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End of the road for Tasmanian tannery

07/11/2013

It has been ruled that a former tannery in the Tasmanian town of Hobart is to be demolished, after closing its doors four years ago. The Blundstone tannery, which opened in the 1930s, suffered in 2007 when its sister group, footwear producer Blundstone, moved its boot production from Hobart to Thailand and India. The owner, Tasmania-based...

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