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Fanny Cochrane Smith’s wax recordings are the only recorded example of Tasmanian Aboriginal songs or of any Tasmanian Aboriginal language.

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In this recording, Fanny Cochrane Smith talks about being the last of the Tasmanians. She then sings in both English and her own language.

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Tasmanian Aboriginal recordings are inscribed in the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register.