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JarrahTree was a dedicated, passionate and long-standing member of the Wikipedia and Wikimedia communities who will be sorely missed. He unexpectedly died peacefully in his sleep on Monday 2 December 2024.
JarrahTree’s first edit was on 25 May 2005, and during the next 19.5 years he reached 378,034 edits on the site with 931 new articles and 2,973 images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons; he was an administrator at the latter site as well as the English Wikivoyage. His primary focus areas included Western Australia, Tasmania, railways, and Indonesia, reflecting his fieldwork conducted during his University studies. He was also an active member of WikiProject Australia, amongst many others, and regularly gave advice and encouragement to new and experienced editors.
His dedication was particularly evident in his involvement in WikiClubWest, where he tirelessly organised meetups, workshops, and outreach events to grow and energise the local editing community. There is a tribute to him on the website of Wikimedia Australia, his national Wikimedia chapter. Vale, JarrahTree.
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