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Billie Peach - 'The Talking Budgerigar'

1939

Billie Peach - 'The Talking Budgerigar'

1939

  • NFSA IDCKBF6QKG
  • TypeMusic and Sound Recordings
  • MediumAudio
  • FormSpoken word
  • GenresComedy
  • Year1939

Billie Peach, who on the label is described as 'The Talking Budgerigar' was a budgerigar owned by Mr and Mrs Peach of Darling Point, NSW. It is claimed he had a vocabulary of 400 words. This recording is Billie talking in response to an unidentified 'interviewer'.

Billie Peach, who on the label is described as 'The Talking Budgerigar' was a budgerigar owned by Mr and Mrs Peach of Darling Point, NSW. It is claimed he had a vocabulary of 400 words. This recording is Billie talking in response to an unidentified 'interviewer'.

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