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From the Archives, 1982: Back in Fraser Cave, after 14,500 years
From the Archives, 1982: Back in Fraser Cave, after 14,500 years
By Peter Ellingsen
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Back in Fraser Cave, after 14,500 years
After travelling over kilometres of black, still water and scrambling up a hill of knotted, ancient trees, Ros Langford yesterday stood on the edge of the most significant archaeological find in the southern hemisphere.
With one more step she would be the first Aborigine in 14,500 years known to enter Fraser, or Kutikina (âspiritâ) cave on the banks of the Franklin River.
The entrance to Fraser Cave, 1982.
âHarry Butlerâs got nothing on me,â she said, a little self-consciously, before negotiating the muddy opening of the place scientists believe is too precious to flood. There were several minutes of silence as Ms Langford and three other members of the Tasmania Aboriginal Centre wandered about in what is a nearly inaccessible and almost perfe
20th December 2020
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has started from Sydney Harbour every year since 1945.
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has announced its 76th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will not be proceeding in 2020.
The impact of COVID-19 that has disrupted sporting events around the globe for so much of the year has added the Great Race to its list.
CYCA Commodore, Noel Cornish AM said, “We are bitterly disappointed to cancel the Race this year especially considering the plans and preparations we had put in place to have a COVID Safe race”.
“We were so well prepared to run the race and we’re only six days from the start. This is the first time in 76 years that the race will not be conducted”.