Thursday, October 27, 2016

RICHARD FREEMAN: Oral History interview - Alison Reid (1996)

Filmed by Roslyn Sargent, Jean and Kevin Mitchells in 1997 this is an interview with Alison Ried.

This video was an oral history interview done with Miss Alison Reid. Alison was the daughter of the curator of Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania. She looked after the last captive Tasmanian wolf. In the interview she speaks of her memories of the thylacines at the zoo and her conviction that they still exist today. She also stuffed dead thylacines and raised many young animals of different species.

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