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Historic drawings show what life was like in TAS in mid-1800s

2023-08-10 1 Dailymotion

A scrapbook of drawings dating back 140 years has opened a window into what life was like for European settlers in Tasmania in the mid-1800s. Kate Mitchell's artwork reveals she was living an adventurous life outdoors, shattering perceptions of women at the time. And her gruesome death has also highlighted forgotten parasitic perils that predate modern medicine.