Beautiful and tragic: the saga of Wukalina

The Wukalina Walk in northeast Tasmania is the best way to learn about a bloody moment in Australia’s history

On Wukalina Beach it is hard to imagine that anything was once amiss. Our eyes – and cameras – are diverted by the horizon-to-horizon wild beauty of this remnant piece of natural Earth in northeast Tasmania.

But this area is as geographically beautiful as it is historically tragic. For thousands of years this coastline at the top of Australia’s island state was the pristine and peaceful home for a community of the Palawa people.

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