The following messages have been composed by audiences visiting Margaret Woodward’s exhibition Semaphore Score at the Allport Library & Musuem of Fine Arts, Nipaluna/ Hobart, 2026. The words and phrases each user selected were sourced from artist Margaret Woodward’s semaphore-score-code-book-2026.pdf. From this book, users select a series of numbers (with corresponding language) to send a message via semaphore flags. You can access all credits, references, reading and endnotes related to this language by clicking the link above to download a digital edition of the book.

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Friday 27th February, 2026

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14 21 13 24
A Daughter who won’t return. A great number of sea birds about the ship. A cloud shaped like a bird. A light coat of mutton bird fat.

1585 1587 3772 4064
I love you. I remember you. We are sorry for this mess. Unease.

1585 1250 1869 1771
I love you fugitive leather junk.

585 3430 3765 2788 1714 1715 3405
Climate alarm. There is not time for complacency. We are at a tipping point. Rose with the wattle bird is in danger of extinction. Is it possible that the sweetness of the leaving?

1917 2050 3264 3369 34511916 3556
Listening to ancestors. Memory is only ever partial .Story telling. The memory of the world. This language is in every stone. Listening truthfully.

14 1581 1493 3375 3377 3405
A Daughter who won’t return. I have become untethered. Heat haze of summer. The past is a presence. The past is present. The sweetness of the leaving.

1585 1587 1327 1115 650 3795 2770 3471
I love you I remember you. Glimmer of hope. Farewell beloved. Concentrations of kindness. Weather will most probably follow the entrance of the Moon into any of her quarters. Rising and setting of celestial objects. Time is of the essence.

129 1905 1587 602
Almond brown. Line of sight obscured. I remember you. Cumulus.

17 3404 4000 225 3382 3442
A fire or smoke is observed. The sun is invisible. You must not. Asleep.

794 1073 1114 3369 3419 3382 3442 3519
Deep in winter sleep. Expected to recover. Farewell. The memory of the world. The truth is hidden. The presence of the past. Things that were forgotten. Too hazy to signalise.

3691 3321 2402 3318 1194 2131 153
Visiting the past. Thankful for my ancestors.

19 1166 1242
A flotilla of seagulls. Flags learning to flutter. From what quarter is the wind?

3282 3318 3992 4069 3321 4070
Tasmania / Lutruwita. Thank you. The marathon was touching.

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Wednesday 25th February, 2026

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1582 3646 1121 1048 1802 3450 3449
I have something important to say. Use your instinct. Fathom everything. Keep up your courage. This land was never ceded. This is who we are.

1569 3187 199 3992 3172 1765
I ask you sugar. Are you stupidly joyful?

1361 1049 3014 987 1565 2716 3016 1952
Grandmothers everywhere smelt embers. I am listening to you. Reminded smoky love.

195 212 2939 394 3452 3763 1813
Approach artfully. She is from Blackmans Bay. This recipe has been extensively used and is reliable. We are slowly unravelling. Kindred spirits.

1563 1430 3480 10 1361
I am happy to be a grandmother.

1582 1121 1802 3450 3646 1048  
I have something important to say. Fathom. Keep up your courage. This land was never ceded. Use your instinct. Everything

1115 2874 2930 535 499 3451  
Farewell beloved school of fish. Shall I cast off? Call for action. This language is in every stone.

408 509 510 3182 3318 1194 874 3447  
Blowing very hard. Candles cannot succeed. Thankful for doing this.

319 219 3771 3758 3450
Beaches as the crow flies. We are sorry. Water shimmer. This land was never ceded.

3418 3430 3765 826 588 2186 3062 3849
The truth has been erased. There is not time for complacency. We are at a tipping point. Did they apologise for climate crisis? No. Sound the alarm. Why has the signal not been made?

3996 3225 3750 1239 1268 3852 3448 600
You can smell the salt. Swollen water from stress of weather. Futile. Wild. This is the work. Clouds that are long and scattered having a greenish cast always show rain.

231 3442 2775 1120 1793 4063 3555 2735  
Astronomical things that were forgotten. Rivers. Father’s father’s father’s mother. Kangaroo Point. Occurs in parties during winter. Trust. Resilience.

02 3045 3462 08 09
Takara langana kitina/ milaythina nika. Walk softly /on this Country. Something is missing. Thylacine.
Tapilti nayri /milaythina-nanya. Travel safely back to your Country.
Nayri nina-tu /takara langana kitina. Thank you for walking gently on Country.

1077 1043 1010
Expecting good weather. Evening England.

1587 3828 3992 3172
I remember you. When. You. Stupid.