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Fruit bats, 1991

By
Lin Onus
Contributed By
Art Gallery of New South Wales
[395.1993.a-c]
(Installation, © Estate of Lin Onus. Licensed by Viscopy, 2009)

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Onus, Lin

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Bats

Sydney's evening skies contain flights of massed grey-headed flying foxes, the fruit bats that live in great numbers in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Gordon, Cabramatta and other pockets of bush across the city.

Aboriginal

Sculpture

Pteropus poliocephalus (grey-headed flying fox)

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The grey-headed flying fox is a large native fruit bat that lives in large groups across Sydney and along the eastern coast of Australia. Listed as a vulnerable species as their numbers are declining due to clearing of their habitat.