Truganini
Last full-blooded Palawa person · Australia · On the map · Lived 1812 to 1876 · aged 64
Truganini was an Aboriginal Tasmanian woman who was widely, though incorrectly, described as the last surviving Aboriginal Tasmanian. A member of the Nuenonne people, she grew up on Bruny Island in what is now south-eastern Tasmania.
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Violence between British settlers and Aboriginal Tasmanians during the Black War
1824 illustration of Ram Head Point near Bathurst Harbour
Governor Davey's Proclamation, a pictogram produced to explain martial law and promote conciliation
George Augustus Robinson on his conciliation mission
Sketch of Truganini swimming a raft across the Arthur River from the diaries of George Augustus Robinson
1846 illustration of the Wybalenna Aboriginal Establishment
1841 engraving of the Port Phillip DistrictAbout this person
During her teenage years, she saw the death and displacement of much of Tasmania's Aboriginal population as a result of European colonisation during the Black War. She became a guide to the colonial official George Augustus Robinson and accompanied him on a series of expeditions that resulted in the exile of Tasmania's remaining Aboriginal population.