'Over a hundred years, Joel Stephen Birnie's ancestors Tarenootairer, and her daughters Mary Ann and Fanny Cochrane, endured abduction, rape, enslavement, destitution, despair and disease, while their family and their world died before their eyes. Cochrane Smith died of pneumonia and pleurisy at Port Cygnet, 10mi (16km) from Oyster Cove, on 24 February 1905. Father: However, it was as a performer that she established herself as a Hobart celebrity. You can always change this later in your Account settings. (ABC News: Scott Ross) Failed to remove flower. grandchildren make up a large proportion of the current Tasmanian Aboriginal population. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Fanny raised their six boys and five girls in a simple wooden house. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. This is a carousel with slides. Upon her return to Wybalenna, Tanganutura took Nicermenic as her husband. They worked hard at fencing, shingle splitting and running a boarding house in Liverpool Street, Hobart, until Adam died, when they took up land at Nicholls Rivulet, about eight kilometres west of Oyster Cove (ref.3). A photograph of Fanny Cochrane Smith and Horace Watson is displayed in the collection of the National Museum of Australia. [8] Upon hearing her own performance, Smith had cried "My poor race. Drag images here or select from your computer for Fanny Cochrane Smith memorial. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. In 1854, she married William Smith and took up a land grant at Nichols Rivulet, keeping close bonds with her people at Oyster Cove. Date of birth: A rich treasury of cultural knowledge and practices were passed on including bush foods and medicines, shell necklace and basket making. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Fanny Cochrane Smith made this recording with Dr Horace Watson in 1899. Fanny Cochrane Smith (1834-1905), Tasmanian Aborigine, was born in early December 1834 at the Wybalenna Aboriginal establishment, Flinders Island, Tasmania, daughter of Tanganuturra (Sarah), father unknown. Coughran, Jenney In 1854, Fanny married William Smith, an English sawyer and ex-convict, and between 1855 and 1880 they had 11 children. Seven of the eleven children were interviewed by Westlake [8]. 100 0 _ a Fanny Cochrane Smith 100 1 _ a Smith, Fanny Cochrane, d 1834-1905 100 _ _ a Smith, Fanny Cochrane, d 1834-1905 He passed away on 1902 in Port Cygnet, Tasmania. Port Cygnet You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. They continued their timber work and grew their own produce. Add to your scrapbook. Learn more about managing a memorial . Fanny Smith formerly Cochrane Born Dec 1834 in Wybalenna, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia Daughter of Nicermenic Unknown and Tanganutura Tarenootairre [sibling (s) unknown] Wife of William Smith married 27 Oct 1854 (to 1902) in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Mother of Florence Amelia (Smith) Stanton and Charles Edward Smith Record ID: July, 2004, Edited by Denis Crowdy. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Fanny would work for days at a time in the bush splitting shingles, carrying them out herself and walking up to 50kms for supplies. Fanny Cochrane Smith (ne Cochrane; December 1834 24 February 1905) was an Aboriginal Tasmanian, born in December 1834. We have set your language to Born on the December of 1834, Fanny is considered both the last of the Aboriginal Tasmanian People and the last fluent speaker Tasmanian language, in 1903, She recorded some traditional Aboriginal songs on wax cylinder and are the only known recordings of the indigenous Tasmanian language. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Curator's notes by Sophia Sambono The quality of the recording is rather scratchy, but it is still amazingly clear. Smith, Mary Jane [1] Following her marriage, Fanny and her husband ran a boarding-house in Hobart. There were two recording sessions, the first of which was made in the rooms of the Royal Society of Tasmania in 1899, followed by sessions in 1903 at Barton Hall, where the photo was taken. imported from Wikimedia project. [5]. #BecauseofHerWeCan Fanny Cochrane Smith wearing wattle in her hair and a traditional shell necklace. Born on the December of 1834, Fanny is considered both the last of the Aboriginal Tasmanian People and the last fluent speaker Tasmanian language, in 1903, She recorded some traditional Aboriginal songs on wax cylinder and are the only known recordings of the indigenous Tasmanian language. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. GREAT NEWS! Registered: You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Where we understand aboriginality to reside in identity and community acceptance - and not just DNA, their thinking was that they were savages; their Aboriginality was a negative thing that had to be 'bred out' of them by training them to be 'civilised people', not savages. Father: Smith died of pneumonia and pleurisy on February, 24th, 1905.The UNESCO added her recording to the "Australian Memory of the World Register" in 2017. They had 12 children: , Mary Jane Smith and 10 other children. Dr Muhammad Naseem is a Occupational Medicine Specialist in Sherwood Park, AB. There was a problem getting your location. Fanny Cochrane Smith Fanny Cochrane Smith had one son: Tasman Smith. Geni requires JavaScript! In 1847 her parents, along with the survivors of Wybalenna, were removed to Oyster Cove. | There was a problem getting your location. Smith, William There is a problem with your email/password. 1859 You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Fanny and William raised 11 children and she became a well-known and respected member of the small community in the Channel region. At that time Europeans conceived Aboriginality differently from today. In 1854 she married William Smith, an English lawyer and ex-convict who was trandported for stealing a donkey. Search above to list available cemeteries. Cochrane Smith's mother, Tanganutura, was taken by George Augustus Robinson to Wybalenna, where her daughter was born in 1834; Fanny married an English sawyer, William Smith, settling at Nicholls Rivulet, near Oyster Cove, and producing eleven children. [4] Five cylinders were cut; however, in 1949 a Tasmanian newspaper noted that only four remained, as the fifth cylinder, "on which was recorded the translation of the songs, was broken some time ago". His song,"The Man and the Woman and the Edison Phonograph" recorded with Ronnie Summers, a descendant of Fanny Cochrane Smith, can be listened to or purchased here . She was sent to the Queens Orphan School in Hobart at the age of eight to learn domestic service skills but disliked the prison-like discipline there. Learn more about managing a memorial . Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Fanny Cochrane Smith made this . Learn more about merges. 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