Tongerlongeter – First Nations Leader & Tasmanian War Hero | Henry Reynolds & Nicholas Clements | 2021 [USED – SC – Very Good]

Henry Reynolds and Nicholas Clements retrieve one of Australia's greatest war heroes from historical obscurity.

During Tasmania's Black War of 1823–31, Tongerlongeter led the most effective Aboriginal resistance campaign in Australian history. His Oyster Bay Nation of south-east Tasmania and his ally Montpelliatta's Big River Nation of central Tasmania embarked on 710 attacks, killing 182 colonists and wounding a further 176. First Nations casualties were up to three times greater and their population plummeted.

Militarily it was a lost cause, yet these Aboriginal warriors' determined resistance and dogged commitment to Country, culture and each other provoked desperation at every level of the fledgling colony. Tongerlongeter held his people together in the face of apocalyptic invasion — but while his achievements rival those of any Victoria Cross recipient, he is buried in an unmarked grave on Flinders Island.

BOOK DETAILS

• Softcover.
• 268 pages, indexed.
• Published 2021.

CONDITION

Used, generally very good condition.

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