| ISBN |
9781742236384 |
| Author |
Reynolds, Henry, 1938- (author) |
| Title |
Tongerlongeter : First Nations leader and Tasmanian war hero / Henry Reynolds & Nicholas Clements. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Kensington, NSW : NewSouth Books, ©2021. |
| ©2021. |
| Description |
xi, 268 pages, 8 pages of plates : colour illustrations, 3 colour maps, portraits (chiefly colour) ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Subjects |
Tongerlongetter, -- approximately 1790-1837 |
| Arthur, George, -- Sir,1784-1854 |
| Robinson, George Augustus, -- 1791-1866 |
| Black Line(1830) |
| Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Government policy -- History -- 1803-1851 |
| Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Relocation -- History -- 1803-1851 |
| Aboriginal Tasmanians, Treatment of -- History -- 19th century |
| Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc |
| History - Frontier conflict |
| Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Biography |
| Aboriginal Tasmanians -- History -- 19th century |
| Civic leaders |
| Civil disobedience |
| Tasmania, Southeastern -- History -- 1803-1900 |
| Tasmania -- History -- Black War, 1825-1831 |
| Oyster Bay (E Tas SK55-06) |
| Tasmania -- Social conditions -- 19th century |
| Tasmania -- Politics and government -- 19th century |
| Tasmania -- History -- 19th century |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Clements, Nicholas, 1982- (author) |
| Call number |
2021.203 |
