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Tongerlongeter : First Nations leader & Tasmanian war hero / Henry Reynolds & Nicholas Clements.

Tongerlongeter : First Nations leader & Tasmanian war hero / Henry Reynolds & Nicholas Clements.
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ISBN 9781742237770
Author Reynolds, Henry, 1938- (author)
Title Tongerlongeter : First Nations leader & Tasmanian war hero / Henry Reynolds & Nicholas Clements.
Parallel title Tongerlongeter : First Nations leader and Tasmanian war hero.
Edition [New edition]
Publisher and/or associated date/s Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, [2022].
©2022.
Description xi, 344 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, 3 colour maps, portraits (chiefly colour) ; 21 cm.
Note Includes new introduction by Henry Reynolds.
"I began planning this introduction on 2 May 2022, three years and one week from when I started to write the introduction to the first edition. A fresh introduction to a new edition is obviously a good idea, but in this case it is essential given the changes that have taken place since 2019..."--Henry Reynolds, Introduction.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Henry Reynolds and Nicholas Clements uncover the extraordinary story of one of Australia's greatest military leaders. Tongerlongeter is an epic story of resistance, sorrow and survival. Leader of the Oyster Bay nation of south-east Tasmania in the 1820s and '30s, Tongerlongeter and his allies prosecuted the most effective frontier resistance ever mounted on Australian soil, inflicting some 354 casualties. His brilliant campaign inspired terror throughout the colony, forcing Govenor George Arthur to counter with a massive military operation in 1830. Tongerlongeter escaped by 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 armistace. In exile on Flinders Island, Tongerlongeter united remnant tribes and came the settlement's 'King' - a beacon of hope in a hopeless situation."--Back cover.
Subjects Tongerlongetter, -- approximately 1790-1837
Arthur, George, -- Sir,1784-1854
Robinson, George Augustus, -- 1791-1866
Black Line(1830)
Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc
History - Frontier conflict - Leaders
Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Government policy -- History -- 1803-1851
Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Relocation -- History -- 1803-1851
Aboriginal Tasmanians, Treatment of -- History -- 19th century
Aboriginal Tasmanians
Civic leaders
Civil disobedience
Aboriginal Tasmanians -- History -- 19th century
Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Biography
Tasmania -- History -- Black War, 1825-1831
Oyster Bay (E Tas SK55-06)
Tasmania, Southeastern -- History -- 1803-1900
Tasmania -- History -- 1803-1900
Tasmania -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Tasmania -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Tasmania -- History -- 19th century
Flinders Island (Tas.) -- History
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Clements, Nicholas, 1982- (author)
Call number 2023.011
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