Kookaburra Sport Kookaburra Sport Kookaburra is an Australian sports equipment company, specialising in cricket and field hockey equipment, named after the Australian kingfisher. The company notably manufactures the most widely used brand of ball used in One-day internationals and Test cricket. The company was founded in 1890 as A.G. Thompson Pty Ltd by Alfred Grace Thompson, a migrant harness and saddle maker who turned to manufacturing cricket balls when his livelihood was threatened by the advent of the motor car. In the mid-1980s, the company diversified into manufacturing the full range of cricket bats, clothing, footwear and protective equipment. In addition to
Invasive species of Australian origin coastal wattles, introduced to help bind drifting sand dunes. They remain serious pests, but some controls have been introduced. In the case of "Acacia saligna", the introduction of acacia seed weevils ("Melanterius" species) has achieved complete control. A lesser degree of control has been achieved for "Acacia cyclops" by the introduction of a gall rust fungus ("Uromycladium" species). Invasive species of Australian origin There are a number of Australian species that have become invasive when introduced into outside Australia or outside Oceania. The Australian magpie was introduced into New Zealand and are considered to be a pest because of attacks