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  2. Aboriginal Tasmanians - Wikipedia

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    A picture of the last four Tasmanian Aboriginal people of solely Aboriginal descent c. 1860s. Truganini, the last to survive, is seated at far right.. The Aboriginal Tasmanians (palawa kani: Palawa or Pakana [4]) are [5] the Aboriginal people of the Australian island of Tasmania, located south of the mainland.

  3. Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre - Wikipedia

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    The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) is a human-rights and cultural organisation for Aboriginal Tasmanians. [1] It was originally founded as the Tasmanian Information Centre in 1973 and has campaigned on land return, Aboriginal identity and return of stolen remains.

  4. Truganini - Wikipedia

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    Truganini (c. 1812 – 8 May 1876), also known as Lalla Rookh and Lydgugee, [1] was a woman famous for being widely described as the last "full-blooded" Aboriginal Tasmanian to survive British colonisation. Although she was one of the last speakers of the Indigenous Tasmanian languages, Truganini was not the last Aboriginal Tasmanian. [2]

  5. Woureddy - Wikipedia

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    Two sailors were mistakenly shot dead by this group and as a result, the five Aboriginal Tasmanians became outlaws. They were later captured and at a trial in Melbourne, the three women including Truganini were exonerated, but Maulboyheenner and Tunnerminnerwait were found guilty of murder and were publicly hanged on 20 January 1842 in what was ...

  6. Robert Hobart May - Wikipedia

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    It is unclear what happened to Robert Hobart May as documented records of him after 1806 appear to be absent. However, in 1829 a Tasmanian Aboriginal man simply named "Robert", who is described as being raised and baptised as a child by the colonists, became part of George Augustus Robinson's "friendly mission" to acquiesce, round-up and exile the surviving Indigenous Tasmanians.

  7. Towterer - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Towterer by William Buelow Gould. Towterer (c.1800 – 30 September 1837) was a leading Aboriginal Tasmanian man of the Ninine clan from south-western Tasmania.He was part of the last group of Ninine to continue living a traditional lifestyle on the Tasmanian mainland before their forced transportation to the Wybalenna Aboriginal Establishment on Flinders Island in 1833.

  8. Category:Aboriginal peoples of Tasmania - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Aboriginal peoples of Tasmania" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  9. Tasmania - Wikipedia

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    Tasmanian Aboriginal people had a diverse diet, including native currants, pigface, and native plums, and a wide range of birds and kangaroos. Seafood has always been a significant part of the Tasmanian diet, including its wide range of shellfish, which are still commercially farmed [182] such as crayfish, orange roughy, salmon [182] and ...