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After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon and olive. Skeletal in the mist. When they reached them, they saw fluorescent pink tags hanging from the twisted artwork of their branches. Orange bike lights hammered into dolerite boulders, beneath flakes of minty lichen. (p.193)
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― Limberlost
― Limberlost
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The few survivors were hounded into an evangelical concentration camp, where well-meaning but not particularly open-minded missionaries tried to indoctrinate them in the ways of the modern world. The Tasmanians were instructed in reading and writing, Christianity and various ‘productive skills’ such as sewing clothes and farming. But they refused to learn. They became ever more melancholic, stopped having children, lost all interest in life, and finally chose the only escape route from the moder
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― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
A place to discuss all the unique aspects of Deaf culture as highlighted in the thriller Silent …more
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The one stop Book Club for anyone from Tasmania, Australia. We’re about a love of all books, fro…more
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This group is aimed to get you geared up for the 2017 Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival. Wh…more
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