Easter Bilby

To raise money and increase awareness of conservation efforts, bilby-shaped chocolates and related merchandise are sold within many stores throughout Australia as an alternative to Easter bunnies.

In March 1968, a 9-year-old girl, Rose-Marie Dusting, wrote a story, "Billy the Aussie Easter Bilby", which was published in 1997.

It tells how Burra, a shy but brave little bilby, decides to save the land from the rabbits and foxes who are ruining it.

In 1994, Ali Garnett and Kaye Kessing produced the ‘Easter Bilby’ children’s book with the support of Foundation for Rabbit-Free Australia and the Australian Government’s Department of the Environment and Heritage.

In 2024, Banjo Frog's Concert Spectacular by Kristin Martin and Bianca Richardson was published as a successor to Ali Garnett and Kaye Kessing's Easter Bilby books with support from the Foundation for Rabbit Free Australia.

This picture book highlights the issues caused by rabbits in Australia, with Easter Bilby as a hero recruiting children to help save the native animals.

In 2003, funds from the sale of chocolate bilbies were used to build a 20 km (10 mile) long predator-proof fence in Currawinya National Park.