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(7) There is no known record of naturally occurring platypus populations in the Gungahlin area because of the ephemeral nature of Ginninderra Creek and other drainage lines.

In the early 1980s three confiscated platypus were released into Lake Ginninderra. One of these was later found dead on a road adjacent to the lake, and another was recaptured once during regular monitoring of Lake Ginninderra. In 1991 a platypus was reportedly caught in Ginninderra Creek, approximately 4 km upstream of Lake Ginninderra, during the early construction phase of Gungahlin Pond and at a time when the creek was a series of intermittent pools.

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