▁exam ining ▁Smith ' s ▁claim ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁" full - blo od " ▁Ab original ▁Tas man ian . ▁He ▁did ▁not ▁examine ▁her ▁personally , ▁but ▁compared ▁lo cks ▁of ▁her ▁hair ▁with ▁samples ▁of ▁earlier ▁Tas man ians , ▁and ▁conducted ▁a ▁phot ographic ▁comparison ▁of ▁her ▁and ▁Tru gan ini . ▁Roth ▁concluded ▁that ▁Smith ▁was ▁actually ▁mixed - race , ▁as ▁she ▁had ▁" Europe an ised " ▁fa cial ▁characteristics , ▁much ▁l ighter ▁skin ▁than ▁Tru gan ini , ▁and ▁hair ▁that ▁was ▁" w avy " ▁rather ▁than ▁" wo olly ". ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁▁ ▁Smith ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁her ▁w ax ▁cyl inder ▁record ings ▁of ▁Ab original ▁songs , ▁made ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 , ▁which ▁const itute ▁the ▁only ▁audio ▁record ings ▁of ▁an ▁ind igen ous ▁Tas man ian ▁language . ▁Five ▁cyl ind ers ▁were ▁cut ; ▁however , ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁only ▁four ▁remained ▁as ▁" A ▁fifth ▁cyl inder , ▁on ▁which ▁was ▁recorded ▁the ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁songs , ▁was ▁broken ▁some ▁time ▁ago ". ▁Upon ▁hearing ▁her ▁own ▁performance , ▁Smith ▁had ▁cried ▁" My ▁poor ▁race . ▁What ▁have ▁I ▁done "; ▁she ▁believed ▁the ▁voice ▁to ▁be ▁that ▁of ▁her ▁mother . ▁ ▁The ▁recording ▁of ▁Smith ' s ▁songs ▁was ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁a ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁song ▁by ▁Australian ▁folk ▁singer ▁Bruce ▁Watson , ▁The ▁Man ▁and ▁the ▁Woman ▁and