The last known Tasmanian tiger died at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart back in 1936
Since then, there have been thousands of reported sightings of the marsupial
In 2005 The Bulletin offered $1.2million reward for a captured Tasmanian tiger
Magazine s billionaire owner Kerry Packer wanted to know the risk of paying out
Editor Garry Linnell assured Packer the brazen publicity stunt could not backfire
In this series, our writers explore how food shaped Australian history – and who we are today.
The first whiffs of Chinese cooking in mid-19th century Australia would have emanated from tiny huts owned by Chinese workers in the goldfields. There, they faced racial hostility from the European miners, culminating in the Lambing Flat riots in New South Wales in 1860-61, where Chinese residents of the fields were physically assaulted and had their camps set on fire.
Chinese cooks were also employed in farms and factories and sold food from “cookshops” in the various urban centres for other migrants, such as Sydney’s Chinese furniture factory workers.