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Learning from the mighty matriarchs of the animal kingdom

Conversations by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Jun 4, 20260:52:14Society & Culture

Erna Walraven was one of the first female zookeepers to work at Sydney's Taronga Zoo in the 1980s. She ignored practical jokes from her male colleagues, like animal dung in her gumboots, and this led to career highlights...

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Learning from the mighty matriarchs of the animal kingdom is an episode from Conversations by Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Erna Walraven was one of the first female zookeepers to work at Sydney's Taronga Zoo in the 1980s. She ignore...

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Published Jun 4, 2026, 0:52:14 long, audio available.