Queenie (Melbourne elephant)
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queenie-melbourne-elephant-282-12302510
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Queenie (Melbourne elephant)
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Queenie was a female Indian elephant who was used to give rides for children at Melbourne Zoo for 40 years. Born in the wild, in India around 1900, or perhaps as early as 1895, she arrived at Melbourne Zoo in March 1902—her acquisition funded by Frederick Sheppard Grimwade—and started carrying joy-riders in 1905. Queenie carried 64,447 people, during the year 1929. By 1937, she had carried an estimated 1.5 million passengers and had walked over 19,000 miles. In the year 1936, she earned the zoo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenie_(Melbourne_elephant)
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2024-02-22T06:34:31Z
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