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tasmania: soldiers that can’t shoot straight

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Dave

The final solution down under in Tasmania…. …Sometimes they did see an aborigine- once they briefly glimpsed a party of forty. More often they mistook clumps of trees, or black swans, or the rustle of leaves, or kangaroos, for the … Continue reading →

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tasmania: talking about the word extinct

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Dave

Providing a final solution to the problem of the Tasmanian aborigines… …all were reaching the conclusion that life in Tasmania would be much happier if there were no Tasmanians. The Reverend Thomas Atkins, after a visit to Van Diemen’s Land … Continue reading →