Truganini
Aaron D, Justin M.
| Truganini was born in the Bruny-Island near Tasmania in 1803
. She was the daughter of Mangerner, chief of the Recherche Bay people.
By the time she was 17 years old her mother was stabbed to death by whalers, her sisters captured by sealers, her husband-to-be killed by woodcutters and she was rapped. Truganini was known to be the last tribal Tasmanian Aborigine. But later they found out that there were many more tribal Tasmanian Aborigines who lived longer than her. |
By Aaron This is the side on photo of Truganini. |
| In 1829 Truganini met a man called George Robinson, a
white man who supported the rights of Tasmanian Aborigines.
Truganini and her husband travelled around with each other and other aborigines collecting the other aborigines from their tribal lands. |
This is a photo of George Robinson. Truganini's husband |
| By 1847 there were only 47 Aborigines living on the on a
settlement in Tasmania. They were moved to Oyster Cove, which was part of
Truganini's tribal lands.
Truganini died in 1876 when she was 64 years old. She was buried in the grounds of the female convict goal in Hobart. |
Her body was put on
display at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Hobart.
Truganini will be remembered as a proud and courageous survivor in a time of brutality and uncertainty. |
