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TAC office in Burnie in 2014. The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) is a human-rights and cultural organisation for Aboriginal Tasmanians. [1] It was originally founded as the Tasmanian Information Centre in 1973 and has campaigned on land return, Aboriginal identity and return of stolen remains. [1]
A picture of the last four Tasmanian Aboriginal people of solely Aboriginal descent c. 1860s. Truganini, the last to survive, is seated at far right.. The Aboriginal Tasmanians (Palawa kani: Palawa or Pakana [4]) are [5] the Aboriginal people of the Australian island of Tasmania, located south of the mainland.
Palawa kani is a constructed language [1] created by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre as a composite Tasmanian language, based on reconstructed vocabulary from the limited accounts of the various languages once spoken by the Aboriginal people of what is now Tasmania (palawa kani: Lutruwita). [2] [6] [4] [7]
The Lia Pootah maintain that the definition of Tasmanian Aboriginality has been monopolised by a separate group known as the Palawa, represented by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) and with three accepted lines of ancestry - Bass Strait Islands, Dolly Dalrymple and Fanny Cochrane Smith.
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre [84] Tasmania PWS Trainees: Tasmania: Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and the Environment, Tasmanian Government [85] [86] truwana Rangers: Cape Barren Island: 2015: Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre [87] [88]
The rest of Lanne's skeleton appears most likely to have been retained in the Royal Society of Tasmania's museum. [2] In the early 1990s, the University of Edinburgh repatriated a skull to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) believed to be that of William Lanne. However, it is disputed that this was in fact Lanne's skull.
George Town (palawa kani: kinimathatakinta [3]) is a large town in north-east Tasmania, on the eastern bank of the mouth of the Tamar River.The Australian Bureau of Statistics records the George Town Municipal Area had a population of 6,764 as of 30 June 2016.
In contrast, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre campaign manager Nala Mansell stated they "fully supported" the work as a "great opportunity" to "raise awareness" and "educate people", whilst questioning the appropriateness of calls for donations, stating "there might be other ways of signifying the blood that was spilt". [71]