Tongerlongeter
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Tongerlongeter

First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero

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eBook - ePub

Tongerlongeter

First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero

About this book

Australia has no war hero more impressive than Tongerlongeter. Leader of the Oyster Bay nation of south-east Tasmania in the 1820s and '30s, Tongerlongeter 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.

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Information

Publisher
NewSouth
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781742238609
Edition
2

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Authors’ note
  8. Introduction: Remembering their sacrifice
  9. 1 An extraordinary day
  10. 2 The explorers arrive
  11. 3 Confrontation at Risdon
  12. 4 Coming of age
  13. 5 Zombie invasion
  14. 6 A wayward brother
  15. 7 Retribution: 1824–27
  16. 8 Resistance: 1828–30
  17. 9 Striking terror: 1828–30
  18. 10 White devils
  19. 11 Things fall apart
  20. 12 Armistice
  21. 13 Exile
  22. 14 ‘Till all the black men are dead’
  23. Conclusion: ‘A brave and patriotic people’
  24. Afterword
  25. Acknowledgments
  26. Notes
  27. Index