There was only one thylacine (a male) noted on the accession list when the Hobart City Council took over the Beaumaris Zoo in 1921.  The death of this individual was reported in the Mercury newspaper dated the 16th October 1922, p. 6:

    "Included in the animals in the Beaumaris Zoo presented by Miss Roberts to the City Council was a fine specimen of the marsupial wolf, or Tasmanian tiger, which was the pride of the collection.  This tiger had been in splendid health and condition, but, unfortunately, contracted a chill during the recent spell of cold weather, and despite every effort of the Curator (Mr. Reid), who called in the assistance of a medical practitioner it died last evening of pneumonia".

    As a result of the death of the "tiger", Beaumaris Zoo at its Queen's Domain site opened its doors to the general public on the 2nd February 1923 with no thylacines on display.  This remained the case until June of that year, when a thylacine caught near Tyenna was purchased for the zoo.

Guiler (1986, p. 155) lists only 6 thylacines purchased by the Beaumaris Zoo (QD) between 1923 and 1935.  However, more recent research published by Dr. Bob Paddle in 2012 indicates that Guiler's total is a gross underestimate and that around 30 thylacines were displayed at the zoo between 1921 and 1936.  The arrival of a number of the zoo's thylacines were reported in the local press:     The Mercury, 20th June 1923 (p. 5):     "Within the last few weeks there has been added to the Beaumaris Zoo a specimen of that rare animal, the Tasmanian tiger, which was captured in a snare in the country near Tyenna.  Its paws have been somewhat injured, and for that reason it has not been on public view, but its condition is rapidly improving".     The Mercury, 7th July 1923 (p. 6):     "A specimen of that rare Tasmanian marsupial, the 'tiger' has been received this week by the authorities at the Beaumaris Zoo, which is only the second the institution has succeeded in obtaining since its inception, despite the substantial prices offering.  One of the tigers is not yet on exhibition on account of the soreness of its legs through being snared".

. Cover of the 1925 Beaumaris Zoo guide.

The Mercury, 12th February 1924 (p. 6):     "Tiger Family at Zoo - A highly interesting addition, in the shape of a family of Tasmanian tigers been made to the Beaumaris Zoo this week.  This comprises a female adult and three young ones, about seven months old, who come from the rough and heavily timbered country in the Tyenna Valley.  When captured the young were found in their mother's pouch, being then only a few weeks old, and have been successfully reared in captivity for some six months, when they were handed over to the City Council entirely devoid of ferocity, but playful and

. Advertisement for animals wanted by the Beaumaris Zoo, from the Examiner of the 16th June 1928 (p. 17).

    In 1925, the Beaumaris Zoo at its Domain site is known to have exported two female thylacines (via the Chapman Brothers) to the London Zoo in exchange for an elephant.  The arrival of the elephant and notification of the departure of the thylacines is reported in an article in the Advocate newspaper of the 20th July 1925 (p. 2):

"A baby elephant is due in Hobart by the steamer Port Curtis tomorrow morning, as a further additional attraction to the Beaumaris Zoo.  The babe, whose exact age is not yet known by the curator (Mr. E. R. Reid) has been obtained from the London Zoo, and is now recuperating on board ship from the strain of having been on view before the crowds at Wembley.  Tasmanian wolves and wallabies are being shipped on the Port Curtis for London in exchange".

Click the film icon above to view a short (approx. 4 min.) film showing various animals (including thylacines) at the Beaumaris Zoo (QD), circa 1928, from the National Film Archive, National Library of Australia.