Sweetheart (crocodile)
Sweetheart was the name given to a 5.1 m (17 ft) male saltwater crocodile which Northern Territory folk legend claims was responsible for a series of attacks on boats in Australia in the 1970s.
History
Sweetheart first rose to prominence around 1974 and was dubbed by locals as the "heavyweight champion" of Sweets Billabong - where he gets his name - in the Northern Territory's
Flaxedil.[4]
The crocodile's mounted body was prepared for an Australian tour by
AFI Award for his construction of the crocodile used on screen.[8]
References
- ^ "'Sweetheart' - The Northern Territory's iconic croc". www.9news.com.au. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Sweetheart the crocodile celebrates 40 years of being captured". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ISBN 0959089632.
- ^ a b Terzon, Emilia (4 August 2016). "How Darwin's iconic five-metre croc Sweetheart got stuffed". ABC News.
- ^ "Sweetheart, Museum Icon". Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ Turney, Drew (13 July 2007). "Greg McLean for "Rogue"". Dark Horizons. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Babe" winning the Oscar® for Visual Effects, retrieved 5 January 2023
- ^ Mitchell, Jim (10 November 2017). "Dark Waters: The Making Of Rogue". FilmInk. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
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