By 1887, agricultural losses from rabbit damage compelled the New South Wales Government to offer a £25,000 reward for "any method of success not previously known in the Colony for the effectual extermination of rabbits". A Royal Commission was held in 1901 to investigate the situation. It determined to build a pest-exclusion fence.

Construction

The fence posts are placed 12 ft apart and have a minimum diameter of 4 in. There were initially three wires of 12 1/2 gauge,

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