{"id":9032,"date":"2021-03-08T12:54:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T12:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/?p=9032"},"modified":"2026-04-18T08:39:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:39:32","slug":"natural-history-the-koala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sjyarrajunction.catholic.edu.au\/upschool\/guest-contributors\/natural-history-the-koala\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural History &#8211; The Koala"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9032\" class=\"elementor elementor-9032\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59cda53 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59cda53\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25c3788\" data-id=\"25c3788\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7581b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a7581b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Natural History, The Koala<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90b90e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90b90e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p lang=\"en-AU\"><strong>Scientific name<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0Phascolarctos cinereus<br \/><strong>Lifespan<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a013 \u2013 18\u00a0years (In the wild)<br \/><strong>Mass<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a04 \u2013 15\u00a0kg (Adult)<br \/><strong>Trophic level:\u00a0<\/strong>Herbivorous<br \/><strong>Gestation period<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a030 \u2013 36\u00a0days<br \/><strong>Higher classification:\u00a0<\/strong>Phascolarctos<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19eeb05 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19eeb05\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e616c4e\" data-id=\"e616c4e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f3c115 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f3c115\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Koala is an iconic symbol of Australia.<br \/>Now a rare and endangered species of marsupial, the Koala spend their days in the treetops of the eucalyptus tree, eating and sleeping; and up until recently, rarely descending the safety of their arboreal homes to find drinking water.<\/p><p>The name Koala is suppose to mean \u2018No Drink\u2019, and comes from the Darug people, from the coastal area of Sydney. The once abundant marsupial, with rounded fluffy ears, grey, brown and cream downy fur, little brown eyes, black leathery nose and two opposable thumbs for each hand, was first written about by white settlers in the early part of the 19th Century. The first record was in 1798 and the first published image of a Koala was in 1810.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bde5700 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bde5700\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a78625a\" data-id=\"a78625a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49e2c75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"49e2c75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Thin-Grey-Line-2.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7fd0eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7fd0eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Koalas are one of our national emblems, and they are fast becoming extinct and we don\u2019t seem to be doing enough to stop it.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e266a85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e266a85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Thin-Grey-Line-2.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b668fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b668fe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e8bf19\" data-id=\"9e8bf19\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1165091 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1165091\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\u2018No Drink\u2019<\/h2><p>It seems as though the Koala was doomed from the time white colonists settled the Australian shore. Plagued by habitat destruction, disease, predation from introduced species, mass slaughter and now global warming \u2013 which has resulted in extenuating drought. The Koala is now on the way to becoming extinct in the wild, the forecast is bleak.<\/p><p>Koalas limited food supply has altered due to drought and the quantity and \u00a0quality of their food source diminished. The Eucalyptus leaves no longer provide the adequate nutrients or hydration aKoala needs to survive.\u00a0Koala, now against their namesake of \u201cno drink\u201d, must descend from the trees to look for groundwater, putting them at risk of predation from dogs or being hit by cars.\u00a0<\/p><p>Most recently Koala habitat and numbers came close to total extinction in the 2019 \u2013 2020 bushfires in some areas of NSW entire population of Koala are now gone, burnt to death in the fires that ravaged 18 million hectares of bushland, destroying homes, wilderness and eliminating at least 1 billion animals and insects.<\/p><p>\u00a0This catastrophic disaster has highlighted the danger of global warming to the entire planet, not just Koalas. Scientists say we are in the beginning of the sixth mass extinction on earth, which means that plants, animals, fungi, corals and microbial life is dying off at a rate 1000 times faster than what is normal, and the main culprit is us.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f76809f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f76809f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b8cdab\" data-id=\"0b8cdab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0188105 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"0188105\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"848\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Th21rWOrERg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9db53e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9db53e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-277aa23\" data-id=\"277aa23\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c163423 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c163423\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Thin-Grey-Line-2.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e80143d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e80143d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>We are losing our natural heritage<\/h3><p>As it turns out Australia has the worst rate of mammalian extinction of any other country in the world and our deforestation habits are worse than the Amazon. Every year we clear around 500,000 hectares of bushland \u2013 that\u2019s about equivalent to an area the size of the MCG every two minutes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99d4c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99d4c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Thin-Grey-Line-2.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a29e191 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a29e191\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec77c35\" data-id=\"ec77c35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abd0106 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abd0106\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 tabindex=\"-1\">Our Aussie icons are losing their homes &amp; their lives.<\/h3><p><strong>URGENT APPEAL:\u00a0<\/strong>Across the country, over 15 million Australian land areas have been burned to the ground. Over 3 billion animals have been displaced because of these fires, and over 1.25 billion animals have lost their lives. Your support towards WWF-Australia\u2019s Wildlife and Nature Recovery Fund is urgently needed to care for injured wildlife and restore their homes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper et_pb_module \"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>WWF is one of Australia\u2019s most trusted conservation organisations. At WWF, we work in Australia and our Asia-Pacific backyard to protect endangered species and habitats, meet the challenge of climate change, and build a world where people live in harmony with nature. This would not be possible without financial support from our community. Thank you! If you would like to help us,\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/donate.wwf.org.au\/donate\/one-off-donation\/?utm_source=wwf&amp;utm_medium=native&amp;utm_campaign=all_website&amp;utm_content=blog_footerlink\">please donate.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4e39c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f4e39c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/donate.wwf.org.au\/donate\/koala-crisis\/koala-crisis?t=AP0120O01&#038;f=41120-213&#038;utm_campaign=acq_always_on&#038;gclid=CjwKCAjwiOv7BRBREiwAXHbv3PAXZSbtZZldaDXjZkmTA-xK9sEIx4379Ck0hCTgUzKLBiMnEouyqhoCGtMQAvD_BwE#gs.hdszc6\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-check-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">show your support<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee18f9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ee18f9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Thin-Grey-Line-2.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7927728 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7927728\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24e996e\" data-id=\"24e996e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b23248 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b23248\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Thin-Grey-Line-2.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-368911b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"368911b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6d2669\" data-id=\"a6d2669\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ea2832 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-5627 elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ea2832\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #808080;\">\u2014\u2014-<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #808080;\">PUBLISHER\u2019S DISCLAIMER: The publisher of this blog post (<a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalschools.com.au\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Digital Schools PTY LTD<\/span><\/a>) works in partnership with the school as a 3rd party provider to help build and maintain the school website. 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