Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "Aboriginal"
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11.4KKnowledgeThe Turbo Chook: Tasmania’s Native Hen
Tasmania’s native hen (Tribonyx mortierii) is one of twelve species of birds found only in Tasmania. The mortierii part of their name is...
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From the Ashes. A Spark?
Bushwalker and photographer Dan Broun treks through fire-ravaged parts of the TWWHA. Despite the bleakness, he says now is the time when...
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Black Lives Matter Gathering at nipaluna
A major event in solidarity with black and indigenous peoples took place in Hobart on Saturday.
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Truganini: A Biography
Early life Truganini was born on Bruny Island (Lunawanna-alonnah) around 1812. She was a daughter of the leader of the Bruny Island...
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Aboriginal Grassland Savannah in Tasmania
This rainforest was once a grassland savannah maintained by Aboriginal people – until colonisation If you go to the Surrey Hills of...
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Update: Westbury Prison Site on Fire-Farmed Plains
Perspectives on Westbury Prison site and Aboriginal heritage.
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3.8KHistory
William Lyttleton Quamby, Tasmanian Aboriginal Resistance Fighter – Part 2
John Hawkins concludes his 2 part series on Tasmanian resistance fighter William Quamby, focussing on conversion of Aboriginal fire-farmed land into pastoral...
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Brothers of Country
Brothers of Country acknowledges traditional owners of the land on which we perform, and we pay our respects to elders past, present and...
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William Lyttleton Quamby, Tasmanian Aboriginal Resistance Fighter – Part 1
Introduction – In this two-part essay I will endeavour to place the life of the Tasmanian Aboriginal resistance fighter William Lyttleton Quamby into...
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Adam Thompson, Indigenous Tasmanian writer
For writers, securing a publishing deal with a major publisher is the Holy Grail, although for most it either takes many years...
