As a child Musquito witnessed the British settlement of Sydney, as a young adult he took part in resistance to that settlement, for which he was sentenced to Norfolk Island. After transfer to Van Diemen's Land he played a part in escalating violence between the Indigenous people and European settlers for which he was hung in 1824 at the height of the conflict.
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Published: 2016
Format: softcover
Pages: 222, indexed
Illustrations: black and white |