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Fanny Cochrane Smith (née Cochrane; December 1834 – 24 February 1905) was an Aboriginal Tasmanian considered to be the last fluent speaker of the Flinders Island lingua franca and thus the Tasmanian languages. [1] Her wax cylinder recordings of songs are the only audio recordings of any of Tasmania's indigenous languages.
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Fanny Cochrane Smith's Tasmanian Aboriginal Songs: Fanny Cochrane Smith, recorded by Horace Watson 1899, 1903 2007b 500445 "My South Polar Expedition" Sir Ernest Shackleton: 1910 2007b 562537 Dad and Dave from Snake Gully First episode: George Edwards, and others 1937, May 31 2007b 737158 "The Majestic Fanfare" ABC radio news theme
The Cochrane-Smith Award for Sound Heritage [45] recognises the achievements of a person who has made a substantial contribution to the preservation, survival and recognition of sound heritage. It is named for Fanny Cochrane Smith, who features on the only known recording of Tasmanian Aboriginal songs and language. 2012 Ros Bandt; 2011 Bill ...
Recording the songs of Fanny Cochrane Smith by using a phonograph. 1903 recording. It is unknown if the Tasmanian lingua franca was a koine, creole, pidgin, or mixed language. [15] However, its vocabulary was evidently predominantly that of the eastern and the northeastern languages because of the dominance of those peoples on the settlements. [1]
Fanny Cochrane Smith (1834–1905) outlived Truganini by 30 years and in 1889 was officially recognised as the last Tasmanian Aboriginal person, though there has been speculation that she was actually mixed-race. [41] Smith recorded songs in her native language, the only audio recordings that exist of an indigenous Tasmanian language. [9] [42]
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Horace Watson recording the songs of Fanny Cochrane Smith, considered to be the last fluent speaker of a Tasmanian language, 1903. Singer Bruce Watson, descendant of Watson, composed a song about this picture and later performed it with singer Ronnie Summers, a descendant of Smith.