Fanny Cochrane Smith
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Fanny Cochrane Smith
Fanny Cochrane Smith, (ca. 1834 - 1905) was a Tasmanian Aboriginal, the first to be born on after relocation of Tasmania's indigenous population to Wybalena, Flinders Island.
She went on to have 11 children, and a large percentage of the present aboriginal community in Tasmania are descendants of her. She is well known for her wax cylinder recordings of Aboriginal songs, which comprise the only audio recordings of an indigenous Tasmanian language. There was some dispute at the time of her death as to whether she or Truganini was the last full-blood Tasmanian Aborigine.
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