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Historic Derwent Valley farm diaries reveal insight into Tasmania’s short-lived tobacco growing industry
Tasmania is known for growing apples, wool and potatoes, but its short-lived tilt at growing tobacco is all but forgotten.
Key points:
- Tasmania’s tobacco industry peaked in the 1930s
- Farm diaries from Arundel Farm in the Derwent Valley detail the growing and picking of tobacco leaf
- In 1937 Tasmania…
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