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No visit to the museum would be complete without looking through the replica muttonbird shed, which is a model of an actual working mutton bird shed. | ||
| All parts of the muttonbirds were used: The oil is used by racehorse trainers The feathers were used to make quilts & doonas The birds were salted or frozen |
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The muttonbird indusrty is nearly a thing of the past. In decades past muttonbirding was one of the major indusrties of the Furneaux Group wtih more than 6 Islands operating muttonbird sheds. |
