Recent Controversy
In 2003, the private landowners of the D'Entrecasteaux expedition site sought permission to selectively log the area resulting in a large-scale campaign to protect the site from destruction.
In January 2006, the Tasmanian Land Conservancy (TLC) announced plans to raise a minimum of $1.3 million to purchase the site from its private owners. High profile businessman Dick Smith pledged A$100,000 to the cause. Two weeks later, it was announced that over $2 million had been raised to purchase and rehabilitate the site, and that it would be owned by TLC.
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