawny boy)
The
coast is clear - Mum's not watching ....
Mmmm,
not sure now ..... (2 tawny girls)
Well,
I'm off - see ya ..... (tawny boy)
Ohhh -
he's so brave!! (chocolate girl)
Humpphh!! Pretty silly, is you ask me! (chocolate boy)
Well,
I never heard of such a thing ....
Do you
think he'll be safe, dear? (R: chocolate girl, L : chocolate boy)
Hey
ho!! I'm free ....... (tawny boy)
Meanwhile, back in the basket, play goes on ....
and on
......
Have
you seen my friend?
Which one, deary? (tawny girl)
Oh
never mind, let's keep playing 'catch the toe'....
Mmm, I
think I'll just practice being beautiful .... (tawny boy)
How's
that ...,? (tawny boy)
And this .... ? (tawny boy)
And me ..... (tawny
girl)
I can
beat that guys - first my top-side .... (chocolate girl)
then
my belly-side ..... (chocolate girl)
Yeah -
not bad ..... (L : chocolate boy, R : tawny boy)
Bet
you can't beat my beautiful back ..... (tawny girl)
Oh
look, a spot of lunch ......
October 20 - nearly 4 weeks old
No stopping them now!! They're trying the solid food
(minced beef, minced chicken carcass, cheese, chicken hearts, etc.) and some dry
kitten food. And they have coloured collars on them now so I can tell them
apart!!
Ozspots Norfolk - red collar
Ozspots Bendigo - dark blue collar
Ozspots Strathbogie - pale blue collar
Ozspots Jillaroo - mauve collar
Ozspots Rbt.O'Hara Burke - green collar
Ozspots Hawthorn - pink collar
Ozspots Captain Starlight - no collar
November 11 - 7 weeks old
Photos are getting more difficult to take - it's like trying to
capture a humming-bird in mid-flight!!
The kittens' spots have disappeared beneath their longer kitten
fur, but will re-appear again in a few weeks!
Ozspots Captain Starlight - no collar
Ozspots Hawthorn - pink collar
Ozspots Rbt.O'Hara Burke - green collar
Ozspots Jillaroo - mauve collar
Ozspots Strathbogie - pale blue collar
Ozspots Bendigo - dark blue collar
Ozspots Norfolk - red collar
Guess who .......
November 15, 2009 - nearly 8 weeks old
All kittens are now intrepid 'broom chasers'!! They had a
big breakfast of freshly cooked chicken and then settled down for a nice snooze
into the afternoon ......
