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The Tasmanian tiger is officially extinct. Yet as
biologists investigate plausible sightings in far north
Queensland, it’s clear the search never stopped.
STORY BY PETER MEREDITHA thylacine surveys Tasmania’s Cradle
Mountain landscape in a composite image
created by photographer Herbert John King
in 1940, using a photo he had shot of Hobart
Zoo’s last Tasmanian tiger seven years earlier.May. June 75PHOTO CREDIT:
TASMANIAN TIGER: PRECIOUS LITTLE REMAINS
BY DAVID MAYNARD AND
TAMMY GORDON (QUEEN VICTORIA MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY PUBLICATIONS)