Tongerlongeter : First Nations leader & Tasmanian war hero / Henry Reynolds & Nicholas Clements
- Bib ID:
- 8614091
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Reynolds, Henry, 1938-, author
- Description:
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- Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2021
- ©2021
- xi, 268 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, colour maps, portraits (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781742236384 (paperback)
- Summary:
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An epic story of resistance, suffering and survival, Tongerlongeter resurrects a once-in-a-generation leader all Australians can admire. Australia has no war hero more impressive than Tongerlongeter. Leader of the Oyster Bay nation of south-east Tasmania in the 1820s and '30s, he and his allies led the most effective frontier resistance ever mounted on Australian soil. They killed or wounded some 354 - or 4 per cent - of the invaders of their country. Tongerlongeter's brilliant campaign inspired terror throughout the colony, forcing Governor George Arthur to launch a massive military operation in 1830 - the infamous Black Line. Tongerlongeter escaped but the cumulative losses had taken their toll. On New Year's Eve 1831, having lost his arm, his country, and all but 25 of his people, the chief agreed to an armistice. In exile on Flinders Island, this revered warrior united most of the remnant tribes and became the settlement's 'King' - a beacon of hope in a hopeless situation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-262) and index.
- Subject:
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- Tongerlongetter
- Aboriginal Tasmanians -- History -- 19th century
- Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Biography
- Civic leaders -- Australia -- Tasmania
- Civil disobedience -- Australia -- Tasmania
- Aboriginal Tasmanians
- Civic leaders
- Civil disobedience
- Politics and government
- Social conditions
- Tasmania -- History -- 19th century
- Tasmania -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Tasmania -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Tasmania
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Clements, Nicholas, 1982-, author
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2021
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