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The Prince at the Rabbit Warren, Barwon Park, engraving by Robert Bruce

The Duke of Edinburgh shooting rabbits in Barwon Park, Victoria. Shows a hunting party of several men with guns; dead rabbits litter the ground. Engraving published 20 December 1867.

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