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Zoo keeper, 1944

Zoo keeper, 1944

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Zoo keeper Jack Pinches, Melbourne Zoo, 1944

Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs, State Library of Victoria
H2004.100/1021; H2004.100/1022; H2004.100/1023; H2004.100/1025

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These photographs, taken by the Argus newspaper, show Melbourne Zoo keeper, Jack Pinches coaxing a young girl, Janice Robinson, into patting and eventually holding a koala joey.

Story objects

An early Zoo star: Wallace

The Zoo's first hippos stars: William and Rosamund

A true Zoo character: Mollie

A Zoo icon: Queenie

A family favourite: Betty

Orang-utan twins: Bono and Suma

First gorilla baby: Mzuri

A Zoo first: Mali

Early attractions at the Zoo, 1893

Zoo visitors in the 1890s

Donkey and carriage rides, 1900s

Zoo memories from 1940

Train rides for children

Feeding the animals

Zoo poster, c 1950

Zoo carousel, 1970s

Zoo memories from 1980

Zoo employees, 1896

Zoo keeper, 1944

Elephant keeper, 1949

Animal superintendent, 1967

Zoo education staff, 1970s

Primate keeper, 1991

Fighting extinction: inside and outside the Zoo walls

Fighting extinction: Sumatran tigers

Fighting extinction: Asian elephants

Fighting extinction: Lord Howe Island stick insect

Fighting extinction: southern corroboree frog

Fighting extinction: eastern barred bandicoot

Outside the zoo walls: tenkile

Outside the Zoo walls: orang-utan

Outside the Zoo walls: gorilla