6.4.07

Not Helping

Fanny Cochrane Smith was a Tasmanian aboriginal, and before her death in 1905, made wax cylinder recordings of the Tasmanian language, in the form of songs. This, placenames, and a few handed down snippets seem to be all that is left. I cannot seem to be able to locate samples of these recordings, or transcripts, or anything to get a peak at these. Even if it is just effectively another Phaistos disc, I think it would be a wonderful thing to have, at least easier, access too, and who knows, maybe it will spur some interest, or even allow some people to take a crack at it, comparatively, or just for the sake of looking at it.

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