How did Tasmanian Aboriginal communities move between the interior and the coast during the year?

Tasmanian Aboriginal communities practiced a seasonal migration pattern to manage their subsistence needs across the island's diverse environments.

During the warmer months, these groups—organized into bands or family units of 15 to 50 people—traveled through the open forests and moorlands of the interior to hunt and gather food. As the weather turned colder, they moved to the coast to continue their subsistence activities, which included hunting land and sea mammals and collecting shellfish and vegetable foods.1