Bibliograph

Tongerlongeter, First Nations leader & Tasmanian war hero, Henry Reynolds & Nicholas Clements

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Tongerlongeter, First Nations leader & Tasmanian war hero, Henry Reynolds & Nicholas Clements

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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individual biography

Illustrations

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tongerlongeter

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Henry Reynolds & Nicholas Clements

Sub title

First Nations leader & Tasmanian war hero

Summary

During Tasmania's gruesome Black War of 1823-31, Tongerlongeter led the most effective Aboriginal resistance campaign in Australian history. His Oyster Bay Nation of southeast Tasmania and his ally Montpelliatta's Big River Nation of central Tasmania embarked on 710 attacks, killing 182 colonists and wounding a further 176. First Nations casualties were up to three times greater and their population plummeted. Militarily it was a lost cause, yet these Aboriginal warriors determined resistance and dogged commitment to Country, culture and each other provoked desperation at every level of the fledgling colony. Tongerlongeter was the lynch pin that held his people together in the face of apocalyptic invasion. But while his achievements rival those of any Victoria Cross recipient, he is buried in an unmarked grave on Flinders Island. In Tongerlongeter, acclaimed historians Henry Reynolds and Nicholas Clements retrieve one of Australia's greatest war heroes from historical obscurity

Target audience

adult

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