Cassandra Pybus's ancestors told a story of an old Aboriginal woman who would wander across their farm on Bruny Island, in south-east Tasmania, in the 1850s and 1860s. As a child, Cassandra didn't know this woman was Truganini, and that Truganini was walking over the country of her clan, t...

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1. Verfasser:	Pybus, Cassandra 1947- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Karte
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Sydney, NSW ; Melbourne ; Auckland ; London Allen & Unwin 2020
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1812-1876 Indigene Frau Tasmanien Truganini / approximately 1812-1876 Robinson, George Augustus / -1866 Aboriginal Tasmanians / Biography Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of / History / 19th century Bruny Island (Tas.) / History / 19th century Tasmania / History / 19th century Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of Aboriginal Tasmanians Tasmania Tasmania / Bruny Island 1800-1899 Biographies History Biografie
Zusammenfassung:	Cassandra Pybus's ancestors told a story of an old Aboriginal woman who would wander across their farm on Bruny Island, in south-east Tasmania, in the 1850s and 1860s. As a child, Cassandra didn't know this woman was Truganini, and that Truganini was walking over the country of her clan, the Nuenonne. For nearly seven decades, Truganini lived through a psychological and cultural shift more extreme than we can imagine. But her life was much more than a regrettable tragedy. Now Cassandra has examined the original eyewitness accounts to write Truganini's extraordinary story in full. Hardly more than a child, Truganini managed to survive the devastation of the 1820s, when the clans of south-eastern Tasmania were all but extinguished. She spent five years on a journey around Tasmania, across rugged highlands and through barely penetrable forests, with George Augustus Robinson, the self-styled missionary who was collecting the survivors to send them into exile on Flinders Island. She has become an international icon for a monumental tragedy - the so-called extinction of the original people of Tasmania. Truganini's story is inspiring and haunting - a journey through the apocalypse
Beschreibung:	xix, 315 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, 5 Karten, Portraits 24 cm
ISBN:	9781760529222