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Figure 2: Indigenous Training and Development Services 2023, Nomuckerlener, Indigenous Training and Development Services, retrieved 27 September 2026, available at: Services – Indigenous Training.
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Figure 4: Tasmanian Aboriginal Nations at the time of European contact, based on Ryan 1996; digital map by Martyman 2007.
Figure 5: Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office 1830, Field plan of movements of the military during the Black Line, 1830–1831, map/archive collection, WL Crowther Library, Libraries Tasmania, Hobart, Tas., retrieved 27 September 2026, available at: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/archive-heritage/.
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Figure 14: Breen, S & Summers, D 2006, Aboriginal Connections with Launceston Places: Stories in Stone, Launceston City Council, Launceston, Tas.
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Figure 17: Breen, S & Summers, D 2006, Aboriginal Connections with Launceston Places: Stories in Stone, Launceston City Council, Launceston, Tas.
Figure 18: Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre 2026, Michael Mansell shows Aboriginal cultural heritage items to Queen Elizabeth II, 1977, photograph, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, Hobart, Tas., retrieved 27 September 2026, available at: https://tacinc.com.au.
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Figure 21: Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania 2026, 'Wybalenna', photograph of Wybalenna historic site, Flinders Island, Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania, retrieved 13 September 2026, available at: https://alctas.org.au/project/wybalenna/.
Figure 22: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 1903, Fanny Cochrane Smith recording songs with Horace Watson, wax cylinder recording photograph, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas., retrieved 27 September 2026, available at: https://www.tmag.tas.gov.au.
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Figure 24: Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania 2026, 'Truth Telling at Wybalenna', photograph of truth-telling exibition at Wybalenna, Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania, retrieved 12 September 2026, available at: https://alctas.org.au/project/truth-telling-wybalenna/.
Figure 25: wukalina Walk 2026, wukalina Walk, Bay of Fires from larapuna, photograph, wukalina Walk, retrieved 27 September 2026, available at: https://wukalinawalk.com.au.
Figure 26: wukalina Walk 2026, wukalina Walk, Bay of Fires from larapuna, photograph, wukalina Walk, retrieved 27 September 2026, available at: https://wukalinawalk.com.au.
Figure 27: Palawa Kipii 2026, Kitana Mansell, photograph, Palawa Kipii, retrieved 27 September 2026, available at: https://www.palawakipli.com/palawakipli-photos
Figure 28: Mannarlagenna Day, 2025, photograph, retrieved 27th September 2026, available at: https://mtwac.org.au/
Figure 29: Mannarlagenna Day, 2023, photograph, retrieved 27th September 2026, available at: https://mtwac.org.au/
Figure 30: Thomas, P 2023a, Mort Summers, Cape Barren Island, personal collection, Cape Barren Island, Tas.
Figure 31: Thomas, P 2023b, Cape Barren Island School, personal collection, Cape Barren Island, Tas.
Figure 32: Truwana Rangers 2026, Truwana Ranger sharing knowledge with the younger generation, photograph, Truwana Rangers, retrieved 27 September 2026, available at: https://www.facebook.com/TruwanaRangers/
Figure 33: Stand with Uncle Jim 2026, Uncle Jim Everett-Puralia Meenamatta taking part in a demonstration against native forest logging in lutruwita/Tasmania, photograph, Stand with Uncle Jim, retrieved 27 September 2026, available at:https://bobbrown.org.au/