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Originally Posted by frostfire
What happened the other species they introduced in Australia during the colonization? For some reason I can't imagine deer in Australia, the combination deer and kangaroos just doesn't seem right...
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There are deer here alright. About half a dozen species of introduced deer are found wild in Australia, but they are in fairly localised areas of suitable habitat. You need to know where to look to find them. Red Deer were introduced in about 1860 - a gift from Prince Albert apparently. They are still found in the Grampians National Park in Victoria and in parts south east Queensland. There are scattered populations of Fallow Deer in all the eastern states. Other introduced deer found here are Rusa, Chital, Sambar.
Quite a few of the European birds are now well established in south eastern Australia like Blackbirds, Goldfinches, Greenfinches. Other species like thrushes have not spread very far from their original release sites.