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Hillcrest Primary School tragedy
A Tasmanian community has been rocked by grief after a jumping castle was blown into the air at a Devonport primary school, leaving several children dead and others in hospital.
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Mourners kept pouring into Hillcrest Primary School on Saturday morning, laying flowers on the lawn and tying white balloons emblazoned with heartfelt messages to the school’s fence.Credit:Marta Pascual Juanola
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his wife Jenny Morrison, alongside Member for Braddon Gavin Pearce (left) and family, read tributes left for the five Hillcrest Primary School students who died on Thursday in a jumping castle incident during end of year celebrations.Credit:James Brickwood
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Community members react at the Hillcrest Primary School on Saturday morning as they pay their respect to the five children - students of the school - who died on Thursday in a Jumping castle incident during end of year celebrations.Credit:James Brickwood
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Felicity Miller was lost for words to comfort her daughters, Amelia and Felicia, as the family paid their respects to the victims of the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy. Amelia, 9, was at the end of year party at the school when a gust of wind lifted an inflatable castle ten metres into the air.Credit:Marta Pascual Juanola
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Tasmanian Minister Education, Hon Sarah Courtney MP, reads the tributes left outside Hillcrest Primary School.Credit:Marta Pascal Juanola
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Flowers, toys and chalk messages lined the footpath along Lawrence Drive outside Hillcrest Primary School.Credit:Marta Pascual Juanola
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Flowers, plush toys and candles blanket the front lawn of Hillcrest Primary School.Credit:Marta Pascual Juanola
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Tributes lined the footpath along Lawrence Drive, which had been decorated with colourful chalk messages and drawings.Credit:Marta Pascual Juanola
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Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein, Deputy Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Devonport Mayor Annette Rockliff were among those visiting HillCrest Primary school on Friday to comfort mourners and lay flowers by the makeshift memorial at the school's gates.Credit:Marta Pascual Juanola
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Candles, now displaying the names of the five children killed in the tragedy, lined the footpath along Lawrence Drive, which had been decorated with colourful chalk messages and drawings.Credit:Marta Pascual Juanola
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Hillcrest Primary School sport teacher Jayden Wicks left a handwritten message on a basketball nestled among the flowers. “Thank you for being part of my first ever teaching gig. You guys made teaching fun,” the tribute read. “I wish nothing but the best for your families.”Credit:Marta Pascual Juanola
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Flowers, plush toys and candles blanket the front lawn of Hillcrest Primary School.Credit:Marta Pascual Juanola
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Flowers, plush toys and candles blanketed the front lawn of Hillcrest Primary School.Credit:Marta Pascual Juanola
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Flowers left at Hillcrest Primary School.Credit:Monte Bovill/ABC NEWS
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Several children have died in a jumping castle accident at Hillcrest Primary School.Credit:Monte Bovill/ABC NEWS
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Worksafe Tasmania officers (left) inspect the jumping castle at Hillcrest Primary School.Credit:AAP
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Police officers react after attending a jumping castle accident at Hillcrest Primary School.Credit:Monte Bovill/ABC NEWS