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.

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…