'Cocky Bennett' aged 117 years in 1913

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'Cocky Bennett' aged 117 years in 1913

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This very old cockatoo had lost all of its feathers and it's beak had grown extremely long. How amazing! He died in 1916..Relevent newspaper article:.trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/160389142?searchTerm=%... ( https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/160389142?searchTerm= ) ..His life is a wonderful story, told here: dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/the_cocky_bennett_story ( https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/the_cocky_bennett_story ) ..Tom Ugly's Point is just south of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.

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1913
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Kaye, (Aussie~mobs), a "passionate collector and preserver of vintage photographs, especially those taken in Australia."
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Australia: For non-government photographs: if taken before 1 May 1969, copyright expires 50 years form the year taken. For government works, in or before 1969, copyright expires after 50 years.

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