ca. 1870: The earliest first-hand account of Harriet. 1882: Charles Darwin dies. 1942: Tom – one of the original three tortoises – dies, and is placed in the Queensland Museum. 1952: Harriet moves to Fleay's Fauna Sanctuary. 1987: Harriet moves to the Queensland Reptile Park (Australia Zoo). 1995: Harriet's remarkable history and the results of the research are presented. 2005: Harriet's 175th birthday is attended by many people who had a long association with her. 2006: On 23 June, Harriet dies of heart failure at Australia Zoo. In popular culture Harriet's story was told in Robin Stewart's book Darwin's Tortoise: The Amazing True Story of Harriet, the World's Oldest Living Creature. She appears as one of the protagonists in the Curious Science Quest series of children's time-travel adventures co-written by Julia Golding which explore the history of science. See also Tu'i Malila Adwaita Jonathan (tortoise) List of long-living organisms References External links Australia Zoo Carettochelys.com: Author's Link of the original papers discussing Harriets history 1830 animal births 2006 animal deaths Individual tortoises Pre-Separation Queensland