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Genre tags
Blended AV fiction, humorous, comedy, educational, video art
Storyboard plan
"The video will attempt to tell the story of the link between Mole Creek, Tasmania - the modern home of 'thylacine tall stories and culture' and the new genomic science being undertaken by partners Colossal Inc & Tigrr Lab ( & other parties).
As an arts project - humour underpins the story - with the idea that whilst the science of a genetically engineered thylacine is in motion, a live tiger strolls casually into the Mole Creek hotel kitchen. Here the lyrics in verse 2 tell the fictional story. Patrons celebrate. And the striped Tiger pie served by the hotel is surely a stroke of ingenuity on their part.
At the epicentre of thylacine culture are the figures of Doug and Ramona Westbrook, who host visitors from around the world in the Tas Tiger Bar. They are welcoming to all sentient beings. They represent the true 'heartbeat' of the annual music festival of tribute bands, who perform in the grounds of the historic hotel - in a township of just over 500.
Cut to aerial shots - out there, folklore says somewhere in the Western Tier forests, the Tasmanian Tiger may (or may not) be alive. Time will tell."
Image Credits
Video was made with the support of:
Mole Creek Hotel:
Doug & Ramona Westbrook
Friends of the Tiger Bar and 'A Day at the
Creek' festival
Public domain stills and or clearances from:
Natureworks.com.au (Natureworks P/L)
Tasmanian Tiger sculptural art works
Thylacine Integrated Genomic Restoration Research (TIGRR) Lab, University of Melbourne
Prof. Andrew Pask & Lab team
Colossal Biosciences Inc.
Founders - George Church, Ben Lamm
Tim Noonan - Wildman Films
Barry Brook - UTAS
Stephen Sleightholme - Director, ITSD
Hannah Stark & Katrina Sablunke, ARC
Thylacine Research Unit - Roar Films
2 Versions - progress
Instrumental (4.22)
Main version (3.51)
Vocals: Mike Beaumaris
Percussion: Mitch Fielding
Produced & recorded: HRAF
Engineering: Kimmo Vennonen, KV Productions
Score transcription: John Zechiel
Other Resources
- for Thylacine Culture & Community
Advisory / Education
Tasmanian Thylacine Advisory Committee (TTA) - established Dec 2023
Mayor Michelle Dracoulis, Mayor Loueen Triffitt, James Groom, Mia Lindgrin, Sam Bradley, Todd Babiak,
Alex Heroyas, Peter Rowe, Greg Irons, Michael Smith, Kennedy Kurwaisimba, Murray Antill - a peak body formed to support facilitation of community discussion, development and dissemination of plans related to the rewilding of the thylacine
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
The Thylacine: Skinned, Stuffed, Pickled and Persecuted
Henry Hunter Galleries - Level 1
National Museum Australia
Finding Thylacine - Great Southern Land gallery exhibit (2022)
Articles / Studies / Broadcasts
Beyond Extinction: Reconstructing the Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) Archive (with Katrina Schlunke)
- Dr Hannah Stark and Assoc. Professor Katrina Sablunke - Australian Research Council Discovery Project
(2020-24)
Resolving when (and where) the Thylacine went extinct (Science of the Total Environment)
- Barry Brook, Stephen Slatehilme and Cameron Campbell, Ivan Jaric, Jesse Buettel
Reviving a ghost of Tasmania: the ethics and feasibility of Thylacine de-extinction
- Dr Catriona Nguyen-Robertson (MRSV) -The Royal Society of Victoria
Scientists Are in the Cusp of Resurrecting a Fearsome Australian Predator
- popularmechanics.com by Darren Orf, 21 Oct 24
Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in efforts to bring back the extinct Tasmanian Tiger
- Aliza Chasan (CBS News - digital) 20 Oct 24
Back from extinction: Resurrecting the Tasmanian Tiger
- Mary Ann Jolly (Article: Al Jazeera - digital feature) 29 Jan 23
Is the Tasmanian Tiger REALLY coming Back From Extinction? (9.15)
- Forest Galante (You Tube 17 Oct 24) - repairing the eco-system, re-wilding process.
Sightings & Data-Bases
Barry Brook, Stephen Sleightholme, Cameron Campbell, Ivan Jarić, Jessie Buettel. The Tasmanian
Thylacine Sighting Record Database (TTSRD): 1,223 quality-rated and geo-located Thylacine obser-
vations from 1910 to 2019. australian zoologist, 2023, 10.7882/AZ.2023.044. hal-04411781
Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia
- w/site: thylacineawarenessgroupofaustralia.com.au
Murray McCallister's Search for the Tasmanian tiger
- w/site: tassietiger.org
Thylacine Research Unit (TRU) - Chris Coupland (founder), Bill Flowers, Warren Darragh
- w/site: thylacinereserachunit.org
Adrian (Richo) Richardson
Interview - Search ongoing for extinct Tasmanian tiger amid efforts to revive species - 60 Minutes