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Before Israel was created, Critchley Parker set off to find a Jewish homeland in Tasmania’s wilderness
Tasmania’s south-west was once considered for a Jewish homeland, an idea that died when the gentile who came to explore the idea perished after months alone in the wilderness.
Key points:
- Tasmania’s wilderness was one place considered in the 1940s to become a Jewish homeland
- Critchley Parker, who had fallen for Caroline Isaacson, perished helping her look for a refuge for European migrants
- He also had commercial motivations to travel into the wilderness, a historian says, but perished alone after running out of food
By all accounts, Critchley Parker was a privileged young man when he became captivated by charismatic and trailblazing journalist Caroline ‘Lynka’ Isaacson, who was involved in a campaign for a Jewish homeland in Australia.
It was…
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