The Kamarooka panther

01/24/23 • 17 min

This episode is about the 1907 sighting of a creature known as the 'Kamarooka Panther'. The big cat was first spotted by sisters Alheith and Trine Christensen and made headlines from Bendigo to Melbourne, and right across the State. Interview with Desiree Pettit-Keating from the Bendigo Regional Archives Centre. We're venturing out of Melbourne for The Kamarooka panther, episode 8 of the podcast series Look History in the Eye.
In this episode, Bendigo Regional Archives Centre's Desiree Pettit-Keating delves into Public Record Office Victoria and Bendigo Regional Archives records to tell the story of the Christensen family, their life just outside of Bendigo, and their strange encounter with this mysterious creature.
Presented by Tara Oldfield and Public Record Office Victoria.
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Look History in the Eye, Melbourne - The Kamarooka panther

Transcript

Transcript episode 8: The Kamarooka panther

Duration 17 min

From the podcast series 'Look History in the Eye'

Written, produced and present by Tara Oldfield and Public Record Office Victoria

Music and sound design by Jack Palmer

Guest: Desiree Pettit-Keating

Desiree Pettit-Keating

It certainly wasn’t the first sighting or suspected big cat in the Bendigo and Goldfields area. There’d been a couple of instances where goats or sheep had been killed, a