Tasmania
The archive has no documented records of a doof event occurring in Tasmania within its coverage period of 1821 to 2021. No flyers have been submitted. No oral history accounts have been received. No community members have identified themselves as Tasmanian participants in the doof tradition. The archive's submission period closed in October 2021 without a single Tasmanian contribution.
The archive does not interpret this as evidence that no doof culture existed in Tasmania. It interprets it as evidence that, if doof culture existed in Tasmania, it either left no documentation or its participants did not submit to this archive. Both possibilities are consistent with the doof tradition as documented elsewhere.[1]
The archive notes, without elaboration, that Tasmania is an island. This may be relevant.
Community members with knowledge of Tasmanian doof history are encouraged to submit documentation. The archive notes that submissions are currently closed.
Notes
- Archive editorial position on absence of evidence. The archive distinguishes between absence of evidence and evidence of absence. In the case of Tasmania, it holds neither.