Col Bailey
{{Short description|Australian naturalist (1937–2022)}}
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| birth_name = Colin Raymond Bailey
| birth_date = 1937
| birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia
| death_date = 25 February 2022
| death_place = Hobart, Tasmania
| nationality = Australian
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| occupation = Naturalist, writer, adventurer, Thylacine expert and believer
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| known_for = His research on the Thylacine
| notable_works = Tiger Tales: Stories of the Tasmanian Tiger, Shadow of the Thylacine, Lure of the Thylacine
| spouse = Lexia Bailey
| children = Jennifer Stutter, Jillian Rose, Grace Ferrier, Steven Bailey
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Colin Raymond Bailey (1937 – 25 February 2022) was an Australian naturalist and thylacine enthusiast. He was a firm believer in the continued existence of the species and wrote several books and many newspaper columns on the subject describing sightings.{{Cite news|url=http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/country-living/col-bailey-has-dedicated-his-life-to-the-mystery-of-the-tasmanian-tiger/news-story/c9d94d5d4657af3486e30f33a1102fe9|title=In the footsteps of the legendary tiger|last=Hudson|first=Sarah|date=27 July 2016|work=The Weekly Times|access-date=28 September 2017}}
Biography
Bailey was born in Adelaide and grew up on a farm in rural South Australia. Due to his remarkable interest in the tasmanian tiger he later moved to Tasmania where he resided for about 30 years until his death on February 25, 2022.Bester, Damian "Always a true believer in the thylacine", Sunday Tasmanian, 27 February 2022.
Bibliography
- Tiger Tales (2001)
- Shadow of the Thylacine (2010)
- Lure of the Thylacine (2013)