Rajah was imported from the now defunct Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart. They had indeed received him in a swap with Chapmans Animal Dealers for Tasmanian...
Auckland Zoo - Rajah the Indian Elephant (1917-1936) Rajah was Auckland Zoo's first and only bull elephant. He arrived in 1930 and was shot in...
Had an email notification for this thread and it reminded me I visited a zoo that no longer exists recently, Beaumaris Zoo at the Queen's Domain...
Rajah lived at the now defunct Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania between 1925 (approx.) and 1930. The curator traded him for a Bennet’s Wallaby...
So far there's no evidence to support such a claim. I'm going to be in contact with the curator of the Wirth Family archives in Sydney about this....
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