G'day RtS,

I understand that there were populations of some of the smaller wallabies, such as the pademelon, established in England and France in the 19th century. The idea was for them to be a sort of extra-large "rabbit" for the poor to supplement their table fare. (Well, in France, anyway ... I'm not sure the Poms wouldn't have regarded them as the local Lord/Squire's property and had you up for Kangaroo poaching (Yeah! I know ... up before a "Kangaroo Court".)

I think the smaller forest species would have survived fairly well ... I'm not sure how well they would have held up against energetic harvesting - let alone the local weather. I also think that the spread of pet dogs in post-WW II years would have knocked down numbers. (I don't think the poacher's lurcher would have been such a factor by then!)

Regards,

Bob Bolton