Indigenous Tasmanians - Trugernanner, Michael Mansell, William Lanne, Fanny Cochrane Smith, Wauba Debar, Mannalargenna (Paperback)

Chapters: Trugernanner, Michael Mansell, William Lanne, Fanny Cochrane Smith, Wauba Debar, Mannalargenna. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Truganini, often known as Trugernanner (circa 1812May 8, 1876), was a woman generally considered to be the last full blood Tasmanian Aborigine. There are a number of different versions of her name, including Trugannini, Trucanini, Trucaminni and Trucaninny. Trugernanner was also widely known by the nickname "Lalla Rooke." Truganini was born circa 1812 on Bruny Island, south of the Tasmanian capital Hobart, and separated from the Tasmanian mainland by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. She was a daughter of Mangana, Chief of the Bruny Island people. Her name was the word her tribe used to describe the grey saltbush Atriplex cinerea. Before she was eighteen, her mother had been killed by whalers, her first fiance had died while saving her from abduction, and in 1828, her two sisters, Lowhenunhue and Maggerleede, had been abducted and taken to Kangaroo Island, off South Australia and sold as slaves. Truganini married Woorrady, although he died when she was still in her twenties. When Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1824, he implemented two policies to deal with the growing conflict between settlers and the Aborigines. First, bounties were awarded for the capture of Aboriginal adults and children, and secondly an effort was made to establish friendly relations with Aborigines in order to lure them into camps. The campaign began on Bruny Island where there had been fewer hostilities than in other parts of Tasmania. Trugernanner, seated rightIn 1830, George Augustus Robinson, the Protector of Aborigines, moved Trugernanner and Woorrady to Flinders Island with the last surviving Tasmanian...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=46215