Sheffield was settled in 1859, but by the 1980s it was a failing rural town. Then someone had the bright idea to paint large murals on public walls to attract tourists. Today there are over 80 murals and Sheffield has its own annual painting festival.
The now extinct Tasmanian tiger vs a Tasmanian Devil. The Europeans hunted the tiger to extinction.
Gustav Weindorfer was the man responsible for Cradle Mountain to become a national park. He built a cabin near the mountain and according to his diary he would let animals in. He wrote, “When the ground is all covered in snow, I do build a big fire, open my door, seat myself very, very quietly in front of the blazing logs and presently, they come in, one by one, the wild animals, without their usual fear of man or of one another and share with me, in the stillness, the grateful warmth.”
Senior Const. Harry Clark was Tasmania’s longest serving policeman. In 1971, 21 students got caught in a sudden storm near Cradle Mountain. Harry Clark directed the first rescue involving a helicopter.
Mural commemorates the local men and women who served in WWI. Most of the people depicted in the picture are actual people, their images taken from photos kept at the local museum.
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