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Article: Tasmania's Rich Woods.
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- The World and I
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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The products of Tasmania's lush, ancient forests are being shaped into world-class objects by artists who hold a deep respect for the island paradise.
To those who know something of Tasmania, which lies south of the eastern coast of the Australian mainland, the island's name brings to mind images of the beautiful mountain scenery and lush rain forests for which it is justly famous. It is especially in the rugged western and southern parts that one finds many extensive, temperate rain forests, despite two hundred years of European occupation,
Alternately, since the late nineteenth century, those from Australia's bustling mainland cities have often thought ...