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A farm at Taranna
In 1978 the Hamilton family bought Brooklands, a historic farm at Taranna on the Tasman Peninsula with 25 acres of apple and pear orchard. The following year they opened the Tasmanian Devil Park to the public; its first devils were orphans.


Devils and disease
A breeding programme began in 1980 with the park’s first captive-bred devils. When Devil Facial Tumour Disease was found in wild devils, the park set up an off-display quarantine area, and it works with the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program.
Taking down the fences
In 2007 the American zoo designer Jon Coe drew up an Unzoo master plan with John Hamilton. By 2010 the boundary fences had come down and natural habitats had been planted, so local wild animals could come and go. The park took the name Tasmanian Devil Unzoo in 2014.



