Mawbanna (Mawbanna)
Mawbanna is a locality and small rural community in the local government area of Circular Head, in the North West region of Tasmania, Australia. It is located about 40 km south-east of the town of Smithton. The Arthur River forms the southern boundary, while the Black River forms a small part of the western boundary. The 2016 census determined a population of 135 for the state suburb of Mawbanna.
“Mawbana” is an Aboriginal word for “black”. It is likely that the locality name and that of the adjacent river are derived from their Aboriginal names.
The last known thylacine to be killed in the wild was shot in Mawbanna in 1930, on Wilf Batty's farm.
In 1952–1953, the man photographed a live Thylacine before it fled.
“Mawbana” is an Aboriginal word for “black”. It is likely that the locality name and that of the adjacent river are derived from their Aboriginal names.
The last known thylacine to be killed in the wild was shot in Mawbanna in 1930, on Wilf Batty's farm.
In 1952–1953, the man photographed a live Thylacine before it fled.
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The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately 65,000 years ago, during the last ice age. Arriving by sea, they settled the continent and had formed approximately 250 distinct language groups by the time of European settlement, maintaining some of the longest known continuing artistic and religious traditions in the world. Australia's written history commenced with the European maritime exploration of Australia. The Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon was the first known European to reach Australia, in 1606. In 1770, the British explorer James Cook mapped and claimed the east coast of Australia for Great Britain, and the First Fleet of British ships arrived at Sydney in 1788 to establish the penal colony of New South Wales. The European population grew in subsequent decades, and by the end of the 1850s gold rush, most of the continent had been explored by European settlers and an additional five self-governing British colonies established. Democratic parliaments were gradually established through the 19th century, culminating with a vote for the federation of the six colonies and foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901. Australia has since maintained a stable liberal democratic political system and wealthy market economy.
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