Gordonvale - for sale!

[icefest]

That's great news, but I'm wondering who it was bought from? If it was left either to the walking clubs or the bushwalkers of Tasmania, who ended up owning it and selling it?

Did anyone find out who it was bought from?

[Paul]

Gordonvale was purchased from the estate of the late Mr Pallin - the American eccentric who owned many tracts of Tasmanian land - including the area adjacent to the Marlborough"Highway" where he had a "nuclear fallout shelter"- this property was purchased by the Aboriginal Land Council.

[tasadam]

Gordonvale was purchased from the estate of the late Mr Pallin - the American eccentric who owned many tracts of Tasmanian land - including the area adjacent to the Marlborough"Highway" where he had a "nuclear fallout shelter"- this property was purchased by the Aboriginal Land Council.

To be clear,

Aboriginal people from across Tasmania attended a signing ceremony yesterday after the land was bought for $3.3 million with federal government and Indigenous Land Corporation funds with the help of Tasmanian Land Conservancy.

(source)

This is of course referring to the land adjacent to the Marlborough Highway, not Gordonvale.

[Taurë-rana]

Gordonvale was purchased from the estate of the late Mr Pallin - the American eccentric who owned many tracts of Tasmanian land - including the area adjacent to the Marlborough"Highway" where he had a "nuclear fallout shelter"- this property was purchased by the Aboriginal Land Council.

So how did Mr Pallin get the Gordonvale land I wonder?
I've seen his fallout shelter, fairly major effort.