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Remembering the Death of the Last Captive Thylacine - 70 Years ago - 7th of September 1936. Now recognised as "National Threatened Species Day!" Email: mcallmur@pembrokesc.vic.edu.au
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Searching
for the Tasmanian Tiger
On the 7th of September 1936 the last known Tasmanian
Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus) died in captivity at the
Hobart Zoo, Tasmania. Sixty-two years later in September of 1998
Murray McAllister, a physical education teacher at Pembroke Secondary
College in Melbourne Victoria, conducted the first of 38 expeditions,
searching for the Tasmanian Tiger.
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Welcome to Pembroke Secondary College's web site following Murray McAllister's expeditions into the Eastern part of Victoria in search of living specimens of the Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine. In the months to come we will bring you reports on Murray's 38 expeditions and news of plans for his next journey searching for the Tasmanian Tiger. We will also bring you information on the Thylacine as well as ideas for class activities.
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