TASMANIA: Cargo cult alive and well.

From: Habitat Australia | Date: February 1, 1998| Author: Lynch, Michael | Copyright information

cargo cult (originally in the Pacific Islands): a belief in the forthcoming arrival of supernatural benefactors.

The Oceanport proposal for the construction of an international cruise liner complex and associated facilities at Princes Wharf on Sullivans Cove, is the latest ill a long and sorry line of outrageously inappropriate developments planned for Hobart.

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