- Fanny Cochrane Smith
Fanny Cochrane Smith, (ca. 1834 - 1905) [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110661b.htm Smith, Fanny Cochrane (1834 - 1905)] Australian Dictionary of Biography Online ] was a
Tasmanian Aborigine , born December 1834 after relocation of Tasmania's indigenous population to Wybalena,Flinders Island .She died of pneumonia and pleurisy at Port Cygnet,
1905-02-24 .The recording of Smith's songs was the subject of a 1998 song by Australian folk singer
Bruce Watson , "The Man and the Woman and the Edison Phonograph". [ [http://www.msa.org.au/MSA_Newsletter63.htm Musicological Society of Australia] ] Watson's grandfather, Horace Watson, had been responsible for making the Smith recordings. A photograph of Fanny Cochrane Smith and Horace Watson is displayed in the collection of theNational Museum of Australia .References
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* [http://images.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/Search/Search.asp?Letter=S&Subject=Smith%2C+Fanny+Cochrane+-+1834%3F-1905 State Library of Tasmania Images] Photos of Smith, Fanny Cochrane
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